The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1910-08-18
SPEC.
IAL BEHIND Time.

The newspaper special over the West
ern Pacific, which left San Francisco
last evening and was scheduled to reacl
Winnemucca this afternoon, has beer
delayed. 1t left Portola at 2 O'Clock
this afternoon, which should bring i,
into Winnemucca at about 9 o'clock
this evening.
The train has on board correspond
ents Of California and eastern newspa
pers, as well as a representative of the
Western Union. and will be io;ned a.
winnemueca by representatives of the
local press. Tonight the train will stop
long enough to change engines, proceed
ing on to Salt Lake City, which will be
reached tomorrow afternoon. On the
return trip the train will reach Winnie
mucca Saturday night, remaining here
until Sunday morning. Arrangements
are being made by our business men to
give the newspaper "boys' a rousinp
reception, in which the Eagles band
will participate. If properly carried
out, the affair, in addition to the social
features Of the occasion, will give Win
nemucca an advertisement that should
benefit the town thousands Of dol.
lars worth.
Reno Gazett Evidently Misinformed.
Under the heading "Western Pacific
Ignores Nevada" last nights Gazette
makes the statement that not single
Nevada newspaper was invited to join
the journalists excursion that reach
ed Winnemucca today. The Gazette
evidently meant Reno instead of Ne
vada, but the papers of the metropolis
have become so accustomed to monopo-
lizing the entire state that the two
words, in their vocabulary, have be-
come synonymous. AS a matter of fact.
all the Nevada newspapers published
along the line of the Western Pacific
have been invited to accompany the
excursion, and both Winnemucca news
papers win be represented. The article
follows:
1.-The Western Pacific is to run its
first passenger train over it's road on
the 22d of this month. It is to be
equipped, and on that first
run the special guests of the company
are to be representatives of California
civic organizations. 1t is worthy of
note that although there 10 more West
ern Pacific mileage in Nevada than in
any other state, not single invita-
ton. so far as can be learned, has been
issued to the press nor the commercial
Of this state.
"a few days ago a Western Pacific
agent was in Reno trying to sign up
shippers for several years to come. He
a few signatures, but it was
the belief Of most Of the business men
that it would be the height of folly to
sign up with road that is yet an un-
known quantity to large extent, with
what is known of its service being not
at all to its credit.
eff the Western Pacific, which is
Gould road, hopes to get business from
Nevada shippers ii must show better
service and greater courtesy than have
hitherto characterized the operations
of other Gould lines. Reno shippers
who have in the past routed their goods
their share of trouble before their cars
reached Ogden. And in addition to
miserable service, there was never any
Gould representative at Ogden or Salt
Lake who showed the slightest interest
in answering inquiries regarding the
movement of shipments.
"This latest oversight OF Nevada
tends to show that in the eyes of the
Western Pacific Nevada is merely a
stretch of country that unfortunately
happened to lie between Utah and Cali
fornia and accordingly had to be
But when it comes to ex-
tending to this state the same courtesy
that is shown other states which are
entered by Gould lines the Western Pa
cifc intends to ignore Nevada, except
when it sees a chance to get some Ne
vada business.
This policy does not seem to be a
wise one and reflects no credit upon
the supposedly able men that are in
charge Of the new road, for Nevada
shippers will remember this affront
when it comes to routing their
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