The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-07-01
RAILROAD IS
TO HAVE SAY
CARBON HOLDS UP FRANCHISE
PENDING AN INTERVIEW WITH
MIR EcCJES TODAY-COUNCIL
ADJOURNED TO THIS EVENING.

After spending half the night dis
cussing the railway franchise ordi-
nance, the city council decided at the
request of Carbon to put on the third
reading and final passage OF the or
dinance until tonight. From begin-
ming TO end after the ordinance was
introduced, the meeting was con-
tinuous talkfest.
When In the regular order OF Dusi-
ness second reading OF the ordinance
was brought up Attorney Chandler,
who was present for the railway com
pany, asked that the rule requiring
a week to pass between readings be
suspended. This was agreed to by
all the members, on Cardon's motion,
and the ordinance put on It's second
reading. Carbon then called atten-
tion of the council to the session
laws of 1901 providing that the ap-
pIicant for street railway franchise
must deposit sufficient amount TO
cover all expenses of printing the ad-
vertisement of the ordinance; limit
ing the duration of franchises to 20
years and providing that after pass
age of a franchise grant by city
council II must be advertised and
sold to the highest bidder. Advice
of the attorneys present was asked
and elected from g. +. Boreman the
remark that If the railroad accepted
the franchise Ii was up to them to
do the worrying. not the council. G.
A. Walker then read in the acts of
1907 passage stating that city
must not give q franchise for longer
period than SO years. He said that
he did not see why the laws of 1901
should have bearing on the matter.
as II was plainly stated that the for
mer laws we're repealed by the later.
Boreman suggested that there was
an Objectionable feature In the ordi-
nance as 1t was submitted In that 1t
stated that there was TO be no stop
ping OF trains at Clark and Murry
streets longer than required to take
on and discharge passengers. He
suggested that the railroad might
want to establish depot at that
point II ground could be secured. He
suggested the Chairman mill site as
a suitable one for railway station.
Another feature he did not like was
that the railway company had spoken
of transferring passengers from Nc
Gill at Ely City to other trains and
those from the Veteran to the Nc
Gill trains. He thought that this
might be discrimination against Ely
later on.
Chandler then spoke on the sub
ject OF two stations, saying he had re-
ceived a message from s. w. Eccles
declaring that he was opposed to
stopping twice on Clark street. but
assigning no reason.
Boreman stated that the reason
was easy to see, as IL would be nee
essary for the railroad TO maintain
two depots, which on the present
amount of business they could not
do. He stated that the ma jority of
the people would be. without doubt,
in favor of moving the depot to some
place near the Clark and Murry cor
ner.
Carbon declared that the stop at
Clark and Murry had been put In the
ordinance especially to suit property
owners and business people In the
west end of Ely but that to move the
depot, which he declared to be ac~
ceptably placed to the people of his
end of the town, would be discrim-
ination against the east end and this
he would oppose.
Every man at the meeting except
Carbon agreed that 1t would be more
to the liking of great majority of
the citizens If the depot was estab-
lIshed In the west end Of Ely. Car
don declared that ths future growth
of the town was bound to be toward
Ely City and that this must be con-
sidered. Both Root and Hall ex
pressed themselves as favoring
change of the clause allowing the
railroad company to place their depot
where they saw fit and suggested that
the ordinance pass second reading
and be put up to Mr.. Eccles when he
arrives In the district today. This
was adopted. Carbon, after further
discussion. moved that the rules of
order be suspended and that the Or
dinance be placed upon third and
final reading. A recess was then