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


said the witness in tone. of meas
ured bitterness.
Mayor Alfred Tamblyn testified
that when shift trains were run
there were approximately zoo fam
lilies residing in Ely whose breadwin-
ners Travelled on the trains, working
at the mines and smelter. He had
worked on shift at McGill and knew
most of them personally or by
sight He knew of many people
having sold their homes ard leaving
mere because o. no shit trains
There were many vacant houses and
the shift trains would fill them and
encourage the building OF more
Asked by Mr.. Chandler if he wanted
to take business away. from McGill
and Ruth naturally belonging tC
them the mayor said he would have
no compunctlons. being a resident
of Ely.
William C. Goodman. member and
clerk of the high school board. told
lof hiring the school train from Mr..
Hickey at $50 a day and the latter
saying its cost of operation would he
$50. He had been ir business in
McGill and was at present n bust
ness in Ely and Ruth. Asked about
the company store at McGill he re-
piled that its stock was not as CON-
plete as other large stores lie did
not think shift trains would seri-
ously hurt McGill business. but they
would help Ely.
George p. Armand recited the pol
icy of the Ely City Townsite Com
pany as to lots in East Ely when he
was therein employed. The COM
pany had built houses there on a
promise to its men but they were
not satisfactorily located or other
wise appointed and were dubbed
"smelter row" 1t was called the
Butte idea. The men demanded
houses in the center of town and
modern. He had heard Mr.. Thomp-
son say hat he had dropped ST.
100000 by the change of policy of
the company. He told of pictures
used to advertise an electric line
and said he had erected the sign
that said, Watch East Ely Crow
The complainant rested here and
James Fitzgerald. as a spokesman
for fifty signers of a protesting petit
tion from McGill, was given the
right of way. His petition recited
among other things that the object
of the Ely petitioners was to bring
McGill workmen here to spend their
money in the gambling halls mad
redlight district. Mr.. Fitzgerald
called Stanley Draper of the McGill
Club to the stand. Mr.. Draper had
gotten the signatures and told the
occupation of the signers. Some
twenty of them were business men
and about thirty company employees,
He told of the operations of the
company store and said it had re.
duced living costs. Mr.. ZURICH
brought it out that others than en-
ployes could buy at the store and
that it mattered not where an EN-
ploye lived TO have the privilege. Mr.
ZURICH wanted to know why out OF
1900 Dr. l,400 employees more sigma
lures had not been obtained. Mr.
Draper said no effort had been made
Mr.. Zurich asked the witness if hi
were not in the same line of bust
ness that the petition objected to in
Ely, including selling drinks) and
gambling. The witness replied af-
Tentatively.
AT the opening Friday morning
Mr.. Shaughnessy read into the rec.
ord excerpts from correspondence
between the late General Manager
LeGrande Cannon and the public
service commission on the subject
of shift trains. Mr.. Cannon's letter
of May "a, 1919, objected mildly tc
leaving Clark street at 1870 O'Clock
Mr.. Cannon expressed a willingness
to give the service, saying he was
actuated to do so in the interest OF
good service and the welfare CT the
community and that revenue was q
secondary consideration.
The reply of the commission re-
cited that official reports of the cop
per company showed average yearly
net earnings Of $S,4S0,0 900, covering
some ten years, and the earnings OF
the railway were better than ST.,
100000 annually during the war pc
Rod.
Mr.. Chandler objected to reading
this matter into the record, claim
ing that the revenue Of each depart
ment of the company Of allied in
terests must be considered sepa-
rately. He mentioned two supreme
court rulings to sustain his view
Mr.. ~Shaughnessy noted the objec-
lions and proceeded. The reply from
Mr.. Cannon under date of May 29
mentioned a loss of $4,000 a month
on the suburban service and said its
cost was $1,l5 a train mile, Yet
the train had been put on voluntarily
with a slight change III the suggest
ed schedule. Then to chow that The