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Show NEW YEAR FINDS ELY BOTH PEACEFUL AND PROSPEROUS Merc Trail ol" Former Years Has Been Transformed Trans-formed Into L3usy Thoroughfare; Many New Buildings Erected. By J. M. COLLINS. Special to The TriUn.'. LLY, NVv. , One. 29. A more inpfr-ouh. inpfr-ouh. hntlt:r KOvrrmd or morv pci'-- f'ul cmrumj mi y rould not In- foil rid today than My. Scv. f 'ill id- ;i II the tfl'.: t M riii? !' ff recent re-cent inoiilhs and while i'ly has lo dp-nd principally upon her rmncH for the live-liboorl live-liboorl or her rtuzfiiM, .mid in thee Mimes are rii 1 1 ilrj-'f I men i' nun all four iioniprs of the kU.I-.-, there rct.s not been a dil'Il-inliy dil'Il-inliy worthy oi mention, ami an such Hir;hl flilfirnln-:f did arise th-y wr.; quickly and ami. uli'.y adjusted by labor ahd rapHal K'd!lt:f;' to-clln;f on a rom-oiorj rom-oiorj lia.-iin and ith-Ii showing a fair disposition dis-position lo tfLe anil take. 'IVn ypars auu Kly was hut a snot on lid uitip and it uu,i Hun lliat the great '' .dth i j j n I r f i r 1 1 tin; hills stnroundiiiK Hi', liuw r'l'o.'iM-i'ou.i cltv w:ih brought to Mi- a.ii'-nfldn of nu-n who hail the em-ry and Ukewue tin! money with which io develop the great natural i-ffonn'jt, nnd I rnni Hi -i i t i i no to l he, present it ha r hf.ii ;l ca.sti of build up and improve. of con i'hc ih-re have tifscn low mutier-iiikh mutier-iiikh hy Unit i-l.iHM who devoted their limn and entire attention in an attempt to ift;ir down what better men have uc-if'cilcrl uc-if'cilcrl iu building up- hut this class has loiiiid the Kly difdrlit u very undentr-a undentr-a InV place of ahodi for men of their type, and their dvi'tv effort has been met Ly h t h ta 1 v. a r t work) Lig men of tho district, dis-trict, who I'roiu Hie very mart made (heir position clear. , Condilions Ideal- j They would not permit their happy hona-s to be dlHtiirhed or their excellent i 'ond H inns Interfered with hy 1 hose who I fienn to revel in unsatisfactory condl-1 condl-1 1 1 1 a ra tlier I him to dv ell in peace a nd latirnony with their fellowmeu wliere eonrlit Ioiih ?iiv m;idc us nearly idea I a a human hands and human minds can possibly pos-sibly make them. Kiy has now passed the stage of a ruining camp, and the cheap frame buildings or tenia which usually mark (he country tmiToundlng great mines when liny are first opened up have been Hi ad ual ly replaced hy buildings of a immt sui sta nt iaJ character, as the business busi-ness nihil has found his business increasing in-creasing at a. rate never di-earned of and sees confronting' hlin comlitionK which jmeiik for the lulur. an era of prosperity I a r he yon d bin fondest hopes and witd-c. witd-c. t. imaginations. The Nevada 'onsollila ted Copper com-yiiiny, com-yiiiny, which ovns cue of t he greatest open pit mines in the noun try, started production about ten years ago. At that tunc It was beloved that the life of the mines would he about ten years. This ii.i tui a 1 1- induced the conservative business busi-ness man to keep down his investment in buildings and the like as low as possible. pos-sible. Today, however, after the ten years of steady production, further development de-velopment has proven the ore bodies to be of pi ca ter proportion?, and it is au-t au-t horlta 1 1 voly stated that Lire ore in sight is sufficient to keep the great smelter at Mc'Iill, where the ore is treated, goti ipr at its present rate for a period of twenty ycirs longer. At the ( 'oijper Mines company. formerly for-merly called i;iroux, about nine miles to the west of lay. mining lias been vigorously vigor-ously prosecuted during t he past, year, with a large force of men on the payroll. See Another Smeller. While on many occasions the question of a second great smelter to treat the ores from the Consolidated Ooppor Mines properties has heeo freely discussed, these prospects seem today brighter than ever before, and such an enterprise would make the Kly district one of the most attractive in all the western country. coun-try. A ult ma n si reel . which is the main street in ICly, has been transformed in the last few ears from a mere trail to one of the busiest of thoroughfares, with It n Iai'j,-e build hi r on either side arid a nnlld niii' of humanity upon the sidewalk-, while traMie resulatioruv must he strictly enforced in oi der that the -steady Mrea.ni of automobiles may b-; operated with difficulties and danger of accidents minimized. Kly Is not sob-ly dependent upon her mine.", for the surrounding valleys are productive and tin- ranch and cattle men Lave enjoyed their full share of the great wave of prosperity which has spread over the e nt in; section of the country. Kly is situated about midway between the mines ;t t Kuth and Kimherly on the w. st and the mncKer at McfJill. which indues the citv a central point for great busi ness opera t io i is. The towns of kuth mi'l McCJIll, as well as l be city of 'Kly. afford an excellent market for ad ciassen of produce, and the rancher and the stock man now brinsr thHr products to mart in their automobiles, which have entirely replaced thn team and saddle horse which were such conspicuous figures in all western towns up to just a lew years ago. Wage Scale High. The scale of wages is higrh, and where that condition exists the high plane is established and the prices obtained by those engaged in every line of business is in proportion. The Collins hotel, at the corner of Aultman and Sixth streets, is a building worthy of mention which is now practically practic-ally ready to tie thrown open to thep ublic, and this will be done as soon as the furniture fur-niture can he gotten on the ground. This is perhaps the most substantial building ever erected in this district and a credit to any community. It will be furnished second to no other hotel and , will be a blessing to many a traveler. For months pnst it has been Impossible to accommodate the great throng de- i man ding lodgings in the city, and the ! principal hotel proprietors have been obliged to seek rooms in private dwellings dwell-ings when their establishments have been taxed to the.tr capacity and a steady .stream still applying. Not a vacant room can be found at a lodging house after the very early evening hours. Private dwellings have been In equally as great a demand, and there is not today to-day a vacant piece of residential or business busi-ness property throughout the entire city, while the sound of the hammer and the saw are heard at all hours, as buildings build-ings are being erected and in practically every instance are lea-sed before completion. com-pletion. j Modern Picture Shows. ! Tho two picture show houses are of i the same typo as is found in the large cities of the country. During the past year the Hex has been built and opened, a modern, spacious brick building, complete com-plete in every detail, and accommodating accommodat-ing other business enterprises aside from i the show. The Ely, which was up to the past year one of t he old type of buildings, has been completely torn flown and rebuilt. It is today a strictly modern mod-ern and in every way up-to-date building, build-ing, nnd both houses cater only to such productions as are supplied for the Strand, on Broadway in New York. While the streets throughout the city are well lighted, clean and kept in the best possible condition, as is the entire city, under the able and most businesslike business-like administration of Mayor A. B. Witcher, assisted by Councilmen William Parks, O. M. Wallace, Jr., and Joseph Ties, the roads throughout the county are said to be the best to be found while touring through the west. One of the noted improvements now under way is what is known as the straightening out of the county road through Robinson canyon from Ely to the mines. In traveling this short distance, dis-tance, owdng to the winding condition of this road and several railway crossings. cross-ings. It had come to be regarded as dangerous on account of the great stream of automobiles which now pass to and from the mines at ail hours of the day and night. |