The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-02-27
NEW MAIL CONTRACTS
Opportunity Offered for Several
People 60 Step into = Profit
able Business
Utah & Nevada Express cemRs-
ny VIII FURNISH 6qnzrnenz -
ResponsEhse Pz-Ees
~. Miller WIN Personally ~.
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trun Washington with sHns-anff IN
earring the Tnisat Staaes mails Buan
; ssxsaar hins-gns rpuaes, a.rr''arsai1lE
Ieab zzliss IL NsrAfB Enf Z1Es. he hai
hsar fsuEi,y engaged IN Er,-HnElnE os-
tale x1r frss-class serzlae erar a. IN.
HDss srsrdsi 10 hin ~ fhe Pas; OF.
l1oe Department
i las beea she genera sapPos lssez
that when the per contracts 20 into
eject On July nexi there VII De no
opportunity for anyone TO profit b. the
mail business except in the subordinate
position o. driver. but Mr.. Miller as
sures rs tina; his company L wiling TO
negotiate With the parties DON perform.
ing the service on the several routes,
or any others who may desire 10 en-
gage in the business, paying them IN
many casee more than Is now allowed
By the Department Tor the same SER
vice. The company further offers to
advance money for the purchase Of
good horses and Srsf-class vehicles fer
use on any Of The lines TO responsible
parties. for earring the mail and en-
press over a portion or ali Of any GER
tain route. but 10 transfer Of aBy Of
she contracts from the original bidder
viii be entertained Further than
this. 70 parties so desiring, the company
vii contract 70 pay regular salary
for the work performed, payment TO
be made by the trip. week, month or
quarter ~ may be desired.
Thus II VIII be seen there Is prot ia bic
employment offered for several men In
this county for the next four years,
and those desiring TO engage 10 the
business should correspond with Mr..
Miller az once.
While in some cases the service Oh
difereut routes viii be performed by re-
sponsible third parties, Mr.. Miller will
give his personal supervision 10 all the
lines, and II is needless 10 add, nothing
less than frst-clsss service viii be ac.
ceptsble 10 him.
As TO the financial standing OF B. F.
Miller and the Utah and Nevada Ex-
press Company and their ability 10
carry out any contract which they may
enter into there IL no question. Be-
ginoing with the home mem bers there
are Hon A. G. Cleveland and W. n.
AcCill. two Of the largest stock raisers
and. land owners 10 the West. Then
there is John B. Williamson. County
Treasurer OF White Pine county and a
wealthy capitalist. 10 whom may be
added VIM. Hayes and Benz. 7. Miller,
merchants, whose financial standing Is
rsted - high as any men In the State
7. c. Geutch, the president OF the
company, IL also the general manager
Of the Pacific Express Company, and
makes his home at Omaha, Neb.. and
W. s. Mccormick Of Salt Lake City,
one Of the Pacific coasts best known
bankers, 10 the treasurer, while B. F.,
Prout OF the same city Is the secretary
the directorate consisting of President
Ceutch, vice President Williamson,
Treasurer Mccormick, Secretary
Prout, Hon. Henry Rives, Geo. A.
Snow and B. r. Miller.
Tho general manager OF the company
10 B. p. Miller, who, during the past
eight years, has demonstrated to the
Satisfaction Of the people Of this part of
the State that he is peculiarly well
qualified to manage large business
undertakings OF this character sue cess.
fully and profitably. In proof OF this
statement II may be added that during
the four years Of its existence the Utah
and Nevada Express Company has
paid TO its stockholders In dividends
moro than 10 cents share. on their
stock.
When the fact became known that
Mr.. Miller had been awarded the con-
tracts the people along the several
routes expressed their pleasure In no
uncertain words. Having suffered for
years because Of the unsatisfactory ser.
Vice rendered by the old speculative
Eastern bidders and now knowing that
whom tho contracts 60 into effect their
mail win DO delivered on schedule time
and that. too, on schedules more favor
able than those now in effect, they
have good reason to be thankful to the
Department for the ruling which elm.
mates the Fasteners and places the
service into the hands OF q man familia,.
with the country and who takes prid .
In rendering the best possible service.
Tho secret Of Mr.. Miller's success n
improving the service eight years ago
lay In having the schedules 90 ar
ranged - TO allow the departure on
ono stage immediately upon the arrival
OF the connecting mail, and now In
stead Of . half dozen men laying over
Idle half the time on q small once,
twice or thrice-a-week route he pro-
poses to arrange for change OF SEIZED .
ules on such routes, thus requiring
only half the number OF men and half
he amount Of stock. In this way he can
allow much better pay for those en-
ployed. In other words the intention
10 to couple two or more Of the small
routes together. and thus create a
profitable business where at present