The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1922-12-06

The prosperity or the Central "a
cihe property as now operated by
the Southern Pacific Company is Of
vital Importance to the people Of
Nevada, for the reasons aforesaid.
Its importance may be further EN-.
phasized from the standpoint of the
contribution which 1t makes In taxes
towards the support Of state, county,
and municipal government. An i'm
provised traffic route. such as the
Central Pacific would become under
separate operation, might easily
have a very substantial effect on its
ability to meet the present assess
ment valuation Of $4,000 per mile
on its 446 miles of main line and Of
$4,000 per mile on its Nina and
Susanville branches, or an average
OF s65,000 per mile on its TAG miles
of line within Nevada, both main
line and branches, and thus make It
impossible to pay toward the sup
port OF government to the extent
that IL is now paying. In other
words, we must look upon unified
operation of the Southern Pacific
Central Pacific as 1t now is as one
of our leading enterprises furnish
ing, as 1t does .an unexcelled service
within, through and to and from the
state of Nevada, as an employer OF
labor, and as such. disbursing an an
nual payroll in Nevada. amounting
To $4,000. 900 for Its $500 employees;
as a taxpayer which contributes to
our state, county and municipal gov
ernments, approximately s1,0oo,oo0
per annum, and an operating entity
which has an official personnel unex-
celled in its sympathetic and efficient
attention to the public welfare. In
view of all these considerations, in
clnding the economic welfare or Ne
yada, we feel that we should give
this company our strongest support;
and that we would do nothing less II
one of our great mining, numbering.
live stock, commercial or any other
important industries called for en-
dorsement.
The major industries Of Nevada
are agriculture, live stock raising,
mining and numbering. Live stock
raising and mining predominant.
Thus far with the exception of. the
Newlands Reclamation project,
which is government irrigation
project with Fallon. Nevada, as the
center of the district, and with the
exception of Carson and Mason and
Lovelock valleys, the lands and the
water OF Nevada are devoted to large
ranches, ranging from a thousand
acres to two hundred thousand acres
I'm area. Hay and grain are harvest
ed on these ranches largely for the
purpose of taking care OF cattle dur
ing the winter, and for the fatten-
ing of live stock for market. We,
therefore, have not reached the point
where land in any considerable vol
ume. and which must first be pro-
yided with irrigation, is available for
colonization. Private irrigation en-
terprises are, however. under way
and lands in Mason. Smith and Car
son valleys will, 1t is expected, soon
be ready for colonization.
In this respect we have assurance
from the Southern Pacific COLOMBIA
tion and development department
that It will cooperate to the fullest
extent in bringing in and locating
settlers. Representatives OF the
land and live stock industry, OF the
mining industry, and OF agricultural
.nursuits In Nevada are present and
will give testimony covering these
respective lines.
II should also be noted that the
Rad River Lumber Company Is To-
Gated at Westwood, 1876 miles north
of Fernley Junction, Nevada, that a
large lumber industry is operated at
susanville, 106 miles north OF fern
lev junction, and that the verdi
Lumber Company is located at YER
A, 10 miles west Of Reno, Nevada.
All of these companies deal In box
shook and lumber. The average
daily loading from these plants rang
es from 40 to so cars and there is
a heavy movement of box shook into
california during the fruit season.
]. F. SHAUGHNESSY.
chairman. Public Service Commits