Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-04-04
HUBBARD ON NEVADA.
Points ont that California Wants
Our Potatoes.
Improvement of the Is"adbed-- Heavi-
er Rails tO be Put Down
Railroads. Policy.

General Thos. H. Hubbard, Vice.
President m the Southern Pacific
Railroad, with his lice n New YORK
city, III company with w. G. Curtis,
Chief Engineer of the Maintenance Of
the way Of the Southern Pacific CON
pnny. Superintendent j. S. Noble
and Assistant Superintendent Fitz-
gerald Of the Salt Lake division, pass
ed through Winnen.ucca last even.
ing on his way west on special COM
posed of three cars. General Hub
bard is New York lawyer and looks
after the Hopkins-Searles interest III
the Southern Pacific business.
Vice President Hubbard was found
by representative Of the Silver State
to be very congenial man and one
who talks with great deliberatiop.
When as ked what the railroad COM
pany contemplated in the way of i'm
provements through this state, tine
General replied that about forty
years ago an engine OF forty tons was
considered heavy equipment, whereas
now it is seventy; that the increased
weight or equipment demanded
more substantial roadbed and heav-
Ter ste"l rail and that it WAS the pur
pose OF the company to commence at
once to make mora perfect roadbed
and replace the present light rails
with much heavier ones. This work."
remarked General Hubbard, "cannot
all be done at once. 1t will TAX.
some time to accomplish the entire
project"
Regarding the business Of the road
during the past year he said that the
traffic had been very heavy which
was due to the Philippine trouble, the
company hauling. most of the troops
that went TO these islands rs we'll as
the supplies. Then there was a snow
blockade the latter part Of The year
which caused a heavy bushes in
short period: also fruit shipments Of
last fall from California to Eastern
points. AS to the outlook for the
fruit crop in California this coming
year aud the fact that the crop will ex
coed any Of former years, Gen eraI
Hubbard said that it was little too
farlin advance of the time of the ship
ment Of the crop, but that If the ship
ping OF fruit this fall from California
sui passes that Ut former years, which
it is likely to do on account Of the
loss of the orange trees in Florida
the Southern Pacific wonld meet the
increased business and make prepar.
alton to handle It.
The General was asked as to the
policy Of the company under the re-
organization plan. He stated 10 re-
ply that the present policy would not
be swerved from, and the only differ
ence would be closer relationship
between the Southern Pacific and
Central Pacific roads. AS to the pol
icy Of the company toward this section
Of the country the officials would aim
to give the Nevada patrons good
service.
Tho subject Of raising potatoes in
this State for shipment was brought
up, and the Generals attention called
to the fact that the same rate per
hundred weight, 71S cents. was
charged the Nevada as the Utah far
mers for shipping this product to ter
ninsl points in California. On this
point he stated that il the Nevada
farmers would raise potatoes and ship
them to California that tho company
would undoubtedly reduce the rate
on this product to Calitornia 'termln-
al points, but it would-be useless for
the farmers Of this state to raise po-