Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-03-22
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the board.
AS the board seldom got together
for Il business meeting more than
once In six months. and then general
~ adjourned without doing any bust
ness this query struck the writer as
somewhat ridiculous.
Instead OF being thanked on behalf
Of the tate for his work he was sew
crcly rcprimanded for attempting to
Pull Clarence Mackay's leg on be-
half Of the state"
The board was informed that the
writer had secured a subscription OF
S25OOO for a statue of Mark Twain to
he erected in the capitol square. This
was also declined. One OF the board
asked what - vain had ever done
for Nevada" and the gift was turn
ed down on the ground tnat 1t wound
set up q bad precedent and every
body would be rushing in with stat
ucs to put in the capitol square"
After the adjournment of the board
Governor Sparks wrote 4 letter to
Mackay accepting the gifts. and but
for his prompt action the state woull
have lost this magnificent endow-
mcnt which has since been increas.
cd to nearly half a million.
The writer seeing that there was no
hope for acceptance Of these gifts
with the board, phoned to DR.. Stubbs,
at Reno, to wire ..r. Mackay and ask
to have his gifts placed AT the dispos.
at The University. This was done.
Last June the building was dedicated
and the statue unveiled.
The whole was the direct result or
the visit Of the chairman Of the pub
lefty bureau to New York at ais own
expense.
Later he took another. also at his
" expense, and made an attempt to
induce Mr.. Mackay to put the Postal
Telegraph lines into Ncvala. Mr..
Mackay said that he had made do.
nations to the University from scnti-
ii''h'"A Ai'NAN - '"N Nl"N NhtH 1t
came TO extending his postal lines
he was only governed by business
consideration. He did o consider
that the business to be secured in
Nevada would be sufficient 10 warrant
the investment. He finally agreed TO-
meet the writer at Reno and take a
tour of southern Nevada. On az
date agreed upon the writer took him
through Tonopah, Goidfcld and other
points Of interest and he expressed
himself astOnishcd AT the signs OF
wealth and growth and agreed 10 ex-
tcnd his lines into Nevada. saying
that he would be satisfied the first
year If he earned four per cent on
the first million invested,
The line has been built through
Hullfrog, GoIdheld and Tonopah and
will in a few months come through
Carson City into Reno, and on to-
Sacramento, making another and
competing transcontincntal telegraph
line through Nevada.
The house committee investigated
these matters. talked with Mr.. Water
house of the Postal company. and
found all the facts here stated to be
true, They also found that the com.
pany proposed spending 81. 0OO, 900 in
this state with a combination OF New
York, Boston, Los Angeles and Ne
yada capital.
The writer does not say that the
Postal would not have come here
but for his bfazing the trall, but Toes
say without lear of successful con,
tradiction thai the lines are in Ne.
a d at the present time through mis-
efforts. Anyone desiring further in.
formation is at liberty to address the
Postal Telegraph Company. 253
broadway, New York City.
The writer was commissioned by
Governor DiCkerson to handle the
Nevada Mineral display in New York
at the Madison square Garden Ex.
position. When he arrived there he
found 1t necessary 10 borrow $4,000 to
pay Tor the floor space. ne holds
vouchers for the receipt of the mon
ey by the Exposition managers and
the Guaranty Trust Company Of Ne
Vada holds sufficient stock belong
ing to the writer to secure the loan.
His personal expenses were in the
neighborhood OF $500. The state has
never paid a cent OF these
nor squared with the Trust company
Tor the money advanced to enable
Nevada to make the best showing at
'OsitiCn.
As a result of the Investigations or
the Judiciary committee on the mer-
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