Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-01-20
THE G. II.

The following joint resolution and me-
mortal was recently introduced in the
Senate by Mr.. Williams of Nye county:
WHEREAS, The people of the State OF
Nevada have suffered long under the i'm
positions and exactions of the Central Pa
cific Railroad Company, which amount to
the most enormous oppression and unjust
tax ever laid upon the industries of a peo-
pie, the said railroad company, by its I'M
just determinations and merciless demands
exercising over the persons and property
of others a power, tyrannical, vicious and
at once destructive to the rights OF man.
kind and opposed to common justice and
every principle of civil liberty, amounting
in fact to the most gigantic unredressed
wrong ever inflicted upon a free people
since the day Of Magma Charta, and
WHEREAS, 1t is proper that the truth
should be known concerning this corpora
tion and its transactions, therefore let
some facts be stated.
The people of Palisade, distant 435 miles
from Sacramento, have to pay the G. P. R.
r. the sum OF S472 per carload of fright
from Sacramento, while the people OF the
Wells" distant 524 miles, being SO miles
more distant, pay only the sum Of SIPS
per car load Of freight from Sacramento.
the greater service being performed for
less than one-third the amount demanded
for the lesser.
Goods shipped from the East by car
loads to any point within this State and
placed upon the side track and unloaded
| at such point, the owner of such freight is
! charged for its carriage to Sacramento and
back again to such point. local rates being
| charged for its return, thus the shippers
of this State are compelled to pay for the
| carriage of their freight, in some cases, OF
| over five hundred miles and return at local
| rates, a service useless and outrageous if
| performed. and one in fact that is not per-
formed.
ANY person having articles which he de-
| sires to dispose Of in Eastern markets who
| delivers the same at any point upon said
| railroad within the State, for shipment, is
| charged local rates from such point to
Sacramento, and from thence through
| freights are charged to the point of des-
tination, the service in this as in the other
| case being useless and one not rendered.
A person in this State desiring to go East
| is charged full through fare from San
| Francisco to the point they desire to reach,
| although he may ride over less than one
| third Of the line Of the Central Pacific
| Railroad.
More appalling examples Of robbery un-
der color Of law than the above instances,
selected from among a myriad of kindred
transgressions, are hard to conceive. and
WHEREAS, Such pernicious practices
should be no longer tolerated therefore,
be it by the Senate and Assembly, con-
jointly.
Resolved, That the passage Of the bill
now before Congress. known as the " Re-
gan Bill" prohibiting discrimination in
fares and freights on interstate railroads,
would be hailed with JOY by the people OF
this State as a measure Of justice and re-
lief.
Resolved, That the representatives in
both branches of the Congress of the
United States are hereby instructed to vote
for and use all honorable means in theil
power to secure the early passage OF sait
'sRegan Bill"
Resolved, That His Excellency, thu
Governor, be and is hereby instructed Il
forward to each Of our representatives il
Congress as aforesaid, an engrossed cop.
of these resolutions.