The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-02-17
ANOTHER STORY IS
OUT ABOUT
INLAY
RENO JOURNAL AGAIN
MOVES DIVISION POINT
Superintendent Rowlands Would Not
Say That Winnemucca Would
ssDie' Of Broken Heart.

ne MENU JOuFudi has again IHOVcu
the division point from Winnemucca
to Inlay. To those who have been in
the habit of reading the Journal, this
will not be exciting, for the Journal
has removed the division point from
Winnemucca to INLAY about q dozen
times already in the past two years.
On each of these occasions, after
moving the division point they would
proceed to forget about the matter, un-
til suddenly casting an editorial eye
over this way, they would find the
division point still in Winnemucca.
" HIM, the devil,' they would say, or
words to that effect, and proceed to
order some reporter to move the di-
vision point again.
With the removal of the division
point this time the Journal, quite
positively remarks that it is going to
stay moved. and it backs up it's argu-
ment with purnorted interview with
Superintendent Rowlands. That Of
fetal is kind enough for the feelings of
Winnemucca residents to remark, that
he does not think Winnemucca will die
because of the change, which positive
ly means that Winnemucca g heart will
be torn with violent emotions, with
tHC ICHiONdi, Dut .tudt tucIc Is uD udi-
gerous possibility of that "heart
bursting wide open and going all to
smash
The Journal save
"The change. it is stated from San
Francisco, will be made between June
Is and July Is of this year.
"Assistant Superintendent T. F.
Rowlands of the Oregon Short Line,
when questioned about the authority
for the rumor. confirmed it unquestion-
ably, although he did not know about
the date.
"'It is a settled fact said Mr..
Rowlands that as soon as the work is
completed, Winnemucca will be aban-
doned as q railroad terminal. Of
course I am unable to say how soon
that will be, as it depends upon the
| financial condition of the country, but
the construction work at Inlay is be-
| ing done with that end in view. A
hotel and accommodations for the men
will be provided
cit was suggested that Winemucca
people feared that this would hurt the
! business of that town.
"'I would not say that this move
will 'kin' Winnemucca,' said Mr..
Rowlands, 'as it has other resources
besides that derived from that of the
railroad
Assistant Engineer C. P. A. Loner-
gan of the Southern Pacific, stated
that at the present time there were so
work being done bv his department.
Water tanks have been built and coal
chutes are being worked on. The
| H.
by April ! engines can stop at Inlay
for water and coal.
"The plans also include a hotel and
/, 70-room lodging house, as well as the
construction of 1S or more cottages
suitable for dwellings for the railroad
employees who have families. Mr.. Lon
ergan was unable to venture any au-
lucrative statement as to the inten-
tions of the railroad company"
The removal Oh the division point
from Winnemucca has never been se-
riously doubted by the people of this
town since construction work was COM
menced at INLAY almost two years ago.
The division point, insofar as the sta
tioning here of the employees is con-
cerned, has been removed some time,
in fact, removed before the Journal
began it's romantic series of removals
This latest awe-inspiring information
of the Journal that it has the dead
shot, sure put, removal this time, is
almost amusing, for the Joprnal is
removing something that is already
moved. The removal of passenger
crews began some time ago, until now
there are very few passenger-crew men
of families stationed here. The chang
ing of Winnemucca as a station point
for freight crews has been going on
steadily, and were the entire force of
railroad men to quit Winnemucca
at once, about 80 men, the majority Of
them single men, would be involved.
The change has been going on steadily
and the commercial growth of VIM
nemucca has been steadily increasing.
WiTnemucca is asking itself what the
division point really amounts to, and
finds that about all that it means, is
a series Of ursightly side tracks, and
few old " Nr ocked out y engines
And these g1'ng to be moved. AS
a wise father 20 ID say to wayward
son, who conf n, ally talks about run.
ning' away from home and seeking
better place than home, ''Son, go; (;
and the quicker you go the better, -
so Winnemueca would say to the rail-
road company regarding the division
point, which has been subject FOR re-
moval talk ever since the roaf was
built. Move it the quicker the ~.
ter. = 1T canvas of the business M
of Winnemucca was made today. 90
| per cent of them would voice their de.
sire for an Immediate removal oe ~
slde-tracks so that the Westsr- w.
cifc would have full sway for the ai ~
ness of this territory.
But Winnemueca people nrc 10.
that the Ion~nal of Reno has not II al
to move the humboldt river, ana cause
1T to flow into the Truekee somewhere