The Nevada journal., 1853-01-28
SacraaentO Valley Railroad.


Sacramento Valley Railroad.
- There is time for all things"-is
an old, as we'll a. true proverb.
There is "a fitness of things" in all
movements, which should never be lost
sight Of, however anxiously we may de-
sire to "go ahead y and introducing the
subject Of Railroad at the present time,
We do not intend to encroach, except to
q limited extent, upon these good old
maxims.
But we find an article in the Nevada
Journal upon the subject Of Railroad
up the Sacramento valley, which is en-
titled to notice, and which is our apollo
~ for introducing the Railroad topic at
time apparently so inauspicious.
Some time in August last we express
ed eur conviction that that this city was
bound, from its peculiarly favorable po-
sition, to become the centre from which
would radiate all the leading Railroads
ever laid down in the valley Of the Sac-
ramento. Those convictions remain un-
changed, although severely tried by FIRE
and food. These devastating and des-
trcying visitations may have retarded,
fop short lime, the first step towards
the realization Of our anticipations; but
the hnal result is 40 certain now as it
was previous to the terrible FIRE in Mo-
vember.
The arguments for valley Railroad,
to run from here to the high land, thence
along the base Of the foot hills, to the
head Of the Sacramento valley, with
branch roads to Nevada and every other
mining point of Importance, have been
multiplied indefinitely during the past
eight wooke experience. A road Of this
character would have kept Sacramento
in communication with every important
point in the interior, and the terrible
sufferings and death experienced in the
mines aileviated or entirely avoided
The entire business and travel of the
country would have been concentrated
upon it, thus rendering the stock the
most valuable in the world.
A system of Railroads must be laid
down in this valley, sooner or later, and
the sooner the better, which will insure
q communication from navigable points
to all locations Of note in the State
This We all see and feel, and if the pre-
sent is net the time to move in the pre-
misses, it is certainly an appropriate time
for taking notes for future reference,
when the time for action does arrive
Our aid, however feeble it may be, will
then be forthcoming to urge onward
these Railroad enterprises, which we
consider 80 absolutely necessary to the
interests Of Sacramento and the people
above US, in mountain and valley. The
capital needed to advance-to 'go a.
head"-will be certain to be on hand, in
amount equal to the emergency
The project of filling the streets Of
the city is also intimately connected
with this Railroad enterprise, as the
grade for the road would be ample for
the street. But more Of this hereafter.
This article from the Nevada Journal
we copy, in order that our readers may
SEQ the views taken Of the subject by
that paper. The danger 10 Sacramento
from the completion Of the Benicia road
to Marysville, does not appear to us as
great as represented by the Journat.-
II will be ssme time, in the nature of
things before that road can probably be
completed, and about the time it reaches
Marysville, q branch will be likely to
terminate at the Levee City. Neither
do we suppose that any one point 10 to
m0nopolize the trade of the Sacramento
valley. The public spirit and enter
prise of the citizens Of Marysville we
consider highly conmenda BILE, aad might
be initiated to advantage elsewhere.
If Nevada desires Railroad and will
back her wishes, We are confident she
will be met in spirit Of fairness and
liberality by all interested in this city,
and by capitalists in other sections Of
the State.
Sacramento will move onward and up
ward despite the untsward events which
have for short time obscured the sun
Of her prosperity. Crippled to some ex-
tent, she may have been, but she has
not, as the Journal seems to conclude,
"trifed away her day Of grace" and
neither does her "cz,stsnce" depend up
on Railroad from here to Nevada, al
though one to that city would add great
ly to her trade and prosperity. She has
. destiny to fulfl, which does not de-
pend upon any ono enterprise, and that
destiny is undoubtedly connected with
Railroads and Locomotives. This fact
capitalists in the city and out Of it are
we'll aware Of; and when the time comes
will be ready to act with decision and
energy - Union,