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The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-01-04
Western Pacific Made
Good Record in Con-
structiOn in 1907.
MEANS MUCH LOCALLY
Line Will Be a Feeder for Smelfers
Here...Now Expected That It
Will Be Finished Before Jan. !

| The excellent record of construc-
tion made on the Western Pacihc
during 1907 gives ground for the eA-
pectation that the road will be COM
pleted during the present year. thus
giving this district a second connec-
ton east and west and placing II In
touch with big scope OF country
from which it will in time draw heav-
| lily of minerals for smelling. In view
of the local Importance of the road
summary of progress made during
1907 is particularly interesting.
At the close of the year the West
ern Pacific was completed from SAT-
Lake City west to Wells, New, dis
tanee of 2I5 miles. Here it strikes
| the Southern Pacific. Train service
could now be established between Salt
Lake City and Wells. II the company
were so disposed, but at this time 1t
| is the desire to concentrate all energy
on construction work rather than to
establish train service by sections.
1t is not to be concluded that the
line between Salt Lake City and Wells
represents all that has been accom-
| plished In the way of construction.
The line is divided into six main sec
tions and construction work has been
prosecuted actively throughout the
year on all six sections. At the close
of the year it is given out that of the
total of 929 miles of road between
the Rio Grande Western depot at Salt
Lake City and the terminus in San
Francisco, Clio miles have been grad
ed and 313 miles of track have been
laid. OF the track laid 122 miles are
in Utah, 6S in Nevada and 123 in
California.
When il is considered that the work
done in 1906 was inconsiderable and
that thousands of obstacles had to be
met and overcome this year, the rec
ord made is good one. At high
water mark in 1907, 1000 men and
500 teams were at work along the
line. Difficulty in holding men on
the contracts was one of the chief
drawbacks of the year. With mining
districts on either side of the road to
allure men by their wonderful prom
ises of wealth it is not surprising that
there were many desertions. Labor
CTS ~ Aht hunuituS were taken out
from the east and other labor centers.
and even before they reached their
destinations they melted away like
shadows.
1t is anticipated that the line will
be completed from end to end by jan
uary /, 1909, or within Is months
from the present time at most. In
the work to be done must be reckon
ed 40 tunnels with an aggregate
length of $4,000 feet: and 72 steel
bridges with an aggregate length OF
,, 900 feet.
The financial disturbance in the
east has had a tendency to retard
work on the Western Pacific and il
has retarded every important piece of
construction work in the country
This slowing up is expected to be dis
posed of in the spring If not before
and after that 1t is promised tnat
work Will be pushed with redoubled
vigor.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-01-04

mention of the point where numbers
shall start.
City Engineer Millard then drew
the attention of the council TO n
scheme of Numbering which he had
in mind. Starting with First street
all numbers east shall be graduated
with each block taking n rise of 100
on streets running east aud west.
Thus ON Aultman, between First and
Second streets, the numbers will run
from 100 TO 300. Between Second
and Mill street, from 200 TO 300. He
suggested that in order to avoid con-
fusion IL would be well to change Mill
street from that name to Third, as
Mill and Murry streets intervening
would add confusion and destroy the
system. On account of the fact that
Murry street is so well known he
would not change that name TO fourth
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-01-04

Licenses of the merchants of Ely
will probably be remitted for the
present quarter. Mayor Clark so rec
commended to the city council at their
meeting last night and the two al
dermen present expressed themselves
heartily in favor of the action. Be
side this several other matters of inn
portanee We're brought up.
The meeting was called to order by
Mayor Clark, with Aldermen Hall and
Root present, Alderman Carbon not
attending. The minutes for several
previous meetings were read and APP
proved after which committee re-
ports were called for.
Alderman Root reported that the
light committee had placed lights as
ordered at a previous meeting and
had approved the manner in which
the work was done. His report was
accepted without comment
For the street committee Alderman
Hall reported that the bridge ordered
on the road between Ely and Ely City
had been placed but was not yet ac-
cepted by his committee. Several
smaller needs of the streets were re-
ported by him and also by City En-
gineer Millard all being ordered
done.
Alderman Root stated that he
would recommend that the bill for
erection of the fire bell tower be
paid. The amount, after inyestiga-
tion, he considered proper. The work
had been ordered by the fire depart
ment, who knew what it would cost
before start was made. The bill was
ordered paid
1t was at this point that the most
important matter of the meeting was
brought out Il shall, in my annual
report. which will be given out next
Tuesday night, recommend the sus-
pension of licenses of the merchants
doing business in Ely" said Mayor
Clark. THE tax placed on the busi-
ness men is nothing less than bur
den at this time. We have plenty
of money in the city treasury to meet
all our needs until the beginning of
the next quarter and why we should
pile up money for use next summer
| cannot see.
At this point Alderman Root ask
ed If new enterprises commenced dur
ing the present quarter would have
to pay license. He took the stand
that Ii would prove a great injustice
and would work hardship on those
who had already paid license fees ii
the new conner in the business field
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-01-04

House NUMBERING Street Changes-- Titles Undisturbed

"Whcre does John Jones live2"
John Jones? Well, You can find
his house easily. just go up To the
old nagpola ana it's three doors To
the right" Then the stranger eager
ly searching for Jones must look for
half an hour for the old flagpOle.
This is the condition of affairs in un-
numbered Ely. The city council is
preparing to obviate IL in the near
future by numbering houses all over
the town so that il will not be 50
hard n matter to find where John
Jones, or Bill White. or--in fact any
one, lives.
At the council meeting last night
City Attorney Walker called the at
tention of the aldermanic body 10 the
fact that the ordinance he was pre-
pa,lng was complete except for the
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-01-04
Propose Dropping License Collections
Annual Reports fire Agdin Deferred

persons who have to apply to the
city for aid
"One day last week a man who
was very Ill applied to me for medi-
cal treatment. | applied at the coun-
ty hospital for admission for him but
could not obtain It, as there is no
agreement between the city and coun-
ty on the subject. He therefore had
to be given private attendance.
Whenever a patient is taken care
of by the city at present it means that
he has to be taken to some hotel or
lodging house and a special nurse
provided as well as a physician. The
costs run up to close to $40 day for
treatment. This is a great expense,
yet We cannot allow people to suffer
when we can help it. 1t would be
best for the city, | believe, under the
circumstances. to make some agree
ment with the board of county COM
missioners and have them take the
INDECENT sick of the city into the
county hospital and a regular rate
of pay for each patient, be obtained. -
The couneilmen expressed them
selves as being in favor of the move
and as a consequence City Attorney
Walker will meet with the commits
sioners and arrangements for main
tenance of sick persons, be made. The
result of the conference will be re-
ported at the meeting next Tuesday
night.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-01-04
WAS A RECORD
BUSINESS DAY
Recorder Handled More Documents
On Thursday Than Ever Before
In History Of the County.

January 2. 1908, will be the day
which will go down in history as the
one on which the largest amount OF
business ever transacted by the coun-
ty recorders Office was had Thurs
day was marked by the filing of l05
instruments for record and as a con-
sequence The clerical force was kept
engaged throughout the day and for
several hours yesterday copying the
instruments into the record book.
Mining locations presented the
greatest volume of business. or this
class of documents there were Sl.
This was the natural result of the new
locations made on the first and OF
si2s taken by claim owners who had
ION unable to do their assessment
p0ork TO protect their interests.
Next In size, but small indeed when
compared with the above mentioned
Item, came proofs of assessment work.
of these there We're 10 filed during
tho day Thursday. Seven deeds. all
OF more or less Importance, were
brought In to be recorded. Among
the lesser items were a mining pat
eht; a notary's bond; lien, and one
power of attorney.
Yesterday, while the number of
items was much smaller, presented
suihcient volume of business To
prove ihat the rush would keep up
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-01-04
Jnzelters Shut D0Wn On Ore C0nsignn7e0ts
Utah Farmers Litigation Probable Cause

SALT LAKE, Jan. 3.-The United
States Smelling. Refining and Mining
company has sent report from Bos-
ton that the smelling company will
refuse TO accept any more ores from
its customers billed after today. A
prominent operator stated yesterday
afternoon that he had received no.
tice. and that all the customers of
this company had been so notified
Local circles deem this another
move made necessary by the decision
of the courts in the noted smeter
smoke case recently passed on by the
United States court of appeals. 1t
looks like the United States company
meant TO make good its threat of sew
eral weeks ago to the effect that the
smelter of the company in this val
ley would be closed down, according
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-01-04

but the present Third street would
be made Fifth and each street be-
yond raised two numbers. From
High street south he would number
i'm the same manner, each block run
ming north and south.
The city attorney objected to this
on the ground that il might confuse
titles to property, but Millard point
ed out that new city plat was being
made and would he filed shortly and
that IL would go on record as official.
All deeds can therefore he referred
easily to that. The matter was gem
orally discussed and the councilmen
agreed that il would be good
scheme of enunerating the residences
The ordinance will be completed and
presented by the city attorney for
passage at the next session of the
council Tuesday evening.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-01-04

ly far reaching. for many of the mines
of Bingham and Tintie that have been
trying to eke out a little profit these
hard times are customers of this
smelling company. To give list of
its Tintic customers is practically to
give list of the producing mines of
that district.
On the first of the year the May
Day and Uncle Sam were added to the
list of idle companies, both compa-
nies deeming the present low price
of the metals sufficient argument to
quit sending in their ores. The
Grand Central company has been clos
ed down for several weeks owing to
the Bingham Consolidated smelter
closing down. The Centennial Eure-
ka property bids fair to be one of
the most active mines In the camn.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-01-04
, . .
, TROOPS TO GO INTO
WARM WINTER QUARTERS

9 GOLDFIELD, Jan. with
. in a short time the military Z
. force stationed in the Goldfield Z
. district will be reduced by more Z
. than one-half. There will re- Z
. main two full companies of 65 Z
. men each, and six officers. The Z
. troops will probably be under Z
> command of Major Krepps. .
> Colonel Reynolds will probably .
> depart for California early this q
> weeks in company with those Z
, men not ordered to remain on .
> the ground. There are about .
, 2S0 in the detachment now in .
, the district. .
, For two or three days Colonel .
, Reynolds. Captain Fox and Man .
, ager Schmidt. of the Merchants .
, hotel, at Columbia, have been .
, comforting regarding the adyis- .
, ability of quartering the troops .
I at that hostelry until the order .
, arrives for their departure. AL .
} though no contracts have been .
} closed, ii Is known that Cap .
, tain Cox has recommended that .
, the Merchants be selected for .
, the officers and men. The move .
, has given the impression that .
, long stay is understood by the .
, military authorities to be ahead. .
.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-01-04
Pittsbure Ely Secures
Sound Title To In
vOIved Properties.
MUTUAL AGREEM T Mt
Reached Between Parties at Inter.
est Out Of C0urt..With Another
Action II Goes From Docket.

Two cases were settled out of court
/ yesterday and actions for some time
hanging fire before Judge Brown
Will as result now pass from the
docket They were those of Frank
Straub VS.. NJ. S. Bryant, p. W. Mat
son. Gragg Richards and the Bank
of Ely. and James Dillon vs.. r. f..
Bramlett.
The first action was the most I'M
portant. involving large money sums
as well as the title to mining prop
erty in this district. In the com
plant. very lengthy document of
seven typewriter pages. the plaintiff
sets forth that Richards, acting for
the other defendants, had approached
him representing himself as mining
engineer and the agent of Bryant and
Matson whom he asserted owned a
group of claims, namely the Key
board group of five. the eynote, Mex
lean. Mammoth and Monterey. He
alleged that on this representation
he bough: the ground, agreeing TO
pay for it $y),000. He made pay
nrtnts of 81 600. $2,500. $1,000 and
also delivered 10000 shares of the
stock of the Pittsburg-Ely Copper
company to the defendants through
the Bank of Ely, where II was depos-
tied in escrow. The first deed to the
property had been made in the name
of the defendants, but Richards
agreed TO secure deed for plaintiif
in ease the last payment Of $4,000
was made through the Bank of Ely
by September / ), 1907, or to deliver
IL 10 the plaintiff on payment of $16,
500 cash and 10000 shares of the
stock of the company. He alleged
that he had complied with all of the
agreed provisions except the final
payment of $4,000, when he found
that the property was covered by an
other and prior title. lie was then
forced 10 do work aggregating $4,000
to keep his tide good. He prayed
that the court would order returned
to him the four thousand dollars ex-
pended for work done on the proper
ty. the $500 with interest and the
10, 200 shares of stock i'm the Pitts
burg-Ely Copper company lnjune-
tion against the plaintiff Bank OF Ely
was also sought, to restrain them
from delivering money and stock
deposited in escrow with them TO the
defendants named.
In the stipulation of settlement
filed yesterday il was agreed that
Straub would plead for dismissal of
the action and would pay the defend
ants 2,000. while the Bank of Ely
will deliver the deeds held in es-
crow TO plaintiff. who in turn will
Immediately deliver the deeds TO the
Pittsburg-Ely company. The doeu-
ment also provides that Bryant and
Matson shall receive 10000 shares
of the capital stock of the company
now in escrow, until Stranb makes a
payment of $4,000 into the First Ma
tional bank of Butte, Mont. The
date set for this payment is July /,
1908. The deeds conveying the prop
erty To Straub were placed on record
in the county recorders office yes
terday
The second action involved a note
of $325. for which attachment had
been made by Dflion on Bramlett.
The complaint asked for the face
value of the note together with 10
per cent per annum until paid, and
S100 in addition for attorneys fees.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-01-04
Tip Comes That 1t Will
Be Rendered Next
Week at Carson.
BRIEFS ARE AWAITED
Commissioners Have Reached 0pin.
ion So Far As They May Without
Considering Lawyers Claims.

A telegram received in the city last
evening conveyed the information
that il might he expected that the
action of the city of Ely against the
Nevada Northern railroad Ia compel
the latter to establish n freight depot
in Ely, would receive final considcra-
ton by the railroad commissioners
some time next week.
The railroad commissioners have
concluded their examination into the
,oluminous testimony submitted at
~ hearing here. Fro his noint
Dfhaf should he well informed IL IS
learned that the commissioners have
practically reached n decision among
themselves 50 far as the testimony Is
concerned aud that IL they had the
briefs of the attorneys In the case
before them they would he ready Ia
render decision as soon as going over
these.
The briefs of the attorneys had not
yet been received mp To yesterday,
but were expected by every mail. The
commissioners are underst ood to have
advised counsel on both sides of de-
sire To have their briefs at once and
To have received assurances that
these would he sent in without delay
II is ON this basis that the commits
sioners are reported 10 expect to he
able to dispose of the case finally
next week through the rendering of
decision nj that time.
The occasion at which the decision
will he rendered will he at a meeting
of the commission which has been
walled for Carson next week.
Nharlcs :. Fee, recognized as the
personal representative of Hartman
in the west. will be in consultation
with the commissioners nj that time
lie is 10 review the rate situation with
them. As n result of the conference
II is highly probable that Nevada will
he materially benefited in the way of
lower rates aud much better service.
The commissioners held meeting at
Carson Tuesday, at which only rout-
inc business was transacted.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-01-04
DISSOLUTION OF RELATIONS
BETWEEN L. p. AND s. p

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3-a,to.na,
uenefai i'onaparte, when questioned
today as to the truth of the statemert
that suit would be soon brought m
dissolve the relationship between thc
Union ana southern Pacific railroads
known as the Hartman system
would only say that the matter vas
under consideration, but he was "as mas
prepared TO either affirm or deny the
report. s"c
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-01-04

fected by the new order :.
tnereiore' n,el i e, as i Tintic must Join Par.
oi,y ..i,y ,oau IN It's era Of inactivity. It also
VIII WI, ,a'e|n smother thousand or more
miners tnfown out of employment more
IL was stated yesterday tha, -,
Murray plant of the Amar;o.. qua. the
ing and keiining eompanv ms ohleit-
ing tne reduced shipments ans ms ,eel- .
sulphide ores are needed !, ana that
held copper smelter. II - us Gar
stated that the local one was also
this company had been ,e she, lorce of
to mere shadow of its 9na,ed raa, down
men in the Office having 'eal 'sa self, II
this week. 1t certainpss peen let go
se"So" ior 'ne Utah smelters severe
RINrIfRNS To
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-01-04

Assures "A Copper Producing Camp
Second TO None In tho World.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-08-15

do his full duty. Is young map
who is asking the people to help him
build himself up in their estimation.
Is in the prime of life. The only one
of his fsmily who has ever offered for
an office of any kind.
j. s. HOGAN,
has record but wants someone else
to tell of it. de WAS a rebel and is
proud of it. If elected to the office he
will do his full duty. Should he be
consult the best legal talent and in
form himself. He wants the 5000 that
is in the office.
For Magistrate of Buford Town
ship.
w. Nj. CARNES.
Am running for the fourth term in
this Office. Have no special promises
to make, except that | will continue
to do my full duty.
w MARCUS ESTRIDGE,
candidate for same office. Have no
record. Will do my duty if elected.
Perfect order was maintained
throughout the meeting by its able
and wide awake chairman. So far as
your reporter heard. nothing occurr-
ed to mar the pleasure of either can
didates or voter The presence of a
few ladies added grace and pleasure
to the meeting The people of this
-.
eners and will no doubt make wise
choice of officers at the approaching
primary election
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-08-15
w. +. GARVIN,

candidate for the Office of Coroner.
Has been a resident of the town of
Lancaster for over twenty years. If
elected, will do his duty fully in the
office.
For Magistrate at Lancaster g. 81 4.
w. p. CASKEY,
candidate for reelection. Has filed
the Office for a number of years.
Thanks for the support the people
have given him since he has held the
office. The treatment he has received
in the past will impel him to make
even greater efforts in the future to
conduct the office of Magistrate at the
county seat in manncr acceptable to
the people.
Magistrate for Lancaster Cotton
Mill.
b. F. PHILIPS,
the present incumbent of the office.
Has been in Office Is months and has
turned over $S234O to the county
treasurer as fines collected by him
The law should be amended so as to
allow constable to make an affidavit
in cases where no one else will max e
it as to violations Of law.
j. b. CONNOR,
also candidate for magistrate at Cot
ton Mills. Was a constable for magis-
trate for number of years and feels
that he is competent to fill the office
II. n. REEVES,
a candidate for the office of Magistrate
at the Cotton Mill. If elected will
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-08-15
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