The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-23
Nothing Brought Out at Sessions Yesterday to
Change Opinion As to the Failure of the Com.
plainants In Regard to Making Case.
DEFENSE SCORES SOME IMPORTANT POINTS
Testimony of Tanserman cNu That Carriage Charges Would Be
No More From Ely City Ely Business Houses Than From Pro-
posed Ely Depot SeDficuies in Way Of Yard Building Made
CeaCompIanants Engineer Submits Faulty New Plan for Yard

some land south of Graham's store,
and il the people wanted depot and
the ground was big enough, they
might appoint a committee of ap-
praisers, appraise the land, and he
would cut the price in two. Rock
hill said he would give $500 toward
the depot: Requa said he would give
passenger depot and if the people
wanted to help out on it, all right.
If not, he would pay for it himself.
| don't recall that Requa said he
would not do any particular thing. y
do you recall the franchise
granted through Aultman by the
county commissioners? Was meet
ing of the citizens held them"
mo, sir, no meeting was held, but
I personally called on every mer-
chant ON Aultman street and found
only few who were opposed TO the
granting of the franchise
THAT was an unconditional fran
chise, was it not?"
II cannot recall.
why did you consider it neces-
sary to call meeting on the second
franchise question:"
Il have always deemed it import
ant that the people should know of
any important measure that was to
come up"
"Why did you vote to grant a
franchise over Aultman without get
ting a provision for a depot?'
Il think that was the first fran
chise ever presented to us, up to that
time We were not experienced in
such matters. | saw all the people
over the property, and all but four or
five said they did NOT object to the
franchise. | acted in accordance
with the views of the people"
Robert Hastie, who had been in
the carriage business for period of
62 days, was called. He was famil-
lar with carriage rates here.
"With respect to haul of not to
exceed from one and one-half to
two miles, of general merchandise,
what is the main element of cost?''
Handling, loading and unload
ing"
''If freight depot were estab-
lished at the slaughter house cut,
would the charge for carriage be the
same as it is now from the George
town depot to the business district
of Ely?"
1T would be if I was doing the
business.
What would be the charge for
hauling household goods from Ely
City depot to the residence part of
Ely City, as compared with hauling
from the Ely City depot to the bust
ness section of old Ely?"
'1'd charge the same"
'Would you charge the same for
hauling freight from Ely City to Ely
as you would for hauling from Ely
City to Lane City,"
I'D charge more to haul to Lane
because the distance is so much
greater"
"What did you get paid for haul
ing from Ely City to Lane?'
-Four dollars per trip, whether il
| was a load or a single article"
On recross examination witness
stated that the greatest element In
the matter of fixing charges was
| handling, loading and unloading
goods. That was the way the greater
part of time was taken up.
Charles Burke, who is in the trans
fer business said that the largest ele
| ment entering into the fixing ot
charges is the time consumed in load
| ing and unloading. This would be
the greatest factor in a haul of from
one and one-half to two miles ol
less. He went into an elaborate anC
extensive explanation of rates of cart
age on various classes of merchan
disc and commodities, between Ely
| City depot, Ely City residence sec
tions, the depot and Ely business sec
tions; the depot and Ely residence
sections and said that the same rate
prevailed for all hauls in that ares
from that point. The placing of the
depot at the slaughter house Gu
would make no difference in the
charges he would make for carriage
| The difference in time taken up OIL
the road would not amount to any
thing. On cross examination, con
| Quoted by Mr.. Coleman, he said tina
he was an employe of the Nevada sta
bles, and went into further details
about the business, saying that HI
was as willing to haul to one plac'
as to another at the same rate, with
in the district specified in the forme
line of questioning. Later in hi
testimony witness said he recalled
the spotting of cars in front of th
court house site, and said that h
made the same charges for hauling
from the court house site, as from
the freight depot to the busines
houses. with the exception that h
paid the S. fee for spotting tn
cars. The same rate was paid b.
Graham Mercantile company 70
hauling from the freight depot t.
their store; to the ware house, o
from the cars spotted to the store
with the exception of payment o
spotting fee.
Judge Lindley, counsel for the de