White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-09-26
NEVADA NORTHERN TRAIN SCHEDULE
HEARING PROVES SPIRITED AND
ENDS IN DEFERRED DECISION

, the news service Attorney Jurich de.
elared that the Salt Lake papers re-
ceived in the morning contained news
that was at least twenty-four hours
late.
At the conclusion of this testimony
Attorney Charles S. Chandler for the
Nevada Northern company made a
brief statement to the commissioner
In which he outlined the attitude of
the defendant company He stated
that the railway company had made
the change from the old schedule TO
! Tie one in operation at present in
compliance with the urgent request
OF the people of Ely through a petit
ton presented by representative busi-
ness men and that the change in
train service had been made after
considerable work on the part of the
officials in arranging the best pos
sible meeting time with the trunk
lines and the Pullman company. In
speaking of the objection of the COM
pany to making another change at
this time, he said that 1t vas the de-
sire of the company to arrange its
schedule to meet the demands of the
majority OF the people in county and
city and that the officials of the road
did not wish to establish a precedent
which would compel them to change
the train schedule every time some
special interest demanded.
General Manager Hickey of the
Nevada Northern was then called to
testify. He reviewed the entire sit
uation in precise and business like
manner. demonstrating to the assem-
bled citizens his accurate and person
al knowledge of both sides of the
controversy. In speaking of the loss
testified to as resulting from the
change. he produced figures to show
that the travel over his road under
the new schedule had increased. TAX
ing period in this year and compar-
ing it with the same period of last
year, the travel increase was 80 pas
sengers more. s1fs Spoke of the de-
lay In making certain western con-
nections, but said that the trunk lines
were now arranging for a change in
their train schedules which would
make a difference in meeting time
Mr.. Hickey said that he believed 1t
would be much better to wait until
these proposed changes in the
schedule of the big roads were made
as 1t might be. that the running time
would be so changed as to make the
maintaining of the present schedule
of the Cobre and Ely impractible ard
1t would be forced back to the old
schedule. In conclusion he spoke OF
the advantages of the present train
service to residents of the county who
could come in from their ranches in
one day and take the train out in
the evening
Attorney Chandler then called 9TH
er witnesses in defense of the present
service. o. G. Bates and George
Doyle stated that they had been mem
bers of the committee who presented
the petition for the present train SER
vice and that they were satisfied with
prevailing conditions.
Shortly before o'clock, each side
had presented its arguments and
Commissioner Serugham before ad-
journing the hearing said that he
would await the result of the CON
vention of trunk line officials to ar
range for new train schedules, before
4 presenting the matter 10 the Railroad
Commission.
The full testimony at the hearing
was taken and will be presented to
the Commission for a decision