The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-11-23
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Lane CITY WILL WITNESS BEGINNING OF
WORK ON THIS END OF ELY-C0LDFIELD R, R.
ROCK men TO GO ON FROM COUNTY AND CITY

Lane lily Will WlCneSS tIlc DeSlH-
ming of work on the Ely-GOldfield
road, according to present plans of
Cnlef Engineer Rasor, as stated by
that gentleman yesterday.
This beginning of work, as an
nounced in the interview given the
News Saturday night, will be imme-
diately after the county franchise is
secured. Meantime preliminary steps
are being taken, these being under
stood to have included the beginning
of arrangements yesterday for the de-
livery of materials and the establish
ment of headquarters for a force of
employees at Lane City.
From that point it is expected that
rock work will be commenced both
up and down the canyon the minute
the railroad builders secure the fran
chise which it necessary that they
have. There is good big winters
work of this character within the first
twenty-five miles of the road out of
this district. It's disposal will make
for rapid grading and tracklaying.
On the other end of the line, from
Goldfield this way, grading will go
ahead through the winter, both eli
matte conditions and topography per-
mitting of that course.
This is the day which marks the
great era in the history of the Ely
Goldfield road, so far as this district
is concerned. For, this afternoon,
w. R. Alberger, traffic manager OF
the Tonopah and Tidewater, and G.
M. Rasor, chief engineer of the same
company, will present their compli-
ments to the county commissioners OF
White Pine at the court house and
formally ask that the right-of-way
through the county, which they have
practically acquired, be given to the
Ely-Goldfield road. The gentlemen
will be informed that the law COM
pels the commissioners to advertise
the desired franchise for sale to the
highest bidder for thirty days, fact
they already know.
Then there will be some nice little
talk on both sides, the railroad men
telling the commissioners how glad
they are to be here, and the commits
sioners responding with the tidings of
how glad they are to see the railroad
men. The representatives of the Ely
Goldfield road will inform the COM
missioners that they will return in
80 days and take the franchise off
their hands, and the commissioners
Will say they will be glad of it.
Tomorrow evening Messrs. Alber-
ger and Rasor will go before the
meeting of the city council to fix
things up for facilities in the city of
Ely, and they will find most
gracious reception at the hands of
the board, and will get about what
they want, for such is the feeling to-
ward the new road all over the dis
trict.
After the session with the city
fathers, the WORK of the construction
of the Ely-Goldfield will have been
fairly started. Mr.. Alberger says
that it has been started already, for
there are certain preliminaries to be
arranged incidental to the commence
ment of the road at this end and
that these preliminaries are now be-
ing arranged.
In about year and half the dis
trict will be on transcontinental
line, and will be in direct touch with
all the big cities and countries in the
world. They can't stop it.