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REQUA DRIVING THE LAST SPIKE j I EI Ely Nov Nev Sept pt 30 More More than one old resident of of- EI Ely rose roso early e-arly this u. u morning for Cor a look from Crom his doorstep doorstop door door- i stop step jut just tt ti to see If the railroad was wits wasO O really there thero and mid to assure asure himself that the great gleat celebration of oC 4 I yesterday was a reality an and not the I realization of oC a dream that ha had I l' l brightened his hopes for Cor man many years cus I The railroad was still there and stretching stretching- from Crom a point north of ot the tho court hou house houte e to the vcr very heart hart of the town was a n long line of or Pullman cars ears that brought some visitors from flom Salt SaIl Lake O Ogden an and Reno neno to shake shako hands with I Ely IY con congratulating tho the thriving muting mining town on the arrival of or ortho tho the Neva Nevada a Northern to give an Im Im- Im- Im petus to the growth of ot the city that will wm soon brin bring its population up tip to the tho mark How much further than this estimate the town will grow In the next ten years none cares to estimate but th the man who places the thc estimate lower than In IIi 1916 would not dare express S his opinion within the bounds of White Pine county Nothing l h by Halves EI Ely In the oJ old lla days never did I things thinS'S by lW halves hal and when it comes to toI I things thing'S like driving the last laRt spike in inthe I tho the Nevada Xe Northern the town aided h by the hundreds of visitors went in fn i iCo Co for I a Li celebration that put spikes all nIl allover I over ovel the place and the last Jast one was not I driven until the sun was peeping over i 11 tho mountains reflecting its bright I rays raj's on the new co coat t of paint that was spread on tho the Pine count county court courthouse courthouse courthouse house In honor of or Railroad Day Most 1 of the visitors had retired to their berths In tho the sleeping cars and for a time comparative rel reigned ned The several s parties of Indians had left In their theli wagons hitting the trail for their theil homes some 20 miles awn away and a few Cew of the visitors Including Governor John Sparks Sparl s had hail left the night before on a special train for Cobre After Arter a ai i rush ush for breakfast that taxed the capacity capa city of the dining cars and all of or the restaurants In the town parties of visitors vis vis- Itol accompanied by local mining men nien left for Cor the nearby mines and the wonderful resources of of th the camp campI were vere explained to those thos who had wondered won won- I dered what mining writers were talking talk talk- lug fug about when the they said there thre were ero I iY 1 ji i 4 4 4 i 3 4 s' s f I 1 73 ii fj f I I 0 r i. i yf n I II 9 I ff 4 A 1 d I II II Ir I I 4 I I I 4 r BARBECUE ON ARRIVAL OF TRAIN millions of tons ton of ot ore blocked out There was hardly a ve vestige left of oC the Immense barbecue that was serve served 11 yesterday for of ot the 20 carcasses of or beef only a t pile pHo of bones remained and the Indian women who had luul trekked over oer the plains and mountains to see sec the Iron hon horse for lot the tho first time line in their thell lives livens had cleaned up the thelast thelast thelast last vestige of s sugar al salt alt and pepper from the long tables Driving the Spike Tho The ceremony of driving the last spike silke was carried carriell out amid scenes of oC wildest excitement and anti every very blow of the hammer struck by M. 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L Roqua R was vas followed by a cheer that echoed and reechoed d across the narrow all valley When the last blow was vas struck Held's I band struck c up Tho The Star Spangled Banner Lanner and there were tears of jO joy coursing lown down the tho checks cheeks of man many an anold anold old resident of Ely as the words of Mr 11 Requa In saying Ing the road Was as then open for COl business came cam with their full meaning Mr MI ru nequa dropped the the- hammer and picking up his little girl kissed her affectionately while the lie crowd yelled Itself hoarse For FOI the ceremony of ot driving the copper spike a rectangular ular space ten feet teet square quare was partitioned off of and at the tho corners cornez's cor cor- ners nez's were W delegations of oC workmen who had been ben working in the construction n gangs s bearing American Greek Greel and Italian flags each striving to hold hoM his own ow the highest After the tho ceremony th the copper spike was as withdrawn and amI taken taleen by Walter Vatter 1 J. J Perkins metallurgist for Cor the American Amen Ameri can Smelting Refining company compan Mr 11 Perkins was cau caught ht by hy some of oC th the bystanders by by- standers slanders awl and carried on their shoulders should should- ers bearing the copper spike in one hand and a In the other as ns he was curried to the speakers speaker's stand After the program of or speeches the crowd turned a again aln to the tables where the barbecue was served and amI tho the carload of fruit anti and melons sent scat from lom Ogden was distributed Very Flue Pille Roadbed The marvellously good condition of tho the roadbed of ot the tue Nevada Ne Northern for tho the entire length of tho the roa rood road was wasa a subject of comment especially among the railroad men awn among the th visitors The Pullmans rode as smoothly as on the he Southern Pacific and a civil engineer engi engi- neer of or varied experience on western roads remarked that he could stan stand upright ht In tho the aisle of thu or-thu orthur tho car r with his feet Ceet close together for fOl miles milc something he could not do tiO on an any other oth oth- Cl er western vestern road while tho the train was vas running at a fair rate rale of or speed For Forthe Forthe the tho entire length of or the road tho the steepest grade Is 7 of 1 per por cent anti and there thero are arc only two cuts or fills of ot more than titan 1000 cubic yards on tho the whole line Neat t and substantial stations sta sta- sta lions have have been been built at several points on the line and ancl windmills have been heen erected at several se water stations These will wIlh be supplemented with gas- gas rhine engines in the near future Tho The first shipment pf cf t livestock will willbo b bo made over the Nevada Northern from Cherry Creek and Curries' Curries Ranch within the next ten days At these points a D Denver nver firm bought 2000 and ami I 1500 head |