The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1923-08-17
TO TAX COMMON
CARRIERS FROM
HIGHWAYS

Ginocchio Brothers, who have
operated three motor trucks between
Gardnerville and Reno for the past
five or six years, the establishment of
which was brought about by the de-
sire of business men of this town,
today face the possibility of being
taxed out of business by the unfair
demands made by the commissioners
of Ormsby county. Under the tax
set by the Ormsby county commits
sioners of Ormsby county 1t will cost
the Ginocchio Brothers $1,023.75 per
year to operate their trucks over
seven miles of highway in that
county. This unreasonable charge,
coupled with the tax in Washoe and
Douglas counties, together with the
city tax demanded by Carson and
Reno, the state license tax and also
two cent tax of gasoline, literally
taxes this company out of business
There is real need for the motor
truck line between Reno and Gardner
vile and the Public Service Com
mission of Nevada recognized this
fact six years ago, when it granted
certificates of public convenience to
Ginocchio Brothers. That was before
the Reno-Carson highway was bull.
From the very beginning certain in
terests in Carson fought the estab-
lishment of the truck line, fearing
that Carson would be injured in some
manner.
established, the business men of
Gardnerville made every endeayor to
have the Virginia G. Truckee railway
furnish rail service to Gardne,ville
The railroad company did not deem
it advisable to do SO, and the business
men sought other means of obtain
ing the service that was deemel
necessary. That the motor truck
line meets a real service, is evidenc-
ed by the fact of the liberal patronage
received not only from Gardnerville
but from Carson City and other
towns along the route. Freight is
hauled from Reno to Gardnerville, a
great deal of which is perishable. The
service allows quick transportation
and orders telephoned to Reno whole
sale stores from Gardnerville are
filled and delivered the same day.
On the Reno trip the trucks pick up
loads of farm produce and delivery
in the city is quick, service that is
of great assistance in marketing farm
products.
Highways are built for the benefit
of the people as a whole. We cannot
believe that the federal government
backed the building of the RenoCar-
son highway for the satisfaction of a
( few joy riders and tourists. Market
ing of crops and giving quick COM
munication between large trading
centers and rural districts was the
main aim of the government in CIV
ing financial aid to highway con-
struction. 1t does not seem reason
able that a truck company, that is
furnishing needed transportation be-
tween a large trade center and a
rural district be forced to pay an
unreasonable tax for the maintenance
and upkeep of the highways. If the
highways must be maintained through
/ taxation of this kind, then it should
be equally distributed, not only
among trucking companies, but to all
motor vehicles.
The last Nevada legislature took
the power invested in the public
service commission, relative to the
operation of motor vehicles, and in
vested the various boards of county
commissioners. The law has work.
ed out just as it was intended, as is
plainly seen through the action of
in exploiting a highway built mainly
/ by federal and state aid, in demand
ing a prohibitory tax, which gives
evidence of not being for highway
maintenance, but for driving the
Gardnerville trucks from the high
ways. The Record Courier believes
that truck companies should be fore
ed to pay a reasonable tax but when
that tax is beyond all reason, then
and only then is it time to resort to
the courts, which Ginocchio Brothers
intend to do and in their fight they
have the support of leading business
men of Gardnerville.