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

moving In either direction ovsr
fine of the Eureka-Nevada railr...
and also the tonnages moved hv a
different locomotives in service -
der the management of the Eurets 3
Palisade railroad. Also, as "a 4.
refusal OF the management AZ =.
present railroad company to opers..
the unloading chutes at Paiisas.
wherein they make a charge az q
cents per ton for transfer OF bulk n.
and the old company charged is css,. {
per ton for dumping through n. /
chutes. Mi. Russell testified thai i.
had operated engines on these chu,..
over a period OF four years and no =
cidents of any moment had occurrsS
and that the s. p. operated its i
comotives in this service at the urs. /
ent time, delivering coal to the n. T
reka-Nevada railway.
A. Moore being duly sworn testi6as /
that he had been cashier for the Rubs
Hill Development Co. during 1sss
and 1921, and that this company h.s
been negotiating with the Euref,
Nevada railroad for a coal rate from
Palisade to Ruby Hill. An agreement
was reached that a rate of $3.50 n,
ton would be made effective, and n
these representations from the ran.
road company. the Ruby Hill CON.
pany ordered 1900 tons Of coal m
one order and 500 tons In anothev
order, for immediate delivery. m
railroad company failed to make n,
$3.50 rate effective. and a rate n
$3.50 was paid by the Ruby Hill CON.
pany for all of this tonnage. Thar
had also been a switching charge a.
Is cents per ton, Eureka to Ruby HIN
in effect, but this was afterwards
changed to $32 per trip. The ran
road company was only able to han
die two cars with their small engine
loaded with about z tons to the car.
which made the cost very heavy for
this service. Later the railroad CON.
pany advised the mining COMPANY
that they would have to provide their
own facilities to operate the Ruby
Hill branch as they would not give
any more service between these
points. Mr.. Moore also testified that
the mining company had purchased
In all $3.50 tons OF coal for their op.
erations on Ruby Hill and had shipped
about 1900 tons of bulk ore during
their operations. The n would not
stand the high freight rates and thess
shipments were discontinued. He
further testified that he had been
employed as local agent for the Eu
~zEo NauaIo raflwoaI ufafiopaA =.
Eureka. and. that II was commoz
practice to receive perishables loade(
in stock ears, ore cars and coal cars
Also that the Eureka-Nevada rail
road did not furnish consignees WITH
n soriginal Eureka-Nevada Ran
road Company freight bill. but use
connecting carrier freight bills 4
which had been added f. N. Co
charges. BY this practice no way bil
references were shown from connect
ing carriers. OF other shipping data 0
transfer. etc., over the Eureka-Ne
vada Railroad.
Chairman Shaughnessy said he de
sired to state for the record that Ii
Commission had issued a subpoena O
March 2, 1922. to j. NJ. Hiskey, Ger
erai Manager of the Nevada Centri
Railroad Company, to appear Marc
Is, 1922. as a witness for the Ne
vada Railroad Commission at tn
hearing OF the complaint Of the Eu
reka County Chamber OF Commercs
plaintiff, against the Eureka-Nevad
Railroad Co.. defendant.
J. M. Hiskey being duly sworn test
flied as follows: That the controilinI
grades southbound on the Nevadl
Central Railroad were 2.175% maxi
mum; and the controlling grade
northbound were approximately Is
maximum. and that with the loco
motives in service they were able L
handle approximately 400 tons from
Austin to Battle Mountain. South
bound for the first SO miles they hat
a maximum grade of approximate,
10; on this part of the road were
able to handle their full tonnage, and
that the last z miles having a maxi
mum grade of 2.175% they could
handle about 125 tons to the train.
Mr.. Hiskey went very fully into the
details of the various kinds OF loco
motives they used on the Nevada
Central Railroad as we'll as the vari-
ous classes Of rolling stock and their
capacities. He also stated that II was
the policy of the management of the
Nevada Central Railroad to foster
all traffic originating on their lines
and encourage the development OF
the districts tributary where there
was a possibility of any tonnage be-
ing available by inaugurating rates
that would encourage this develop
ment. He stated that 1t had been
their experience that for every Slose
OF business derived from the move
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