The Nevada journal., 1853-02-04
Plank sOad--Timc for Action.

article on this project, and endorses full
ly the views therein The State JoUna
copies portion Of it. and concurs witt
all Very good. No,c is the time to act
The following call is issued in poster
the present week. Those who issue the
call rather favor the Marysville project
because Sacramento is doing nothing.
PLANK ROAD MEETING.
Bay The citizens of Nevada, Grass
Valley, Rough and Ready Marysvillr
and all others interested, are requested
to meet at Centreu lie. Grass IaHeM on
Saturday, Feb 18Th. to concert measure.
to construct Plank Is Dad from Nevada
r'd Grass Valley, Rough and Ready
Penn Valley, &c, to some point to be
determined upon, having water commu-
nieat tion with San Francisco
MANY CITIZENS
Feb. l, 1858. Of Nevada and G. V.
Our Sacramento friends will see the
crisis has arrived, and if they have no
representatives. present at Grass Valley
on the 18th, prepared with power to act,
the plan of plank road to that city
falls till-borp, or must be built wholly
by themselves. The agents of Marys-
vile will be present, and if they alone
make proposals, the saw mill men and
others will unite in that enterprise. Ii
they'do so they will not help to build a
Sacramento road, which will tend to de,
preciate the stock they hold in the 9th
er road. The interest Of the pubic here
is greatly excited in the subject. our
heaviest capitalists are ripe for it, and a
plank road lclU be bViH MiS season. We
have labored hard to convince Sacra.
mento Of its interests, and we make one
more call for action. 1t is useless for ny
70 repeat that the Sacramento road is
the most popular, But it is not so popu.
lar that our citizens will run the risk of
having none. If Sacramento does not
act within week does not send re-
sponsible committee to be at Grass Val
ley on the Is h. to confer and execute,
the citizens Of this region will be com.
PEELED to embrace the Marysville project
Is the following idea visionary? If
Sacramento does not act the road will BE
built 20 Marysville then the Beneca
road will acquire more importance dur
ing the year or two trade with the inte-
rior that Marysbille will enjoy in con-
consequence of the plank load--the Be-
necia road will be built and extended
to Nevada and Sacramento will lose
the trade of now at least 10000 people.
and increasing.
The Union doubts if plank read is
durable will last till the railroad is
built, and pay for itself thrice over. 1t
estimates the cost of the road at HIGH
figure at 3326,000
The Marysville Express Of the p re.
viws the article in our las, with cgntca-
dIctions of its statements, and rather
splenetic criticism of its motives. I ne
Express coolly denies each Of the five
reasons we gave, asserting that vessels
! of all sizes can reach that city at all
seasons of the year, &c We take issue
on those reasons. The S. +. Heyad-a
disinterested and competent witness -
calls our article "a sensible article " and
our reasons t;;Stnctory reasons"
But the best test OF the validity o
our reasons are the commercial rcportr
we publish to day. In nearly every ar.
ticle the Marysville market, with pres
ent satisfactory water communication, II
ten per cent higher than the Sacra
mento or even Hoboken market. Ou1
readers can see the Inference. Team
sters will haul from Sacramento at The
same prices during the year as they vii
from Marysville, while our merchGnt
who buy at MarySville pay l-2cts fol
flour, &c, higher than those who buy
at Sacramento. See markets of til,
last fortnight
With reference to our motives They
are simple and single-the interests oil
this section. The sneers Of the EGpres
do not affect us 1t says we expressed
an opinion that :" Sacramento was 81
crippled by fire and flood it would be
unable to take ho.d of any extended
ope ations,' and of now acting lnconsis
tent with that idea. We thought SC
then, and therefore only favored the 9th.
er road. Our article, however, excited
warm interest at Sacramento, and its
citizens have since so displayed their en-.
ergies in various directions, that we are
convinced if it, like Sampson, rises and
shakes itself and goes out as aforetme
it will be seen it yet holds much of it.
ancient strength. We have turned nc
sumerset. If the editor of the Express
is familiar with our columns, he well
knows we have long urged the compile
ton Of some kind of n road to Sacra
mento We have piled up argument or
argument for it, and when we spoke fa-
vorably of the one to Marysville we alsC
expressed regret that Sacrament
could not or would not initiate the ac.
tivity of Marysville
We believe the interests of this sec
tion will be best consulted by read tt
Sacramento, but will be better served
by on1 TO Marysville than by none -
There is the key to our position, and i