Show reasons W for closing of the tintie at the time the tintic gintic smelter at silver city v u as closed down dow n various reasons were given out tor for the shut down own ot of the big plant but it was generally understood that the manage ment was not taking the public entire ly into its confidence T the he reporter learns from a rt reliable liable source tn tahe tintic gintic smelter might be in profitable operation today todal had the railroad corn banies given mr knight a square deal and made tintic gintic a common point for the shipment of freight we have been informed thattie gintic tintic r paid the railroads in freight charges from 60 50 to 75 c more a to ton toa a than the valley smelters were being called up on to pay and while this does not seem a large sum it runs up into the thousands of dollars in very short order when a smelter is handling handlin up on an average of five andrix and six carloads of coal and coke daily the high prices charged for the shipment of bullion butof out of the district and the ex tra charge on ore shipped into tintic gintic would also aggregate thousands of collais within a years time there is apparently no reason why tintic gintic should not ha have hae e been or for that mat ter should not still be made a corn I 1 mompoint mon point by the railroads well A ell informed wnm ed minu g men eneil gu go 1 far as lipsay to eay that if the tile railroads wil will give the plant an e een en with the valley smelt eis that the fire soon be started beneath a and i nd that the big plant relee represent 1 era mint of money t again be pe placed in operation ap I 1 bupt vivian of the gintic I 1 I 1 w who ho leaves silver city next ne A eel accept another position is for the statement that there ia wrong with the silver fit cit smelter that it is as perfect a plant as is in the state today tolay and that there I 1 is no reason why it should bof no be operation the question which con fronts the people of is just this could not mr knight se see i LL re rree necessary concessions from railroads if it he had the united support of the business and mining men tic district if there is even een a possibility of the reo reopen ii g of the tile smelter the people here liere should busy this is a matter which a acorn com mere al club could handle to good ad vantage but unfortunately we ha e no such sueh organization in |