White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-17
ELY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
CONSIDERS IMPORTANT MATTERS

nevada Northern train schedule,
| Salt Lake City boosters, Illipah oil
| fields, county roads and the Truth In
Fabrics bill occupied the interested
attention of the Ely Chamber of Com
| merce at a special meeting in the dis
trict court room Monday evening
Despite a drizzling rain there was
good sized and representative attend
ance. with a general expression of
| opinion on the several subjects which
were brought up.
The meeting. which was called by
the board of directors. was primarily
for the purpose of taking action on
the Nevada Northern railways pro
posed change of passenger and mail
schedule from its present daily ser
vice TO three times week. After n
discussion of an hour and half,
with motions. amendments and
amendments to amendments. the
meeting, by practically unanimous
vote. went on record as not opposing
the three-day-a-week schedule, and
that the Nevada public service com
mission be notified to that effect over
the signatures of the president and
secretary of the Ely Chamber of Com
merce.
The meeting was called to order
II. s. Sturdevant and the minutes OF
the directors meeting calling for the
special meeting were read by Secre-
tary Bent. The members present lost
no time in getting down to business,
and the founts of discussion, once
opened. flowed freely to an ultimate
conclusion. In several instances the
argument bordered on oratory and
lot of interesting Information on local
! affairs was disclosed
To bring the entire matter TO date.
1t will be remembered that the Ne
yada Northern railway has petitioned
the Nevada public service commission
for permission TO change its schedule
from a daily service to three times a
week, for the reason that owing to
the reduction in traffic arising in part
from the closing of the works at Me
Gill it has become necessary to cur
tail the expenses of the railway com
pany.
The Nevada Northern railway com
pany has made no request of any kind
to the Ely Chamber of Commerce, but
the board of directors of the com
mercial body took the view that the
question was of sufficient Importance
to warrant some action by the organ
ization, and the directors, after in
vestigation. feeling that 1t would be
bad policy under the present local in
dustrial depression to oppose the rail
road company in its program of ex
Ipense retrenchmcnt. called the special
meeting with the recommendation
that the railways three-days-a-week
schedule be not opposed.
incidentally Attorney Anthony Ju-
rich, on his own initiative and acting
n rif a..1 80 -
filed with the public service commits
sion a protest at the proposed
change. as as announced in last Sun
days issue of the White Pine News
Following the opening of the meet
ing 4. j. stephens moved that tn
recommendation as presented by the
board of directors be accepted. This
motion was seconded. IN offering his
motion Mr.. Stephens introduced the
mail phase involved and asked If
there was any information available
as TO whether it would be possible
under three-days-a-w passenger
train schedule for the railway com
pany on alternate days to run a mo
tor car for the purpose of bringing
the mail from Cobre to Ely.
J. II. Gallagher followed Mr.. Ste
phens and took the view that there
should be daily mail service. George
Doyle was next on his feet. with his
belief that so far as the carrying of
the mails is concerned the Nevada
Northern railway is under contract
at so much per trip.
Attorney B. l.. Quayle said that II
was his opinion the railway com
pany's contract Was to carry the mails
as often as the trains ran. He ques-
toned the feasibility of bringing the
mails BY motor car inasmuch as the
service is postal railway mail. re.
ouiring mailcar for the purpose of
working the mails enroute to Ely
over the Nevada Northern.
Attorney Charles A. Walker. the
next speaker. said he thought the pro.
posed schedule OF three times a week
offered too long a time between mails
He then touched a match to the eve
ning's fireworks by saying that he
thought the railway company should
have representative present to ex-
plan the companys side of the sit
uation. He contended that IL he vot-
ed on Mr.. Stephens motion as II
stood he would be voting blindly, and
he did not wish to vote blindly.
Following this expression George
Doyle. Attorney Walker and George
II. Ryan followed each other in sue
cession. Mr., Doyle saying that in his
opinion the mail question under the
proposed schedule would again work
itself out as il had in the past, when
trains had been discontinued, by way
OF the stage method. Mr.. Walker
said that twenty-five years ago. be
fore the DAYS of the railroad. Ely had
mail six times a week. Mr. Ryan
asked il IL would he possible for the
railway company to arrange for
four-days-a-week mail schedule, in
stead of the service proposed.
| Attorney Anthony Jurich then took
the floor. Mr.. Zurich wished to call
the attention of the meeting to the
fact that no reason had been given
for wishing to change to a three
days-a-week schedule. He said he
was speaking from q personal point
OF view; that he wished to be with
the majority and for the best inter