The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1893-01-12
our RAILROAD OUTLOOK.
A TAXPAYER Communicates Sound
Views on the Matter

siderable land IN our county, which our |
assessor never fails to tax at more than |
can sell it for to-day, but which of course
l believe will eventually become more
valuable. as sincerely hope all other
lands and property in our county may
become, address you this as note of
warning, and ask you to give it publicity
and let it thereby become q note of warn. |
ing to the other taxpayers of our county.
Our last Legislature saw ct to grant to
. certain railroad corporation. that might
build road from East to West, tire.
mendous subsidy as bonus for the con.
struotion Of such road, and imposed an
obligation upon whatever counties said
road might pass through, to donate to
said road three thousand dollars per
mile, in the bonds of all of said counties
through which said road would pass, and
our county. one Of the largest in the
State, is involved in that obligation.
Now, what I wish to say is that con-
sidering that We have first.class broad
gauge graded road.bed built into our
county seat. we have reason to expect
that we will soon have railroad into our
midst, which will answer all Of our local
purposes. Aud; Mr.. Editor, / am in
formed that at the session Of our next
Legislature there win be an effort made
to extend and confne our last Legislative
subsidy bill to what 10 known as the Ne.
vsda Air Line Railway; and az said
railway is indefinite AZ to the counties
through which it may pass, desire here
and now to enter my protest as tax.
payer of Lincoln county against any ex.
tension Of said franchise, and I do this
for the following reasons:
First-Having broad-gauge road-bed
graded to our county seat, without sub.
sidy, and every reason to believe that
another will soon be built from the A. &
p, from Goff, in San Beruardino county,
California, to Good Springs, in the south.
srn part Of our county, cannot see but
that we have a better prospect for rail
road facilities than any other county in
the State. tx.
Second-That owing to the recent do.
cision of the Supreme Court of the United
States wherein the bondholders of the
honda Of this county have recovered q
Judgment for about $3.50. 900 against our
county. / suggest that we had better
pause. and before ssddling ourselves with
any such debts as usually arise from
!. granting subsidies to railroads, that we
: had better trust to the chances (which
are very goodl we have for road nearly
completed into our county seat, or to
the road from Golf into Good Syringe.
Mr.. Editor, this recent judgmen,
4. against our county for $3.50, 600 is per
I, fectly appalling, and is equal nearly tn,
total amount Of the assessed value of GU
entire county's property. Under thes
= circumstances I desire to enter my Pre-
; test against any. further extension or an
;. further giving Of any railroad subsidies
70 because we have a good show for tw
- railroads into our county without none
- and without price, and to extend by leg
u islative enactment the Air Line franchis
for any additional time would lay u
liable to taxation beyond torbearancs.
,. Enclosed I send you clipping from
d recent publication, As follows
IL THE NEVADA SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
II The Nevada Southern Railway las
week fled articles of incorporation wit
= the Secretary Of State at Denver, Colora
10 do. The capital stock is $4,000. 600 and
b 500, 900 has been subscribed.
It According to the Denver Sun the objec
"A of the company 10 to build, operate
maintain or dispose of broad gauge rail
E. way from Golf to Good Springs, Lincoll
to county, Nevada, via Golf, Won Trigger
.. MARVEL, Vanderbilt and State Line, an,
4, Good Springs. New. with branch line
from Marvel to the New York mininf
T. district. and also branch road from Stat
IN Line to Mesquite valley over the Stat
10 Line Pass. The length of the road is 10
o.. miles. The principal Office is at Denver
with branch Offices at Needles or Goo
% Springs. 49, e'f ,'
And this indicates that without sui
sides that we are the objective point 70
N at least two railroads. which must neces
at sarily be competitive, and therefore
ia think that our taxpayers should instruc
Nd our Senator and Representative to vot
against any extension Of the Nevada Al
or Line franchise (so called) or any aid o
comfort to any other line which
bonds may impose any burden upon on
"a people.
Mr.. Editor, considering our Aoatin
county indebtedness of great man
thousand dollars and the recent decisio
Of the Supreme Court Of the Unite
,e. States, which saddles upon Us $3.50, 0c
Of indebtedness, am sure that we shoul
incur no further liabilities. either for
railroad or any other purpose.
". We have better show for two raj
roads into our county than has any 9th
". in the State, and so much money HI
lie. been invested in building one of them
our doors that it has become the be-
possible guarantee that we will sot
a. have all reasonable railroad facilities.
- - TAXPAYER.
Dan Mcdonald Of Ely, who came dow
'" to take in the races, and Charley Lytl
leave to-day for the Keystone mine