White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-10-17


train service on or before November ?
which will in effect re-establish what
is generally known as the day train
service as distinguished from the
night train service now in effect
From unofficial sources 1t is announced
that this change viii occur on Novem-
ber z.
This matter of train service became
rather spirited and its history IS quite
generally known throughout the dis
triet. In the early summer a numper
of Ely citizens felt that the community
would be benefited by the establish
ment of a train service betewen ELY
and Salt Lake City by which passen-
gers might leave Ely In the evening.
arriving In Salt Lake city on the fol-
! lowing morning. affording them the en-
= tire dav during which To transact their
business and returning TO Ely bs "a
train leaving salt Lake that night and
landing them home on the following
morning. Accordingly petition was
presented To the management OF the
railway company and In turn presented
10 the public service commission. Ao-
tice was given by the commission of
the presentation and consideration or
the matter and that such change
protest No protest was made and the
order was subsequently issued and exc
euted Hardly had the new service
been in operation. however. when Sc
rious opposition TO ,t presented itself
Counsellor Anthony Zurich then took
up the matter and lodged with the COM
missioner a complaint setting forth that
the change In train service had result
I'd In great damage to the general bust
ness interests of the community. Upon
this petition "A hearing was held before
Commissioner J. G.. Scrugham In Ely al
which both sides of the controversy
were presented. with the result that on
October an order was issued by the
commission directing that the present
nightly service be withdrawn and that
a day service be substituted therefor.
General Manager q. I. Hickey ap-
peared at the hearing and stated that
the company had no interest In the
change in service except as common
carrier to render the best service pos
sible to the greatest number in the
community which ~ served. He took
the view that the nightly service would
eventually prove to the benefit and said
a hat IL II did not the company would OF
Is own motion seek to have IL with
drawn. Since the issuance OF the or
der by the public service commission.
Mr. Hickey has stated to representa-
Tive OF the News that no effort viii be
made TO resist the order and the same
will be- complied with Just as soon az
matters leading thereto can be properly
arranged. The order of the commits
sion follows.
on July "a. 1920. complaint was
fled with the public service commits
sion by Anthony Jurieh, an attorney
for himself aud unnamed citizens of
Ely, in which he asked that the new
night schedule recently Inaugurated by
the Nevada Northern Railway company
between Cobre and Ely be annulled and
the former day schedule be reinstated.
for the following reasons:
l. That the new schedule as now
existing Is detrimental to the city OF
city. White Pine County. Nevada.
.. That the new schedule Is detri-
mental To tue interests Of the state Of
Nevada.
5. That the new schedule Is discrim-
Inatory against the state of Nevada and
In favor OF the state or Utah.
4. That the new schedule. affecting
the transportation of persons and prop
erty between the above designated
points. Is unreasonable and unjustly
discriminatory for the reasons herein
stated.
The schedule complained against is
that for the installation OF which the
Nevada Northern sought the authority
OF this commission on May la~ss. sna
y the object sought to be attained was
In. carrying Of through Pullman
sleeper from Ely to Salt Lake CITY,
making close connections with an east
bound train at cobre. This meant the
Inauguration OF a nightly service out
of Ely and an entire reorganization of
,he train schedule then In effect. The
commission was appealed 10 BY the Ely
Commercial Club for affirmative ac-
tion In this matter and gave It's sane
tion. believing In the light Of the COM
munications received that the general
public would be better served than for
merly. This service was accordingly
inaugurated on July 4. 1920
on May 81, 1920 the commission au
thorized the publication of a notice to
the public in all newspapers serving
the territory involved giving full par
ticulars of the contemplated change,
and no protests or other objections
were known to the commission when
the service went into effect.
The above named complainant hled
his protest on July 20 as before stated.
and several informal complaints were
subsequently received by the commits
sion. all of them alleging the great
hardship imposed upon the travelling
public westbound out of Ely. 1t ap
pears that the new schedule necessi
tated walt In the middle OF the night
Mt cobre of from three to fve or more
hours, with no adequate service by the
through lines.
The usual proliminaries incident to
n hearing were. therefore. ordered by
the commission. and hearing was set
Cor September 1s. 1920. at Ely. This
date was subsequently changed by re-
quest Of defendant and hearing was
held on September FL. when and where
the above named appearances were
made by the parties to the proceeding
At the hearing petitions signed by q