The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-03-28

road Commission, was received by !
SENTINEL:
Palisade, New, March rs, 1914.
To Hon. w. H. Simmons,
Railroad Commissioner, State of
Nevada.
Carson City, Nevada.
Dear Sir:
Some time ago | visited Carson
at the suggestion of Mr.. Commission
er Shaughnessy, to further discuss
the subject of rates on ores from Eu-
reka, and as you were absent at the
time | have concluded to write you
on the question, which in its present
state, is causing a number of people
and myself some considerable annoy
ance
| have concluded from the delay
in the premises since the finding of
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion, that the Railroad Commission
of this State are either unfriendly to
me, or to men who have a desire to
invest in the transportation business,
and have accordingly prepared my
self to quit the field, and in so doing
not a few will find some disappoint-
ment in their various classes of bust
ness.
The tariffs of the Nevada Trans
portation Company are fixed to ex-
pire on May 81 of this year, and at
the end of that time it is quite like
ly that the road will become idle.
This will be a certainty unless the
Richmond-E Eureka case is dismissed
before the last day of this month. or
decided in conformity with the find
ings of the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
The public ought not to expect very
much of me after the manner in
which | have been tantalized by the
Smelling Trust. but for all that l
think they should have 60 days no.
tice of my determination to shut up
shop, therefore | will have to act on
the last day of this month, and give
the notice.
The action of the Railroad Com
mission has killed the Bullion enter
prise, which was a sure thing, a
Mr.. Whittell advised me that could
have the loan of money to build it
with early in January. and yesterday
| advised him that Nevada in my
mind was no place to invest money
in railroads, judging from the way |
have been kept waiting.
1t is more than likely that the Sur
prise Valley project is now dead. as
so miles of the "a would be in Nevada,
and the apparent attitude of the
Commission is such that no warranty
of protection to investors can be
given.
About 80 different leasers have be-
gun, or are about to begin work at
Hamilton, expecting US to look out
for their limited tonnage of high
grade ore, which was to be hauled to
Eureka, but | have told them to hold
off until April l, when | will be able
to state whether trains will be oper-
ated or not.
The Bullion people have a limited
tonnage of high grade that they
want to deliver to Us at a point II
miles from their property, but | no.
titled the owners of a large part of
the property yesterday that their
chance of having us transport their
output was slim indeed. so | assume
that they will have to arrange to
haul to Elko, a distance of 90 miles,
at a cost of 81. so above what it would
cost to deliver to us.
The Buckhorn mines, owned by
George Wingfeld, which r. 80
miles south of Palisade, are served
by us, and while we have done a
large amount of hauling for Mr..
Wingfield, we have done the greater
part of it at $3.50 per ton, while the
cost was $1.41 per ton. We now get
some freight at an advanced rate
amounting to about 100 tons per
month, consisting mostly of lime,
which he cannot we'll get along with
out, and he will be seriously hurt
even during the time that a legal