Show FRANCHISE FOR WINGFIELD Electric Railroad to Run Bun From Prom Goldfield to Three Miles Away Goldfield Nov No 4 The county commis commissioners commissioners have granted a franchise for an electric railroad to George Wingfield Thomas F Manning and L LT T Merwin through certain streets of Goldfield and Columbia and across the public domain to Dh three miles north of Goldfield Work Is to be started at once nd the first mile mOe of the road must be finIshed fin finished shed by b June 30 1909 The company will carry caITO both passengers ara ad a freight and will replace teams In hauling ore are from the mines which are not on the various lines of ot railway that enter the district Wingfield and associates bid for the franchise and must give gc a bond for 15 for fot the tile the work The maximum passenger rate r te within the tho town limits is fixed at 15 cents and 30 cents to I Freight can be hauled only between the hours of JO 10 p m and 6 0 lock a no m Eight fire Insurance companies which some time ago filed suit against the Mine Smelter Supply company compan of this city to recover money paid on a fire loss transferred their suits Wednesday from the district court to the federal court The Insurance companies allege In their t several complaints that the Mine Smelter Smelter Smelter ter company which sustained a heavy loss by fire tire on September 10 1901 collected Its Insurance by fraud They The allege that the th company had stored In Its place of business powder poder and dynamite in quan quantities quantities quantities over the amount allowed by b their policies The policies of o all the companies read that in case cl Se the insured has at any anyone anyone anyone one time over pounds of pow powder powder powder der or dynamite d In the place business of the policy becomes void The companies in which the Mine dine Smelter were insured in and the amount of the insurance Is as follows Home Homo Fire Insurance company of New York Firemans Fund Insurance com corn company company pany WO Union Assurance Society of London Royal Insurance company of Liverpool London Lancashire Fire Insurance company of London Imperial Insurance company of London Lancashire Insurance company compan of Manchester s and the Commercial Union Assurance company compan The case was wali brought against the sup ply company several months ago In the district court but for fot some reason nilSon It has been transferred to the United States court The fire occurred on Sept 10 1901 when the company com pan had its place of at busi busl business business ness neES on the site of the present Commer Commercial cial club building The Mine IUne Smelter Supply company re reported reported reported ported a total loss on its goods and was paid Insurance amounting to About three years after the fire tire the Insurance companies discovered covered dL evidence which after investigation an investigation resulted In their filing suit against the mining supply company to recover the Insurance paid |