White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-17
CHAMBER
TO STAGE BIG BANQUET

At a meeting of the board of di
rectors of the Ely Chamber of Com
merce, held Wednesday night, yari
Gus subjects directly affecting tn
business interests of the district wer'
discussed.
The officers and directors of tn,
chamber will give further study Il
the various matters of importance
and a banquet will be held IN the neaI
future, at which they will be present
some decisive action.
Among these is the question o
seyering the control of the Contra
Pacific railroad from the Southern
Pacific lines, in accordance with the
order recently issued by the supreme
court of the United States. This /:
a matter of considerable importance
to the people of Nevada and has beer
thoroughly gone into by representa-.
tives of both the Union Pacific anc
Southern Pacific systems who have
visited this district since the rendi
tion of the decision by the court Of
last resort.
The supreme court found that the
holding of control OF the Central Pa.
cife by the Southern Pacific was IL
violation of law. but since the pas
sage of the law upon which the de
cision was based the interstate com
MERGE commission has been empow-
cred 10 group certain transportation
lines when such action may be found
TO be beneficial to the public. BY
this the commission, If il deemed
proper, might group the Central Pa
ciic with the Southern Pacific and
the lines might then be operated as
they are now without violation Of the
law.
The position taken by the directors
of the civic body in Ely is that the
| order of the supreme ocurt should
mot be made effective until it has beer
determined what position the inter
state commerce commission may
deem wise TO take Just when this
may he done is, of course. problem.
atical
The resolution, which was offered
by ] NJ Lockhart and which will come
up for action by the body as a whole
at the banquet now being arranged
Cor. Is as follows:
Whereas, In making its recent
decision requiring the unmerging
of the Central Pacific and Southern
Pacific railroads the United States
supreme court was necessarily re-
stricted in its consideration of the
problem TO conditions and policies
existing at a time some years be-
fore the development of public SEN
timent in favor of mergers and
groupings, which development cul-
minated in the passage of the
transportation act of 1920 by con-
gress; and,
Whereas, II is understood that
the interstate commerce commits
sion, by virtue of the powers con-
ferred upon the commission by the
transportation act Is and has been
for some time past working to the
end of consolidating into major
groups the transportation lines of
the country in line with such later
development and governmental
policy with reference to mergers
and consultations: be 1t
Resolved, That the Ely Chamber
of Commerce place itself on record
as favoring the suspension of fur
Their proceedings under the SUI
preme court decision referred to
until such time In the future as
the interstate commerce commits
sion shall determine whether. in
the light of tho later and broader
policy referred to the Central Pa
cific railroad should remain under
Southern Pacific railroad manage
ment or be severed therefrom; be
il further
Resolved, That the secretary of
this body forward a copy of these
resolutions to the interstate com
mercee commission, to Senator'S
Pittman and eddie, Congressman
Arentz, to Governor Boyle and to
the public service commission of
Nevada.
The matter OF mail service in tn
district was likewise taken up.
BY the present tri-weekly servic
between Ely and Tonopah five da,
are required to convey a letter b.
tween the two mining cities, whic
are only $50 miles apart in an al
line. Letters are carried across tn
continent in less time than that col
sumed on the journey between tn
two neighboring mining cities.
II would seem that by a dire
route between the two cities ma
could he conveyed and delivere
along the route, which serves sue
important farming centers as Pres
ton, Lund. Currant Greek and Duel
water. as we'll as the mining camT
along the route, with no more e.
pense to the government than tn
present system Of relaying the ma
and parcel post as it is now and b
which the people along the route al
handicapped in getting produce an
other farm products to market q
either end OF the journey.
With business affairs now roundin
themselves into shape it would az
pear that much benefit could be d.
rived by vigorous action on the par
of civic bodies and the citizens in ger
eral.