The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-07
CAN RAILROAD
Be RESTRAINED
From Using Name Of Ely on
the New Depot at
Ely City.
MAY SUE SCHOOL TRUSTEES
Warm Discussion ut Commercial
Club Meeting Last Night Over
Several Topics.

That legal steps will be taken to
prevent the Nevada Northern from
using the name of Ely on the new de-
pot now under construction at Ely
City, providing the city council acts
upon the request of the Commercial
ing of the club last night many inn
portant topics of vital Importance to
this city were taken up and in almost
every instance action was taken upon
them.
The most heated discussion of the
evening arose when one member of
the club stated that he had absolute
information that the depot in Ely
would be abandoned as soon as the
new depot was completed. Many
members disagreed from that opin-
ion, stating that they were certain
lat no such steps would be taken,
but the general impression was that
the railroad company was contem-
plating the making of the new sta
tion the terminal point for their road.
A motion was finally put before the
club by Lieutenant Governor Dicker-
son that committee be appointed to
consult with the city council and re-
quest them to Immediately start suit
against the Nevada Northern in an
effort to restrain them from using
the name of Ely on the new depot.
The motion was carried and Presi-
dent Witcher will announce the COM
mittee today.
Legal proceedings may be institut
ed against the board of school trus-
tees in an effort to compel them to
abandon their plans for small
school in Ely City this fall, and use
all of the 5000 issued for the pur-
pose of school buildings in the Ely
school district, to the erection of one
good structure on the old site in this
town.
Senator Comins explained that the
jurisdiction of the board was over
Ely school district, not alone the in
corporation of Ely, and that there
were 486 pupils of school age in the
district, and of this number 5S lived
in Ely City, where there are abso-
lutely no school facilities. He stated
that the board had planned and had
already let some contracts for the
erection of four-room school house
here that would be ample to accom-
modate all of the children of Ely, and
that the building would be so con-
structed that when the population
had increased to make more school
room necessity, another wing of
four rooms could be added to the
building, making the same complete
structure of good appearance. He
further stated that the board believed
that the children of Ely City must be
provided for and that as soon as 1T
was determined what the cost of an
ample structure here should be, the
balance of the money would be de-
voted to the building of the Ely City
school house.
Mr.. Fessler took exception to the
building of the other school house
and stated that he personally knew
that all of the members of the last
legislature that voted for the bill al
lowing the issuance of these bonds
for $4,000 intended that the money
levied for this purpose should be de-
voted to the construction of one good
building in Ely alone, and that the
citizens of Ely so understood 1T. A
motion was made by Lieutenant Gov
ernOr Dickerson that legal proceed
ings at once be instituted by the
Commercial club against the board of
school trustees compelling them to
use the $35, 900 in the construction
of one building in Ely, and that on
the old site warm discussion
arose, several members of the club
claiming that fairness to the children
of Ely City demanded that they be
furnished with sufficient school facili-
ties and that the board probably
knew after several months work on
the subject, whether they could pro-
vide sufficient accommodations for all
of the school children of the district
Others stated that they were con-
yinced that the bonds were issued
solely for the purpose of building a
large school building in this town
and if they wanted school in Ely
City, that other bonds should be is
sued for it's construction and main
tenance. Senator Comins, the only
member of the board present, arose
and said in part:
"Let us be fair in this matter. The
board of trustees of this district have
spent months in looking over the sub
ject of Ely's school situation anC
whatever they have done has beer
only after careful deliberation. 1t |!
not right for this club to commence
suit against this board without care
fully considering the question, an6
with all due respect to the lieutenan
governor of this state, and the mem
bers of the last legislature who arr
present here tonight, they cannot ant
do not know all there is to know
about this question, after only few
moments discussion, and when the.
take exception only to the fact tha
we propose to provide for the schoo
children of Ely City"
After considerable warm discus
sion Mr.. Dickerson moved that th'
previous motion be tabled, which wa
carried. A motion, however, wa
carried that special meeting of tn
club be called for next Monday night
wnen the matter will be taken up.
Francis Root and Lieutenant Gov
ernor Dickerson handed in thei
resipnations as members of the eX