The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1922-03-18

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complaints from the travelling public
owing to the great difference In re-
| tail prices prevailing here and at otn-
or points served by short line rail-
roads. The present retail price OF
gasoline was given as AN cents In
| eureka and 40 cents in Austin. Also,
that the Eureka-Nevada railroad
) made no provision in their current
tariffs for a petroleum product rate
such as Is in effect on all railroads
using Western Classification; and
more particularly, the Nevada EN-
trail railroad operating into Austin
and serving q territory very similar
TO he Eureka-Nevada railroad. This
prevented taking advantage of the
petroleum product rate In enect on
| main line carriers and required the
| shipment of straight carloads OF the
| various petroleum products to Eu-
| reka, making a heavy burden on the
merchants as 1t required them to car
nv large stocks of in many instances
| slow moving merchandise that they
| could otherwise ship in smaller guam
| titles. and therefore sell at a closer
! margin. Mr.. Russell further testi-
fed that from 1906 to 1910 he had
been employed as an engineer by the
Eureka & Palisade Railway Co., the
former owners of the road serving
Eureka, and was familiar with the
facilities and service furnished ship
pers of livestock by the old company.
Stock corrals were then maintained
at Diamond, Alpha and Hay Ranch
stations with water facilities. Extra
effort was made to foster this traffic
and they had built up a large bust
ness with patrons of the road.
l.. A. Harris being duly sworn tes-
tilted that he was superintendent In
charge of operations for the Eureka
Croesus Mining Company, operating
properties on Prospect Mountain in
Eureka Mining District, and that a
number of instances of poor service
and excessive freight charges had
been experienced by his company,
citing one instance of lumber from
Elko in less than carloads where the
shipment was six days in transit from
Palisade to Eureka, during a time OF
tri-weekly train service. Mr.. Harris
also stated that his company had
been heavy shippers OF ore during
1920 and 81. During September,
1920, his company had a shipment OF
ore ready and he made several trips
to the local Office of the Eureka-Ne-
vada railroad asking for cars to be
placed for loading, but was informed
that they had no cars available, while
at the same time the Eureka-Holly
Mining Co. was being furnished with
equipment. About this time a raise
in tariff rates was made effective and
Mr.. Harris was informed that he
could have all the cars that he de-
sired; enough, in fact, to clean out
all the ore available for shipment In
the district. Mr.. Harris further tes-
titled that his company had a ship
ment of machinery come In, which
they refused delivery on owing to
the fact that 1t was not as represent
ed by the firm selling the same, and
that this machinery was left on the
Eureka-Nevada railroad right-of-way,
and that the above company charged
them storage for one piece of this
machinery SO found encroaching.
Mr.. Harris further testified that the
fuel rate from Oleum, Calf, to Pal
isade, Nevada, was 43 cents per cwt.
in tank cars and As cents per cwt. in
iron drums, and the rate from Pal
isade to Eureka was so cents per cwt.
in tank cars and Sc " cents in drums.
Also, that the railroad company
would not transfer fuel oil or dis
tillate from tank cars on the main
line, although they had the neces-
sary tank car equipment. Mr.. Har-
ris also went into the ore rate ques-
ton showing the mining costs, wagon
haul, smelter charges, and rail trans
p~ortation charges on the various
characters of ore available for ship
ment from his company's property,
Mr.. Shaughnessy developed the fact
| on examination that it would require
a rate of not over $3.50 per ton from
| Eureka to Salt Lake smelters to per
NIT the movement of ores ranging VI
to $50 per ton in value.
Walter Handley being duly sworn
testified that he had been a shipper OF
wool and stock owe the Eureka-Ne-
vada railroad since 1912, and that
last year he had shipped his wool
clip to Elko by truck owing to the
high freight rates prevailing at that
time with a material saving to him.
He also testified that the rate quoted
by the local Offices of the railroad
company was $1.25 per cwt., which
rate was reduced to rs cents per cwt.
later in the season. Also, that a
number of other clips of wool had
been shipped out by truck by other
stockmen, and one in particular. the
Eureka Land & Stock Co., who shear
at Oak, a station on the E.N.R.R.,
shipped by truck from that point al
though the wool vas at the railroad
track and not subject to a wagon
haul as al the case with his clip
and other stockmen. Mr.. Handley
also testified that the regulation gov
erning the accompanying of care
takers in charge of stock did not con-
| form to similar regulations in force
on main line carriers, and owing to
the fact that complete shipments at
times took the railroad company two
days to complete, necessitated the
employment of additional men with
considerable additional expense.
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