White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-30
COUNCILMAN M'KERNAN
FROM THE THIRD WARD

Phil McKernan was appointed
councilman from the Third ward OF
Ely to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of former Councilman
Pursell at the meeting held by the
mayor and city council, ia the assem-.
bly, chamber of the city hall. last
Wednesday night.
The new councilman was present
when the appointment was mades
which was upon the nomination OF
Mayor J. II. Gallagher and the unan-
imous vote of the council. The new
official Immediately filed his bond
and took the oath of Office, after
which he participated in the DELHI
erations of the body
Phil Mckernan has been for many
years a highly respected and es-
teemed citizen of this community. He
resides in the Central Ely section and
when placing his name before the
. council Mayor Gallagher said that.
taking all matters into consideration,
the new councilman to be appointed
should be a resident of Central Ely,
provided man could be found thera
who would be willing to assume ibe
responsibilities, which carry made
quate monetary consideration. and
that in Mr.. McKernan he felt a man
eminently qualified had been found
When taking his seat Councilman Nc
Herman addressed the mayor and
members of the council aud said. =
thank you for The honor you have
conferred upon ME and hope we can
work in harmony for the best inter-
ests of the city and all concerned"
The resignation of former Deputy
Marshal Charles Pedlar, which was
presented and accepted shortly after
the change made In the Office of mar
sha1, was formally placed on file and
the appointment of ]. +. Wamboldt.
who has been acting deputy marshal
and assigned to night duty in the city
since the Pedlar resignation was ae.
cepted. was then confirmed.
| When the confirmation of the
Wamboldt appointment came up for
discussion Councilman West asked
Marshal Jackson IL the appointment
was regarded as permanent, to which
the marshal replied that Il was, and
he further spoke in high terms OF the
new deputy. saying that to date his
services had been perfectly satisfac-
tory. Councilman West then in
quired as to the necessary steps to
be taken in the event that change
in the Office of deputy marshal should
at any future time be deemed wise.
and addressing the city attorney he
asked: do you get into the same
kind OF jackpot getting rid of the
deputy marshal as you do the mar
shal?" The city attorney replied to
the effect that the confirmation OF
the appointment made the deputy a
regular city officer and Councilman
West remarked that past experience
had taught him to dodge the perma-
nent feature Of appointments where
possible.
Counsellor c. A. Eddy addressed
the city officials in the interest of
those engaged in the jitney service.
He said he represented TIL United
Stage and Taxi Company. the Star
Auto Service, Art Mayer, Mike Delich
and Ernie Jackson, on behalf OF
whom he objected to the collection
of the present license, whicl. he
deemed excessive. and TO the further
fact that in his judgment those eE-
gagged in the jitney business re-
ceived no protection. In the course
of his remarks he said passengers
were carried for consideration
within the city limits by owners of
cars who were not licensed under the
city ordinance. which amounted to
nothing less than unfair competition.
He said: For example, Mike Basta
may come down from Ruth, bring
ing with him a load of passengers.
who might be considerd as just rid
ing along in friendly way but later
the fare may be collected without the
knowledge of anyone except the par
ties directly In interest or a msn
may come in from Utah and park his
car along The street, from where IL
could be used in the jitney service
without license.
Charles Hope. member o! the
United Stage and Taxi Company. was
also present and addressed the mayor
and members of the council on the
subject A wide range OF discussion
was opened up and embraced many
different phases of .he question. The
license fee under the existing ordi-
nance is $40 per month per ear. pay
able six months in advance. which re-
quires the operators 10 pay $50 for
each ear in the service. Ii developed
during the discussion that during the
last six months of the year 1921.
owing to the depressed condition OF
business affairs in the district, the
iitney license was not collected. and
year the jitney men We're permitted
to pay the regular rate required by
the license but were allowed to make
their payments monthly instead of
being called upon for the six months
license fee in advance. II likewise
developed that while the monthly
payment system was understood to
he terminated July ! none of those
engaged in the business had to date
paid their full lice 1-e tax for the last
half OF this year. The ordinance pro-
vides for the issuance of tag to
those who pay their license and the
tag when thereafter displayed on
car is notice to the marshal that the
automobile bearing IL Is duly licensed.
while those without the tag may be
considered as being operated In vio-
lation of the ordinance. This brought
out the fact that the city marshal was
handicapped by reason of the fact