The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-12-03
FACTS ABOUT THE STAGE
BUSINESS.
Who Is to Blame for the Pro-
posed Change on the Ely and
Wells Line.

A mass meeting OF the citizens o.
this camp aud vicinity should be called
at once, and steps taken to place the
matter of daily delivery of mail before
the postoffice authorities at Washing
ton and present the conditions In this
camp as to mail delivery In proper
light. There was o. S. mail inspec-
tor through here few weeks ago who
made all kinds of spacious promises to
our citizens as to improvement in mail
and stage service, but no one has any
faith in his promises as he is believed
to be subsidized by Ben Miller and
bound to dance when Miller pulls the
string. The stage contractors can, of
now do by getting the mail delivery
down TO tri-weekly and can we'll afford
to buy up inspectors sent here to give
us a square deal, but 1t is certain that
a protest signed by every citizen here
receiving mail at the Cherry Creek
postoffice, and placed in the hands OF
Senator Newlands for presentation 10
the postoffice authorities at Washing
ton, would speedily settle the whole
matter in favor OF daily service for
Cherry Greek. II anything is to be
done to revoke this iniquitous tri-
weekly scheme 1t must be attended to
without delay and If properly presented
will result in the government sending
a square inspector here who cannot be
bought by Miller & Kennedy, who are
using every endeavor to give Cherry
Creek the worst of it and feather their
own nests at the same time. Wake
up, citizens, and get down to business
without delsy.-Cherry Creek Miner.
In order for us to give our readers a
more intelligent understanding of the
proposed change in the daily mail SER
vice between Ely, Cherry Creek and
Wells We will give a plain statement of
the facts in the matter and leave them
to figure out for themselves who is to
blame, and upon whose shoulders rests
the greatest responsibility.
First, ID. G. Kennedy, the sub-con
tractor, and his bondsmen, according
to the most reliable information at our
command, thought that by running
the line in slip shod way and getting
into the stations semi mi-occasionally that
reports would necessarily be sent to
the Department.; that the Department
would exact heavy fines from the ORR
ginal contractor, the Utah & Nevada
Express Co. and demand a better SER
vice; that Kennedy would claim he was
getting only a portion of the amount
allowed for the route; that he was a
sub-contractor and conducting the line
according the amount of pay he re-
ceiyed that under the new U. S. law
governing the letting of Star Route
Mail Contracts the Utah Il Nevada
Express Co. had no right to sub-let
any mail contract that had been given
them; that the Postoffice Department
would recognize his complaint and re-
woke the contract given the Express
Co and award it to him direct. In
this matter Mr.. Kennedy was encour-
aged by Inspector Lewis, who also has
in for the Express Co, and is far from
being subsidized by Ben Miller" as
the Miner puts it.
The business was conducted with
this understanding for some time, or
1 L. L . H.
the people OF Cherry Creek petitioned
the Department demanding an investi-
cation and setting forth numerous ir-
regularities 10 the delivery OF the mail.
Inspector Harry Lewis was sent out
over the route to investigate, sRd the
document sent to the Department by
the Creek ers was mild compared to his
report of existing conditions. Then
began a thorough investigation by the
Department ITSELF which established
the facts that Cherry is but an inter-
mediate station on the Wells-Ely line
and as such has no schedule for the ar
rival or departure OF the stage; that
the population and number OF business
houses shown by the last census was
comparatively small; that but one other
stage line run IN or out of Cherry, and
that the country tributary to 1t was
principally agricultural and would not
be at all affected by change; that the
complaint cited SO many Irregularities
in the daily service that In the opinion
OF the Department the business at
Cherry did not justify daily mail SER
vice and upon their recommendation
being approved by the Postmastors at
Wells and Ely, the service would be
reduced to tri-weekly, and would, they
thought, give better satisfaction to the
Cherry Creekers. Letters concerning
the ad visibility of the change were
sent to the Postmaster here and at
Wells asking their opinions.
AS to the part Mr.. Miller played In
the scheme ito give Cherry Creek the
worst OF it" we are authorized to state
that which we know to be the case.
Copies OF the Cherry petition and the
report OF Inspector Lewis were sent to
him at Wyoming by the Department,
who reprimanded the Utah & Nevada
Express company for the manner in
which they conduc the line, with
held considerable of their pay and ad-
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