Deseret Evening News | 1906-12-15 | Page 50 | The Building of Ely, the Metropolis of Nevada's Greatest Copper District

Building of Ely the Metropolis of Nevadas Greatest Copper D would dare to NONE the Ely a c of dolls the there of a mod h shall hc That ilY will c one of from to people with within in hc next our or five years Thc building of it is itself a of importance equal 10 of economical and pr ole production and and it is well that largest Ne York stock stockholders holders In the mins millionaires with the brood i Vs and ex wilh such all early th to the task The result Is the Ely compau which through the of Its mill n ral 1 A 0 Corbett has nh to about acres of land Ideally t ot the them m of a hll tip down the Steptoe t of tho tb mill Duck creek and till Robinson fly purchase of anti rights in Steptoe creek the 1 11 has acquired lIpply of water 11 ply for all of a of leople The I II le lands are to the theIda Ida and the milles 1 at which the ores 1 It is ait upon It the railway 1 a suburban t ain ser nn Et city the smelter so that employees all at Ely Ci y be able amI go to and from their work Stich a policy viii result in the of A II c cI I 2 4 1 r S I A C cJ l Fl J cJ tJ hJ c J JA A 0 B B DB EU F J iii ij c J r i Dc c J l I I I L I IH H I I tho population of the entire dis in the city Weight is accorded to thc by the com owner hip and control by the Guggenheim of the rait the smelter Con Consolidated companies III Octo cr of this rear acres was platted h the townsite company and thc Ely Cit on the of that lots offered or s lc to I Is teel In 1111 ts SO teet to company el to rost 10 cost the local exclusively The first three days sale amounted to over This fact tells than volumes could whal upon ground thor familiar from personal ob with the built b 1 ot tho W B Thompson ot the tl company to cost to of the project Blocks in the husi nes district each contain 36 lots while there are 26 in each in inthe the residence section Thc work of grading thc streets am installing efficient waterworks and is being prose lI to rost beIng built by W Smith ot DInk or 1 to toI cost I J estimate to cost to m carl completion cn arc lOW under war for General Manager Cor Jet states that materials in addition to building nrc already ordered lor delivery at the rate of 25 s per week throughout tIle and everything 00 speaks marked activity which will willbe be by unfavorable conditions The railway alread has at the townsite com t sheds at which at freight for the district is also a roundhouse and other buildings 31 is Ow delivered on the ground for fora a substantial stone passenger sta station tion to cost and the eral offices of railway arc to be II p established there as soon as thc proper can be provided In connection with the accompanying of the townsite ther appears as to the num numerous erous blocks upon which wark is to be rushed The con construction of frame buildings wIth wIthIn In the district is very wise Iy but they may be of brick or Build Building ing material will be sup supplied plied from n acre ing beautiful whitt and salmon at 11 for the purpose Th quarry is not far di from th railway line and the t com company pany Is now building a spur track to It with the SJ that production will 11 large and economical All the planned will be of tl p although there will d lItuch use made of antI other materials I ter cd t 1 The thing that In r Ih place Is the evidence n har Is bUI ther that a modern city b which rom the have sanitary I an permanent structure 1 the it 15 a I with the usual I chaotic growth san t an water lion and clusters nf hila Id LI r SU having a pure pI and sewers h n ped I id has claimed many and gelting I the hns for