The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-10-30
RICHARD is To BUILD A $3OO,OOO STREET
RAILWAY SYSTEM, MINES TO SMELTER
Preliminary Steps Taken
And Actual Beginning
Of Work is Close Ahead

Publicity was given yesterday by
G. l.. Rickard to plans which he
has been at work on for some time
to the end of putting a 100000
street railway system under con-
struction in the district.
Mr.. Rickard has been actively en-
gagged in matters of right-of-way for
the line and requirement of fran
chise for it from county and city
since his return from Duluth some
weeks ago. 1t is known that at Du-
luth he had conferences with Thorn
as F. Cole regarding mining and 9TH
er enterprises in the district and it
is surmised that through these
meetings and others which he had
with eastern capital Mr.. Rickard ar
ranged for the financing of the street
railway project, on which he lost no
time in getting at work when he re-
turned to the camp.
1t is understood that the greater
part of the right-of-way has been ac-
/ quired and that Mr.. Rickard has also
received assurances that the neces-
sary franchises will be unopposed.
Under the law these franchises must
be advertised for 80 days, when the
law provides for sale to the highest
bidder Although there have been
others with street railway line pro-
jects for the district in recent
months, it is not expected that there
will be bidding against Mr.. Rickard.
A prominent interest in connection
with promoters who have been talk
! ing street railway for the district for
several months, said last night that
! the Rickard plans were acceptable
and would not meet with opposition
from his people. The Rickard sys
| tenn is to extend from the mines tC
McGill. It's route as outlined by Mr.
Rickard yesterday is as follows:
Along avenue c East Ely to the
N. N. tracks, north to the Ho1
Springs, thence direct through the
valley to the end of Second street
Smelterville, paralleling the North.
ern track from there into McGill.
where near the staff quarters it will
loop through the business portion
of McGill back to the main line.
From East Ely the line will go west
| from the end of avenue G over North
street, south to Ely avenue, west to
Lyons avenue, thence to Ninth and
Aultman streets, following over the
latter to the mouth of Robinson can
yon, passing under the tracks of the
Nevada Northern there and continu-
ing along the south side of the can
yon to Lane City, passing through on
the west side to Ruth gulch, up Ruth
gulch past Ely Witch and along the
south side cross the ridge between
Ruth and Star Pointer, passing close
to Brilliant shaft of Ely Con. Over
the ridge, the line will pass close to
and north of Star Pointer townsite,
crossing the N. N. on Ely Central
ground north of Ruth and on to the
southeast corner of Riepetown,
thence through Kimberly to Veteran,
it's terminus.
In Ely loop will go south on
Murry to First street, west to Mill
and back to Aultman. In East Ely
the loop will be south on Eleventh
to Avenue F; west to Eighth and
north to Avenue G. 1t is the inten-
tion to have service between the
loops in Ely and East Ely every few
minutes, with more frequent service
to the mines and smelter than is pro-
vided by the Nevada Northern. All
the surveys indicated have been COM
pleted by Engineer Watson