White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-07-29

question. The travel cost to the men
was $3.50 4 month. BY the travel
their efficiency was weakened. 1t
was not discussible. Houses were
rented at a rate of SO a room, three
rooms ard a bath being $12. Water
was free, lights 6 cents a kilowatt
and nut coal at $40 a ton. The com
missary carried the necessities of
life, such as -four, sugar and canned
goods, sold at Wholesale rates plus
freight and between I and 9 per cent
additional.
His company had never retained
any money from the government by
fraud. He attended the Washington
conference. All corporations were in
the same boat. The law was new
and had to be interpreted. He had
known of two or three companies in
the southwest to be called on the car
pet, but never his. The discussion
was owe the excess profit tax of
which the company finally
paid, the amount being 100000.
That of 1918 had not been reached
yet Dy the
Replying TO Mr.. Zurich on the
question of owning homes at McGill,
Mr.. Lakenan said every foreman
must have the right to hire and fire
and selling homes would force onto
the company a vast real estate bust
ness, as a fired man would call on
him the next day asking him to sell
the home. The directors had been
willing, but Mr.. Lakenan wished to
take the blame, saying that was his
wish and his fault. He denied that
it was to have better control of the
men. 1t was not for selfish reasons
and he vas not sure that the social
atmosphere was better. He spoke
d~isparagingly of the train accommo-
dations. $50
you haven't much respect for the
service Of the Nevada Northern"
suggested Mr.. Zurich.
Mr.. Shaughnessy asked about the
effect of the company's policy to-
ward Ely. Mr.. Lakenan said it
would be one of evolution.
From your statement l gather
that there is a necessity for trans
portation,' said Mr.. Shaughnessy.
Mr.. Lakenan admitted it but favored
a bus line. The chairman asked if
criticism had embittered his COM
pany, which the general manager de-
MED.
General Manager G. l.. Hickey of
the railway, as the final witness for
his side, claimed the failure to con-
meet at Cobre had occurred but three
times recently and only n of these
on a Saturday. The rule was to hold
the Nevada Northern train until
and at any rate express could
he routed over the Western Pacific
not buy fruit more on Mondays than
other days save on account of Q glut
of two days and the price being low
err. He did not claim that to apply
here but said it was SO in cities. He
said seventeen full carloads of fruit
had been shipped hither this spring
and that by express came only from
the west He told of various gratui-
ties from the company and tker of
his withdrawal of the offer to help
the city open the entry of the Lin
coin highway into town, admitting
finally that the withdrawal letter
was written after Mr.. 10y Of the
state highway department had writ
ten him that the offer could not be
availed of, admitting further that in
his letter of withdrawal he did not
advise the mayor of Mr.. Logs mes
sage. He did not act in a spirit of
reprisal, but he used the word "re-
sented' in defining his attitude to-
ward the city after it had Endorsed
the Zurich petition.
Responding to Mr.. Shaughnessy,
he denied that taking off the shift
trains was a reduction Of the serv-
ice, IT that there was n tacit under
standing to resume them. He claim
ed the company had lost $74, 600 in
its operation of shift trains. He said
if the trains were a benefit to the
merchants they should pay the cost,
and if they were a benefit to the
copper company it should pay its
share of the cost.
He urged a bus line, saying the
Ely Record and Times had signed a
contract. which he also signed, for a
line of White buses in opposition to
the shift train plan, to be operated
at 80 cents a mile. Mr.. Shaugh-
messy advised him that such had
been tried several times in Nevada
and in every AS the operation had
cost more than 80 cents and most of
the operators had gone broke. Mr..
Hickey claimed track motors could
not operate in winter on the grades
above Ely.
Under cross-eXamination he told
of a trackage agreement with the
Nevada Consolidated whereby since
two years ago the copper company
had operated it's ore trains, which
before that had been operated by the
Nevada Northern. The agreement