White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-01-14
DAILY TRAIN SERVICE DEMANDED
BY CITIZENS OF ELY AT BANQUET


was given at the Chamber of Com
merce banquet Monday evening. The
vote was not unanimous but it was
nevertheless emphatic and unequivo-
cal so far as setting forth the posi-
tion of the majority oculd go. 1t
was a distinct victory for Anthony
Zurich, sponsor of the movement.
The motion as adopted and put
down at the close as the sense of the
meeting specifically indorsed Mr.. Ju-
rich's petition, providing further for
the appointment of a committee to
confer with the management of the
Nevada Northern Railway Company,
and in case a compromise with the
company may be reached and ratified
at later mass meeting the result
shall be wired to Mr.. Zurich at Car
son City, in which event he will dis
miss the action before the public SER
vice commission.
At the get-together meeting there
was plenty of entertainment from ths
start and for an hour or more be-
fore the excitement began, but the
real attraction which accounted for
the large attendance was to be Ju-
richs fight for an Endorsement of
his demand for daily train service
between Cobre and Ely and resump-
ltion Of the. shift trains between this
place and the smelter and mines at
Ruth, Kimberly and McGill. q
When Toastmaster j. NJ Lockhart
humorously introduced Mr.. Zurich
the latter showed such profound
gravity in his demeanor and spoke
with such deliberation and serious
ness that for time it seemed like
affairs were going to be tame. This
proved deceptive. Mr.. Zurich related
the facts wherein Ely. by reason of
its population and business import
ance, is entitled to daily train SER
vice to the outside world, of the need
|of shift trains for the accommodation
of workers and for the benefit of the
business interests of Ely, which, he
said, were languishing from need of
more trade. He told of an interview
with General Manager G. l.. Hickey,
OF the latter's conditional promise to
resume the daily Cobre train but his
positive refusal to reinstate the shift
trains.
The speaker pounced upon the di-
rectors of the Chamber OF Commerce.
Ieharacterizing them as spineless and
faithless to the people whom they
were purported to represent At
tempts at delay and to otherwise cir
cumyent action before the public
service commission he charged as be-
ing designed for its defeat, constitut-
ing betrayal of the trust reposed in
them in their quasi-public position.
Suggestions favoring conciliation he
characterized as eowardly as we'll as
ineffective
I'VE will gain nothing except by
fighting for it," he shouted. Sup
pose we do lose. Can we be any
worse off than We are now? We
have no train service now. so we have
nothing to lose but everything to
gain"
In the course of his address he
made a motion declaring it to be the
will of the people that the petition be
indorsed but providing for a commit
tee to be composed of Robert Baird
j. II. Gallagher and Vail M. Pittman
to seek an acceptable compromise
with the railroad company and direct
ing the committees procedure as
above outlined.
Mr.. Zurich attacked General Man
ager c. B. Lakenan for an alleged
declaration that employees of the Ne
vada Consolidated Copper Company
at Ruth and McGill would not be al
lowed to reside in Ely.
They are trying to chlorofcrm
Ely" he said
Vail NJ Pittman had preceded Mr..
Zurich with a lengthy speech In op-
position to the petition. He said
transportation was vital but that
were this petition successful before
the state commission he had been
convinced by railway officials and at
torneys that an appeal to the courts
would ensue and that the trains
might be tied up for years As an al
tentative he suggested paving the
highway between McGill and Kimber-
| ly. saying it might be done with the
federal government bearing so per
cent of the cost under tho PhipDs-
Dowell law Yet he was aware, he
added. that this act was on the list
for early repeal. which might occur
ANY day.
Transportation is vital. We must
have better transportation or soon
there will be no use trying to do any
thing. for Ely will be gone. But what
is the use of butting our heads
against stone walle II the railroad
company appeals and ties us up for
years We will be up against 1t. and
that is why am in favor of a paved
highway. | would like to hear from
some of these lawyers who are pres
ent about how they may tie US up
with an appeal. 1t looks to me like
hitting our hoads against A sf0na