White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-25
IMPROVED MAIL SERVICE
BEFORE DEPARTMENT

ii. w. EDWARDS. who WaS one or
the movers in the effort to secure q
daily mail service from Cobre to Ely,
is in receipt of "a letter from Con-
gressman Samuel s. Arentz In reply
to the resolution and petition for
warded 10 the Nevada representatives
in congress by the Ely citizens ccm-
mittee. of which Mr.. Edwards is the
permanent chairman. Naturally Con-
gresham Arentz is agreeable to the
wishes of the residents of the Ely
district for an improved mail service,
and he says as much in his letter to
Mr. Edwards. Touse his own words,
Congressman Arentz says:
The people residing in the above
named places in White Pine county
are certainly justified in the move
they are taking. for IL during the
reriod before the establishment of
the railroad these places received
daily mail by horse-drawn vehicles
over the great distance then prevail
ing from the nearest railroad point,
how greatly more they are entitled
TO such daily service now with rail
road connections.
Congressman Arentz has taken the
matter of the Ely mail service up
with the second assistant postmaster
general by letter as follows:
Il desire to draw your particular
attention to the enclosed resolution
from a community representing ap-
proximately 5000 people.
There are few communities in the
United States, il there are any, sim
| liar to this community in White Pine
county, Nevada. where anything but
| daily mail service is thought of.
THE mining developments and
| work in connection Herewith are
varied and extensive; agriculture is
important and scattered throughout
the valleys and through the hills and
mountains of this district are tens of
| thousands of cattle and sheep whose
attendants must be kept In daily
touch with.
Before the advent OF the railroad
into Ely from Cobre daily mail sery-
ice between Cobre and Eureka with
Ely kept the people of these COM
| munities in daily touch with the out
side world. II they were entitled to
1t then, they certainly are entitled to
1t now, when motor car. or even an
automobile equipped to run on rails,
could be placed in service Letween
the main line and Ely. l feel the
people OF Ely and vicinity are entitled
to this service, and that It Is not only
a hardship but handicap for them
| to be kept from daily contact with
the outside world.
This community has furnished
| much that was necessary for the
prosecution of the war In the form
of copper. lead. zinc. tungsten and
manganese, not mentioning the great
supply of beef and mutton: all these
industries have been hit badly by
these strenuous times. in fact, the
people OF this community have been
harder hit than almost any section In
the United States. They neither need
nor invite anyone's sympathy. but
they do not consider IL fair to be fur
ther handicapped in their struggle to
normalcy by three times a week
mail service, so l request that you
give this matter your serious consid-
Grafton. and IL it is within the power
OF the postofiee department to do so,
to have a daily mail service estab-
lished at once into Ely
Whether or not the argument of
Congressman Arentz TO the postofice
department will bring home the ba-
con remains to be seen The News
does not wish to be too optimistic in
predicting that the motor service
asked for will be granted. or that if
granted 1t would prove as satisfac-
tory as hoped, But the asking for II
will do no harm. because II the re-
quest is turned down the way will be
opened for another line of attack,
and that Is through the Nevada pub
lie service commission for a better
mail service by means of a better
train service.
Since the mass meeting the other
night to take action relative TO inn
proving the mail service a good many
citizens have been thinking about the
situation. and 1t begins to appear that
the feeling is growing that after all
the better way to seek remedy from
the present Inadequate and unsatis-
factory mail service IS to go after
the railway company through the
public service commission
There has developed a feeling that
when the citizens OF Ely declined to
protest a curtailed train service and
thereby acquiesced in aiding the rail-
way company in its economizing cam
roign the citizens thereby surren-
dered their goat 10 the company. At
any rate, there is developing a change
OF sentiment altogether different
from the sentiment OF last spring.
and should another hearing on this
subject be called by the public SER
vice commission 1t would not be all
one way for keeping Ely at the in
convenience of it's present antiquated
service.
While the citizens acted in good
faith last spring they would be acting
in equally good faith now. after near
ly six months of curtailed service, to
request that the railway company re-
store its main line passenger service
to daily service. or even six-day-
a-week service. Such a service would
automatically settle the mail ques-
ton and give the people what they
wish.
The News believes that the railway
company can we'll afford to do it
and should do 1t without much fur
,her delay. According to the news
dispatches the railroad business Is
improving throughout the country.
and IL this is the case the local rail-