White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-07-08
COUNTY ENDORSES JUR|CH'S
RAILWAY AND LIGHT COMPLAINTS

The county commissioners are on
record as giving their moral support
to the petitions of Anthony Zurich
for reinstatement of the shift trains
between McGill and Ely and Ruth
and Ely and for a reduction of the
light rate charges in Ely. Formal
| Endorsement in the shape of reso-
luton was adopted unanimously at
the Thursday meeting of the board.
Mr.. Zurich, who made request
for the Endorsement, plans to make
similar request from the city coun-
ell, but owing to the want of a quo
rum Friday night it had to go over
to an adjourned meeting
Commissioners Clark and Baird
/ were strongly in favor of giving Mr..
! Jurich full support and expressed
! themselves in an outspoken manner.
| Said Mr.. Jurich in introducing the
subject:
"The Nevada Northern is discrim-
mating against the state and against
Ely, trying to murder the town.
There are certain duties that the
company owes to the community.
Many people have bought homes In
Ely and wish to work at Ruth or
McGill, but under the policy of the
company it Is impossible for them to
do so unless they buy automobiles.
which makes 1t prohibitive for a lot
of them. A man should have the
right to live where he pleascs, but
the policy of the allied interests is
against that right. 1t is not a ques-
ton Of Ely against the Nevada North
ern nor myself against the Nevada
Northern, but the big issue Is what
the company owes to the state. Peo-
pie working for the company ought
to be given an opportunity to live
here, the only place where they may
buy homes.
when Fred Brown as member
!, of a committee waited upon Mr.
| Lakenan in behalf of Ely Mr.. Lake
nan asked him:
"'What has Ely got that McGill
hasn't?' I
"a chance to own our homes
Fred told him.
THAT shows the policy of the
company Employees become citizens
IN good faith only by giving them
chance to own tn ir homes and to
stay here, but the company will not
sell them the ground to build homes
and is opposed to their owning them
So 1t is working against the inter.
ests OF the state.
Last year the company had to
pay the United States government
81 100000 that it was trying to re-
tain by fraud. 1t is not acting in
good faith and never will give Ely
square deal until it is forced to do so
Diplomacy has been exhausted
and it Is life and death battle for
Ely. Nothing is to be gained by
further negotiation.
II am ready to do my part and am
asking for no fee and no expense
money, but I want the cooperation
Of the state, county and city. want
the aid of their legal departments
when the time comes and these are
on salaries, so there is no expense in
sight. l am going to leave here
soon but shall retain my residence
here, coming back frequently on
business and at election times to
vote. / shall retain the same lively
interest in the welfare of the city
that 1 always have and am asking
for nothing now but your coopera-
ton"
ut looks to me like this is Il mat
ter Of public interest said Mr..
Baird. I'VE are paying the highest
light rate in the state, II 1-2 cents
"a kilowatt for what costs the com
pany cents. Mr.. Jurich is not ask
ing for fee or to put the county to
any expense. AS he says there is no
possibility of reaching just settle
ment without going to the courts
The company has refused the shift
trains We have already talked
over both the light charges and tho
shift trains and we can do no more
I can see no objection to Mr.. Ju-
rich's request. l believe the county
should indorse the complaints. Two
years ago the company said If we
made no objection to curtailing the
train service we would get lower
light rates. Instead of that they went
up to 20 cents and back to where
they started al II 1-2 cents
Il can see no reason why we
should not indorse these complaints"
said Mr.. Clark. Il don't see that
indorsing them involves the county
in any way. am in favor of 1t
What is your opinion about it, Mr..
Gubler?'
"Mr. Jurichs statement looks to
me like it was fair and just" re-
piled Mr.. GubIer. 1T looks to me
like the company was discriminating
against Ely"
A resolution was drafted and on
motion of Mr.. Baird, seconded by
Mr.. Gubler. it was adopted by an aye