Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-12-01


Company, which have ordered to be
moved promptly in a solid train to
Sparks.
E. G Manson, Division S%uperinten-
dent Of the Southern Pacific, sent the
following:
j. F. Hedden, General Manager,
Tonopah. New.
Winnemucca, Nov. %.
Will move your coal from Calf
ornia to Nina as fast as received at
Sparks
The Board of Trade sent the fol-
lowing message both to w. II. Ban
croft, General Manager of the Ore
gon Short Line at Salt Lake City,
and E. e. Calvin at San Francisco:
"Winnemucca, Nov. %.
AT present time Tonopah, Cold
field and in fact all the mining
camps contiguous and in this part of
Nevada are suffering from fuel fam
inc. The situation is becoming so
serious that many families are suf-
fering and appeals for fuel are com
ing in from all sides. The situation
is affecting rich and poor alike. Fuel
cannot be obtained at any price, and
therefore. the Board of Trade, rep
r~esenting the community respectfully
requests that you issue an order Civ
ing preference to all fuel of what
ever nature consigned to Tonopah
end Goldfeld. Kindly acknowledge.
In reply to the above w. H. Ban
croft wired as follows:
Salt Lake, Utah. Nov. %, 'O6.
H. F. Sheldon,
President Tonopah Board of Trade,
Tonopah, New.
Your telegram received. In re-
spouse to message from Governor
Sparks, who is at Tonopah, / have
Just wired him as follows: Your tel
egram of date received. We + Civ
ing transportation of coal preference
over all other freight outside stock
and perishables. We are diverting
from our railroad supply as far as
it is possible to relieve the situation.
Will take the matter up and e that
everything possible is done to have
hurried forward all coal and other
fuel consigned to Tonopah and Gold
field districts.
w. II BANCROFT
In addition to their efforts with
the railroad the Board have secured
the entire country and discovered
that at Hannapah there are 800
cords OF wood. Tho Hannapah mine
is shut and every effort is being
made to secure the necessary teams
and If successful they have been as
sured, through the courtesy of Mr.
Samuel N%ewhouse, the owner of the
property, that the wood or a large
lortion of it Is at the disposal of the
people of Tonopah to be distributed
under the supervision of the Board
Of Trade This assures the remedy
of the serious condition. Further
they have learned that there are loo
cords of wood at Sodaville. which
Mr.. W%hittenhurg Is having loaded
. nvI 10 Nhr rvaNIr gn..II ha uaDnun n1fgh.
ed Mr.. Whittenburg stated that the
wood should have been here las
night. He also said that the only
difficulty in loading the cars was il
obtaining the necessary labor. The
Board Of Trade instructed Mr.. Whit
tenbure that if it was a question o.
labor, that he could supply the mer
from here at the expense of the
Board. In connection with this sup
ply the Board wired as follows:
''Tonopah. New. Nov. %, '06
Fred Allsen,
Sodaville, New.
Wittenburg has promised wood or
tered from you to Tonopah Board o
Trade for relief of this suffering
community. Why was not Woo
loaded today. Answer Immediately
TONOPAH BOARD OF TRADE,
"Sodaville, New, Nov. 23
Board Of Trade.
Teams did not get in as expected
viii load tCmorrow without fail"
Mr.. Hedden, has promised tina
five of the ten cars of coal purchases
by Mr.. Miller will be turned over t.
the Board of Trade upon their arri
val, to be sold by them to the deal
ers and individuals, at such price a
the Board shall decide. A membe
Of the Board stated that in the dis
tribution, only one half a ton woul
he sold to a single purchaser unit
the situation is easier. Regardin
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