The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-02-12
EMU
AND ITS
POSSIBILITIES
Possesses Resources Which
Should Make 1t Rank Second
Town in Nevada.
Commercial Organization Needed
to Attract Outside Attention
and Capital.
BY c. d. VAN DUZER.

BY c. d. VAN DUZER.
Winnemucca yves its present growth,
population and commercial advantages
not so much to any concerted action
of it's business men as to it's natural re-
sources.
Few towns the size of Winnemucca
have such potential possibilities as has
this town. In the first place, it is a
railroad center, a stock center, a min
ing center and an agricultural center.
The people of Winnemucca are pros
porous and nearly every line of BUSH
ness is well represented.
The business men move along on in
dividual ines and as opportunity offers,
business increases and profits accrue
substantial improvements are made.
Winnemfucca is a natural center. In
any other State the town would be the
index for a great railroad system. A
line from W~innemucca, via Tuscarora, to
the Short Lin is a possibility and a
justifiable business venture.
A line to Kennedy or one to Paradise
valley would not be unreasonable.
The great stock interest represents a
wide territory. Why should not a cold
storage plant be here as we'll as in
Reno?
Winnemucca Is a mining center Why
should there not be a smelter of large
capacity located here? There is a prac-
tically unlimited amount of low-grade
and rebellious ores in easy hauling dis
lance.
The truth is. there is some lack of
public spirit. of public enterprise, of
public agreement and unity.
Such defects are usually cured by
a chamber of or board of
trade. This may sound amusing, yet
boards of trade have made smaller
towns han Winnemucca into compar-
atively large cities.
A board of trade, acting in a repre-
sentative capacity, representing the COM
itititIdf liittitSIS VI tht 0OhntSs 1OulQ
add to our growth and add to our bus
mess. A commercial body could have
brought the train dispatchers to Win
nemucca. That would nave meant a
number of additional families and
several new homes here.
A board of trade could agitate the
smelter proposition, Gould interest the
salt trusts competitor, attract capital,
draw business, offer inducements,
There is plenty of individual public
spirit. 1t should be contradiction
cused into useful channels.
If united effort were made II the
railroad company shown hat an ade-
quate water supply may be obtained,
the Wadsworth shops would UNI
doubtedly come here instead of going
to Reno.
A commercial body could act collect
lively and probably successfully in an
effort to obtain better freight rates
from the railroad company.
Winnemucea has a future. It's growth
is healthy. 1t ought easily to be the
second town in the State. A little en-
terprise would make 1t such.
1t would hardly be amiss for the bus
mess men and the younger element
now engaging in business to organize
a commercial body of some kind.
Winnemucea is a desirable place in
which to build a home. a desirable
place in which to ngage in business,
and about us opportunity reaches forth.
A little more advertisement of our
and a little concerted ac-
ton would go a long way toward in
creasing the towns population. The
man who says, we have enough pop
ulation: let us keep out Others" is not
"A good citizen.
We want more homes. They create
more business, more business makes a
larger and more prosperous
Winnemucea ought to be larger and
is enjoying but a portion of the pros
perity to which it is entitled.
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