The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1906-08-14
GARDEN, AULTMAN, OR
WHERE?-- THE QUESTION
Board OF Commissioners Hold Go-as.You-pIease
Session to Settle Weiehty Subiect---The Nevada
Northern Occupies Place of ''tiappy
Antoine, the Middle Man.

The Board of County Commissioners
met Monday morning to take up the
matter of granting the Nevada North
ern the privilege of laying its tracks
through Ely on Garden street instead
of Aultman and transacted little other
business as we'll
The first business considered was the
granting of a sewer franchise to local
people Deputy District Attorney
Boreman read lengthy opinion from
his pen showing why the franchise
should not be granted and at the CON
clusion Of its reading Commissioner
Riepe moved that the petition be laid
on the table indefinitely, but the mo-
ton did not meet with second, when
chairman Wakeling moved that the
matter be laid over until the first Mon
day in September, as per request of
the petitioners, for further considera-
ton. The Wakeling motion prevailed
and it was SO ordered
The matter of rebuilding "A bridge
across Duck Creek was brought up and
it was decided that John Gallagher be
instructed to rebuild the bridge and
hand in his bill to the county. Commits
sloner Parker was appointed "A COM
mittee to sec that the work was prop
erly done.
Attorney Quails, of the Nevada
Northern, who made the request at the
last meeting for an adjourned session
to consider the changing of the fran
chise from Aultman to Garden street,
said his company had not quite COM
pleted its surveys and asked that the
matter be again laid over until 4 o'clock
of Monday. 1t was so ordered. In the
meantime Deputy District Attorney
Boreman presented protest signed
by C. A. Walker and asked that the
matter be laid over until 8 o'clock,
saying that Mr.. Walker would be in
Monday evening and would present his
own case. The Board having already
taken action it stood as it was.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
1t was 4:30 o'clock before the meet
ing was called to order. Mr.. Quails,
the attorney for the Nevada Northern,
addressed the Board and said he did
not see what could be accomplished be-
yond ascertaining the sentiment of the
people regarding the proposed change
of route from Aultman to Garden
street and suggested that all interested
be invited by the Board to express
themselves, and said that his company
would be pleased to do whatever seem
ed best and to the interest of the town.
Chairman Wakeling thereupon, acting
on the suggestion of Mr.. Quails, opened
the door wide and invited everyone
present to say their say.
AT this point Mr.. Devecmon arose
and said he represented three orphan
children who were heirs to some prop
erty that would be condemned if the
road ran up Garden street and desired
to enter his protest right there and
then. He asked for the petition of the
railroad company asking for the change
ans seemed quite surprised when in
formed that the company had no peti-
ton but was acting on the wishes Of
the people Of the town. The discussion
took wide range and several spoke on
the subject.
Neil Munro said it was his opinion
that Garden street was the place to
build the road through town and
strongly urged that the Commissioners
so decide and said he believed it to be
the sentiment Of the heavy taxpayers
of the town.
J, B, Simpson took the floor and for
getting that he was not member of
the Board moved that rising vote be
taken Of all present. Chairman Wake
ling told MIR. Simpson that he was not q
member Of the City Council, where
upon Sim said, NO but | want
railroad, for White Pine has been a
long time without one" and then went
way back and sat down.
W. N. McGill addressed the meeting
and said that the franchise granted
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