White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-04
"Get Acquainted" Party Of
Railroad Men Get Very We'll
Acquainted In the District
At THE MINES ANO SHELTER
GUESTS OF THE NEVADA
NORTHERN MEET LOTS OF
PITAIITY OF UNIVERSITY CLUB

officials of the Oregon Short Line,
heads of every department in the
on Friday, arriving at 8 o'clock in
the morning and leaving about II
o'clock that evening. The railroad
men came here as the guests of
General Manager l.. q. Cannon of
the Nevada Northern Railway COM
pany. and were subsequently guests
of General Manager c. b. Lakenan
of the Nevada Consolidated at Me
Gill and the mines at Copper Flat,
and later of the University Club.
Ely was the windup of the sixth
and last trip of the Get Acquaint-
ed" party of the Oregon Short Line.
The trips were made to all parts of
the main line. the officials getting
acquainted with the people, hearing
complaints, getting suggestions, Civ
Ing in return practical ideas. Some
of the people whom they met were
much surprised to meet real live
men. men in the flesh. human men,
instead of the ogres of the railroad
of whom they had read about There
wasn't bugaboo, or bogy man in
the entire lot of jolly railroad men
who travelled from one end of the
state TO the other.
I'VE left Salt Lake on last Sun
day morning" said ID. S. Spencer
assitant general passenger agent of
the Short Line, "and went direct TO
Reno. From there We went to
Tonopah and Goldfeld. We were
treated right royalty by the people
wherever we went. taking down the
mines. out In automobiles, feasted
and cared for like brothers. The
people met us more than half way.
and were not at all slow in telling
us of things they deemed lacking on
the part of the railroad. and we have
received many suggestions upon
which we will act. We surely did
get acquainted with the people, and
they got acquainted with US. This
is the first time anything of the
kind has been attempted, and ! be-
lieve that 1t will IN future be an
annual event.
I'VE took In Wabusca. Mason,
Yerrington, Fallen, Hazen, Love-
lock, Winnemucca, Battle Mountain,
Beowawe, Palisade, Carlin, Wells,
Deith and Elko; making one or two
side trips In autos We got very
good idea of the entire country, and !
OF the people and their needs AT
every town at which We stopped we
held public meetings and there we
spoke. and so did the leaders of the
people. In the party are the heads
of all the departments of the rail-
road, including those of freight pas
senger. auditing, operating, claims,
etc. The trip enabled us all to get
better ideas of one another's depart !
ments. through which knowledge |
we are all enabled to work to better
advantage. both for ourselves and
the other fellow. We had a magnific-
ent meeting in Elko last night.
The special train arrived here In
the morning and shortly before 10
o'clock, the party was taken down
to McGill, where II was met by Mr..
Lakenan, general manager OF the
plant. Business Manager c. V. Jen-
kins and others; and the railroad
men escorted through the plant,
from the concentrator to the conyer-
ter. 1t was the first trip into the
district for the majority of the rail-
readers and they were much sur
prised at the immensely of the plant |
Returning to East Ely soon after
noon the party dined In Its own din-
er. and was then taken to the mines J
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