The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-09-19

pany maximum employees at Sparks had been 750
At the time the strike took place. the Southern Paci
fc had 1852 employees at Sparks with monthly payroll
of $161, S3970. The Southern Pacific Company at the
time had 154 men employed at Reno with payroll
of $20140 per month In order to maintain the Sparks
shops with this large number of men, the Southern Pac
fc Company overhauled "a locomotives in the Sparks
shops during the month of May, 1922 80 Of these loco
motives that overhauled in the Sparks shops that
month from divisions west of Sacramento returned
Immediately to their divisions after they had been
overhauled.
In one winter there were 70 locomotives from Port
land Oregon and Tuscon Arizona, hauled to Sparks and
overhaued in the shops at that point then returned to
their home divisions
! The Southern Pacific Company have not made great
improvements contemplated and which they desired to
make, during the past eight years. Such improvements
postponed until after the question pending in the
Supreme Court of the United States had been definitely
Improvements that would require vast expend
tre of capital .a8 Is s 5.f
The Union Pacific (if it is to their credit paid for
advertisements in the newspapers in California, Nevada
and other states promising the people of the various To-
cates wonderful things if they acquired the Central Pa
cic. In sefdeense, the officials of the Southern Pac
Company attempting by explaining to the public the
true situation, to defend their stockholders We
know the faimnded people of Nevada will the diff
ference in trying to protect your property, of
foreign corporation entering this state and trying take
1 the property of another The Southern Pacific have
given the people of Nevada service second to the
United States the Southern Pacific Companys record is
well known
j During the war, hundreds of thousands of soldier
i boys moved, not injured not life
was lost. Of the recent Shrine movement, where
than sixty additional trains moved the South
en Pacific Companys lines there was not one man in
jured. The trains OF the Southern Pacific Company
ing through the Ogden gateway in connenction with the
Union Pacific good any in the world. While
time service is not always given, the Southern Paccs
record for time is equal to that OF any Ongdstnat line
in the United States.
! Should the Central Pacific and the Southern Pacific
dissolved there would not be needed 1160 employees
in the Sparks shops in order to take of the Salt Lake
division which is all that the Union Pacific promise
would be overhaued in the Sparks shops.
ThoC fhorvo Crror
the building of California and Nevada. The people ap-
preciate it, and if the Southern Pacific and Central Paci
forna will have their say how their freight routed and
safe to say there will be Is per cent less freight
moved through Nevada than there is at this time
The Southern Pacific Company when there was no other
railroad in Nevada, moved baed hay from Reno to San
Francisco for $500 per TOM from Loveock for $3.50 per
tom moved potatoes in carloads from points in Nevada
ton of this state at equally low rates, and We're doing
everything they could to build the state.
i policy Company
direction Julius Kruttshni William
The the railroad for the
passenger TRANSPORTATION No honest that Mr. Julius
Kutchnt Mr. William Spoule
has influence legislation other than
right There has not been since
these have been in charges will
the give
vice and attend strictly and only the
namely, furnishing transportation to the people.
The Union Pacific have through their pleaded with
but regardless of the fact the Austin Chamber
of Commerce
the Boston Ely Mining Co.. Of Ety. the business livestock
and of Carn the live stock mining
of
citizens of Goldfed the citizens
ranch of Hazn the citizens Hawthorne
Commerce. the citizens of Inlay he citizens
Chamber of Commerce. the business
of Wells the citizens of Wabuska the citizens
Yenon Commercial Club the Chamber
peoned the Interstate
of
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The Union Pacific have to the
of Nevada the
Supreme Court decision We believe
wicked officials are second
by
other the land Supreme
United to
which
lieu the Sherman placing management consolidation or
Commission which Senator