The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1920-01-30
Ginocchio Bros. Win and
Granted Truck Privileges

Service Commission held at Carson
City December 9th, Ginocchio Broth
ers were granted certificate of pub
lie convenience to operate a motor
truck line between Reno and Gardner
vile ano intermediate points. thus
ending one OF the hardest fought bat
ties yet engaged in between motor
truck operators and railroads to take
place In the west.
In granting the certificate to Ginoe-
chic Brothers, they are ordered by the
Public Service Commission to file an
indemnity bond in the sum of 10000;
that they shall establish an agency
point In each city and town served by
its lines where messages for service
and the receipt of package freight can
be takn care of; that the auto truck
service between Reno and Gardner
vile Is to be tri-weekly. and that the
truck owners are TO be governed by
the laws, rules and regulations of the
Public Service Commission.
The Virginia q Truckee Railway,
through its attorneys, r. Il. Murphy
and George l.. Sanford. filed a protest
against the granting of certificate of
public convenience TO Ginocchio Bros.
and among other things, set forth that
the motor trucks had seriously injur-
ed the business of the railroad through
taking away much OF the freight bust
ness between Reno and Gardneryille,
Especially In the less-than-carload
shipments.
George A. Montrose, representing
Ginocchio Brothers. set forth in his
answer to the protest that the V. q 7.
was no giving the merchants of Gard
neryille adequate freight service that
the establishment of the truck line
was not only convenience but nee
lessity to the merchants of Gardner
vile. detailed account of both sides
OF the argument being published at
length In these columns The opinion
handed down by the Public Service
Commission and made public Satur-
day covers sixteen pages of closely
following has been taken as a matter
of information to our readers, who are
more or less Interested In the contro-
yersary:
Railroad TOwnsite Controversy
There has been energetic effort
made by the people of Gardnerville to
secure rail service from protestant
ever since the Minden branch line was
built from Carson City in 1906 and
bitter complaint has been freely made
at every opportunity against the old.
indefensible railroad policy of estab-
fishing their terminals (after the pur-
chase or donation of land) and pro-
noting and building up a rival town
at the expense of some nearby city or
town. II need not be inquired into or
explained at this time why such a
policy has been followed by the rail-
ways of the country. but the fact that
such action has been freely taken is
one of the underlying causes of pub
lie hostility TO the railroads. The
people of Gardnerville have long
maintained that in consideration of q
free right of way grant, protestant
agreed to and did make its terminal
at Minden, instead of building into or
through Gardnerville, which from a
construction standpoint. could have
been done easily and economically In
this connection. Attorney +. e. Muir
ply, for the Virginia & Truckee Rail
way, testified in this proceeding as
follows, regarding his company's
failure to build into and render sery-
ice to Gardneryille:
"Shaughnessy: Is there any eon-
tractural reason why the v & T. can
not build into Gardnerville?
Murphy: Our right of way does
not extend to Gardnerville.'
Shaughnessy: Gould those rights
of way be secured and If secured
would there be any violation of a con-
tract on previous right of way grants
that would prevent yon?"
Murphy Not excepting the extern
sion up to the right of way fence
.Shaughnessy: 81 mean the exten-
siop of your line from Minden to Gard
nerville Is that prevented by con-
tractual agreements relating to right
of way grants?"
Murphy 81 don't believe So
Shaughnessy: Were such agree
ments as that ever entered into That