The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-06-05
COL. PLACE SAYS
". N. Is CERTAIN

Col E. r. Place, general manager Of
the Winnemucea Northern, who return
ed from the coast Thursday morning,
was seen at the company local offices
yesterday by a Silver State represen-
tative, and asked for the interview
promised the day before, regarding the
construction of his road.
- You ask me what are the chances
for the construction OF road from
Winnemucca to Boise, and add that
your people know that it is needed,
that you want it and are praying for
it.
Now, let's go over the situation
and see how badly you want it and
how hard you have been praying for 1t.
For years the people OF this section
cried for better and more convenient
railway transportation, proclaiming
from the housetops that the road whie b
served you was an octopus with a mil
lion fangs and claws, ever ready to eat
you up, tooth and toe-nail Well, when
a road entered the field in competition
for your business, you at once ceased
praying, but still gave your tonnage
to the fellow with the claws.
get TO your house of prayer, and the
congregation turned it over to re
ceiver.
Now, mind you, l have no desire
TO in any way eensure or blame the
good people of Nevada. / believe that
the fault is forgetfulness or needless
ness, rather than a desire upon their
part to abandon the under dog. You
have been here SO long and have pros
pered TO such an extent that you give
but passing thought to the individual
oi corporation that wishes to make yod
more prosperous. Let me illustrate.
Coming out of Sacramento Wednesday
well dressed, prosperous looking
man occupied a seat in the obser-
vation car. He engaged in converse
ton with another man, who came from
the east. / overheard them introduce
themselves, each giving his state, and
when / heard one of them say that
be was from Nevada, / became a sort
Of an eavesdropper The questions ask
ed about Nevada by the eastern man
We're answered in a way that would
tend to keep that eastern chap away
from the state for ever and ever, no
matter how badly he wished to locate
here. When We reached the Feather
River canyon, all in the car were loud
Ia their exclamations of its wondrous
beauty. One elderly lady who had re-
NAMED silent while the others were
expressing their opinions, finally re.
marked, This Is God Is work. y
said all in the car were interest
ed. Not so the Nevada man. He knew
of thousand canyons more beautiful
than the Feather, as be had fshed
through it for years and knew all
about il, and couldn Z see that il
amounted TO a d..
"I believe with the elderly ladv
that it's God s work, but God didn I
know anything about the genus knock
er when He created it, or he might
have changed His plans a little and
made il more beautiful and gorgeous
for some other knoeker to knock.
- could talk all day about the
Lord s canyon, but If / did YOU would
accuse me Of purloining your space for
advertising purposes, which | am not.
] am only trying to get us back to
where we started and answer your
question about the construction of the
Ninnemucca Northern. We want Ia
build the road Just as badly as vou
want as TO, and we of the Winnemucea
Northern have at all times leaned TO
wards the Western Pacific, hoping that
company could help us to the desired
end. They have aided us in every way
possible, spent time and money in in
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