The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-09-20
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The very least. represent it's value 20 the
American Smelling and Refining Com
pany Otherwise the expenditure would
not be made.
There 10 mined and shipped from
Bsrth an average OF ESQ tons Of this ore
per day. The cost thereof will probably
average 60 cents per TOT for mining,
plus el.65 for transportation from Barth
TO Salt Lake. or 9 total cost of 1926 per
ton. The Commission. therefore. feels
that il 10 not unfair to assume that the
Ruby Hill ores have at least Q similar
value to the United States Smelling
Company for fiuxiDg purposes.
Throughout this controversy the min
ing company has c~ontended strenuously
for the establishment Of the same rate
that formerly applied over the Eureka
and Palisade Railway. including the
Ruby Hill branch, viz: sl.35 per ton
On the other hand. the railway company
contends that 81. IS per ton will not
cover the cost OF operation between
Ruby Hill and Palisade but. on the con.
trary, alleges that If the business is to
render any profit the rate should not be
less than s2.23 per ton.
Pending negotiations on the part OF
this Commission with the said interested
parties for the establishment Of a salts
factory scale Of rates covering b said
commodities between Ruby Hill and
P~alisade. the Richmond-Eureka Mining
Company, early in March. 1918, brought
q formal complaint before the Interstate
Commerce Commission. q synopsis OF
which reads as follows:
"Case No. 5554-Richmond Eureka
Mining Company of Eureka. Nevada.
against Eureka-Nevada Railway Com
pany ct 81.
Protests against increases 10 rates for
the transportation Of ore from the mines
az Ruby Hill. Nevada. to Midvale, Utah.
the result of cancel-out through rates
q leaving in effect rates hat are a
combination OF the locals.
ASK that the for mer rates be restored
on all ores from Ruby Hill to Midvale;
that defendants be required to establish
rates of t4.00 per ton IN mine run slack
coal from Rock Springs. Wyo.. to Ruby
Hill, and of $4.25 from Price, Hiawatha
and Mohrland, Utah; that they be re-
CURED to establish former rate of $500
on ties and 8. 20 on mining timDers from
Portland, Oregon, and that they be re.
quired to furnish sufficient cars for the
working of the mines at Ruby Hill"
Thereafter j. E. Sexton, general man.
ager OF the Nevada Transportation Com
pany (Lessee), and the duly appointed
and authorized custodian Of the Eureka
Nevada Railway property. began tear
ing up the rails and ties OF the said Ruby
Hill extension and moving them for
ward G q point on the line of the Eure-
ka-Nevada Railway between Palisade
and Blackburn, Nevada. for the pur-
pose OF reconstructing and lettering the
line between those points.
One and one half miles Of track Of the
said railway had been torn up when on
May 20, 1912. the Richmond Eureka
Mining Company, by its attorney, Al
fred Sntro, filed a protest with this Com.
mission against the further destruction
Of the line. In response thereto the Com
mission requested Mr.. Sexton Of the Me-
vada Transportation Company and also
Mr.. Whittell. President of the Eureka
Nevada Railway Company. to discon-
tinue the tearing up Of any more track
on the said line until the matter could
be thoroughly Investigated and deter
mined by the Commission. This request
was promptly complied with by both
Mr.. Whittell and Mr. Sexton.
Pursuant thereto the matter came ON
for formal hearing before the Commits
sion at its offices in Carson City. July 2,
1918, 81 the beginning Of which it was
stipulated and agreed as between all
parties that the Com mission should con-
slider and determine whether the Nevada
Transportation Company shall be per.
mitted to continue to tear up the track
between Eureka and Ruby Hill and,
as incidental thereto, if any has been
torn up, to order that it shall be re.
placed. and also what shall be reasonable
rates to cover the movement OF ore be.
tween Ruby Hill aud Palisade. At the
conclusion of the hearing it was agreed
by both parties that the whole matter
be submitted to the Commission with the
understanding that the question be Gov
cred by an order which it may consider
Just and reasonable in the premises.
Consideration OF the Case
For the purpose of this case the Com.
mission will consider the rehabilitation
of the Ruby Hill extension. the opera
ton Of the entire line, and the rates cov
$780,