Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-02-18
The TRUCE ENDED.
1t is War to the Knife, and the
Knife to the Hit.
EVERTS FOLLOWS INSTRUC-
TIONS, AND STRIPS FOR
THE FIGHT.
A Challenge which is Promptly
Accepted,
AND PETITIONS AND COUNTER PETITIONS
ARE THE RESULT.
Contributions to CarsOn's Waste
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1t is the aim Of the SENTINEL to do what
it can in its hum BILE way to further the in
terests OF Eureka, and in these efforts We
are not influenced by any petty malice OF
spite either against corporations or indi.
viduals, or by any fear Of mourning the
hostility Of individuals or corporations.
Eureka's prosperity means our advance
ment, and this knowledge alone, were we
not guided by higher motives, would be
sufficient to keep us in the ranks Of those
who, in our estimation, were fighting for
the advancement and interests OF our com.
munity.
IN the present fight between the railroad
authorities and certain Of our citizens, our
sympathies have, in a great measure, been
extended to the latter. Still, we have nc
desire to do the Eureka Il Palisade road
any injustice, for we are'largely indebted to
our past and present prosperity to the men
who, from their private means com
menced and carried this enterprise to COM
pletion. That it has proved a financial
success is not disputed in any quarter,
but men rarely risk their capital in under
takings that do not bid fair to prove such.
Whether u local road has proved a bene-
fit to our town, or whether it is a grinding
monopoly that is sucking our life-blood,
are questions that are advocated, pro and
CON-, and upon which, as it would appear,
our community is anything but a unit.
Whatever may be the merits or result OF
the case, il cannot be claimed that Mr..
Eyerts has not acted in a spirit Of fairness.
Adopting the suggestion Of the SENTINEL
on Friday last, he checrfully announced
his willingness to confer with a committee
OF citizens, and met such a committee on
Friday evening. At that meeting he was
requested to furnish the committee with
an exhibit Of the business of the road since
its completion, which he promised to do,
and would have done SO had he not been
prevented by kilograms from his superior
officers in San Francisco, who claimed that
the business Of the road should be held as
inviolable as the business Of any private
individual. This brought the truce to a
sudden ending, and yesterday both parties
stripped for the fight, and over a dozen
petitions were In circulation during the
day favoring and opposing the Storey
county bill.
This will bring the matter to a focus
here, but the opposing petitions will leave
our representatives at Carson in a delightful
quandary as to what course to pursue under
existing circumstances. Senator Cassidy,
in a letter dated the 18th instant, says:
II should like the shippers, and all 9th
ers interested in the subject, TO express
their views on the petition Of the citizens
OF Storey. Should they do this, it will
give us IN idea as to what we shall do.
The bill was drawn with especial reference
to the Virginia and Truckee road, ami may
not work at all with the Eureka and Pals
ade road. Mr.. Everts and the shippers
should both give their opinions, which
would enable us to draw conclusions. Give
us light"
The petitions will all be forwarded in a
day or two, when our delegation can ''pay
their money and take their choice" There
are more enviable positions just now than
hat Of q member OF the Nevada Legisla-
ture.
Many persons who signed tie petition
favoripg the railroad argued that should
the Storey county bin become a law, it
would enable the burners and shippers be-
yond Palisade to throw their coal into our
market at prices lower than that which
the Transfers are now doing, or could do,
and tina the ultimate result would be that
about 1900 men now employed in that
business would be thrown out Of employ
ment, and consequently would leave the
camp. that the large number Of teams
now engaged in hauling would be with
drawn. and their withdrawal would neces-
state the closing Of half a dozen black
smith shops, etc. or course. it can be
easily seen what q disastrous result would
follow such a course. But this argument
is met by the opponents OF the railroad.
who point to the fact that the authorities
Of the Richmond, Eureka Consolidated and
Metamoras are standing by the road, and
ask why is it thusly, il, by the passage Of
the Storey bill they would secure their
coal at a much lower figure than they are
now paying. That is a conundrum more
puzzling than the recently published prob
lem, and so we give it up.
Petitions in favor Of the railroad were
actively circulated by several merchants,
and those OF both parties received about an
equal number OF signatures among our
merchants and business men. Mr.. Everts
will forward about 700 names this morning,
and expects to send a large number to-
morrow.
The anti-railroad men, at a late hour
last night, claimed 1000 signatures, and
they were still working like boavers. OF
course, all this will only result in one Pc
tition offseting the other.
The information contained in our special
dispatches from Carson is not Of the most
cheering character to the opponents of the
railroads, and indicates that nothing fur
Their will be done during the session. 1t
was generally conceded last night that a
mistake was made in not following up the
matter vigorously Immediately after the
late ~meeting-an opinion in which we
heartily coincide.
Good Templars' Grand Lodge.
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