The Nevada journal., 1853-04-29


stood their true interests, they would
at once see to the commencement Of a
railroad through Placer and Nevada
counties to the towns on Feather River.
If they allow the trade Of the north to
pass out of their hands, which must oc-
eur if the projected road from Benicia
via Marysville 10 the upper towns is ac-
complished, they will find too late the
folly Of trusting to natural adu anita ges
instead Of enterprise. The necessities
of Nevada call for rail communication
with somo point having ready communi-
cation with San Francisco, and road to
Marysville will answer every purpose,
when that city shall have its railway to
Benicia.n
If acting in accordance with these
views from the start is being ''inimical"
to Marysville we did not imagine it. On
the contrary we were pleased when Ma
rysville said it would build road, not
in guarded phrases, and insisting upon
conditions, but in the most unqualified
terms, by its committee, and also through
The columns of The Herald. The Herald
declared at the start that if Nevada
County did nothing Marysville itself
would build the road this season. The
committee said, "give us the smallest en-
couragement and we will build the
road" How idle then to talk the way the
Herald is now deing. We advise the
editor to road his own files for truer
'history of the movement"
How "inimical' to the Marysville road
is this journal we will show by quota
ton from our file Of the 7th Jan. 1858,
fortnight before any Marysville paper
had said word on the subject. We
first taught the people of that city their
true interests, and the plank road was
based upon our statistics and statements
we however urging the completion Of
railway. The Marvsville thunder has
been oil plagerised from US. The En-
press, with all its feeble abuse Of ourself
is pluming itself with our feathers -
'If the trade Of Nevada and cense.
quently fall the towns from PennValley
to the Yubas, is diverted from Sacramen-
to to Marysville te nPorarily, it will be
apt to remain there permanently. Fur
thermsre, if Marysville p ushes with her
present appare:at determination the road
to Benicia, and extends branch TO Neva-
da, the whole present trade and travel
Of the Sacramento river, except such as
supplies the American, will centre in
Marysvills. That city will bc the great
depot of supply, FIRST to Nevada, and Sec
ondly through Nevada to Downieville
and the upper Yubas. The distance from
Nevada to Downieville is but IS miles,
over as good road as that from Marys-
vile 10 Downieville, which is seventy
miles. But it will nothing matter to
Marysville how the travel goes after
leaving that city, and it would have the
profit Of the entire mass of business of
this populous and wealthy region"
We are as far as possible to being in
imical to the Marysvillo road, and will
labor as hard as any Marysville paper to
accomplish il. Wo appreciate its ad-
vantages, and desire its completion.
The Herald complains because it is
considered the Marysville subscriptions
were not bona fde, and yet insists they
were oil informal" We ask what prac-
teal bearing informal subscriptions could
have. A beggar might put down his
name for q million dollars informally, bat
what test would that be Of his ability to
execute f! There is the root Of the evil.
Marysville was counting up her figures
irrespensibly. while Nevada County
mistook such action for bona .fdc sub
scription. The subscriptions Of this coun-
ty were ready when called for, but the
Marysville subscriptions were informal
merely in name, to amuse our people,
and stave off actual operations.
The Herald then rather meaAlv accu-
ses our citizens of specializing out Of the
plank road pro ject. II it knows what
price was agree d upon for lumber, and
what are the actual profits of the mills
selling at that price, and that one
half is profit, then its insinuatiens have
some weight. Ifit has any statistics of
that character We wonder it don't pro-
duce them. The Marysville committee
accepted the proposition instanter, and
seemed to consider it good way to pro-
cure the great amount of lumber needed.
We are not aware at what price lumber
was to be furnished, and doubt whether
the Masysville committee were safi-
ciently unbusiness1ike to be so seriously
imposed upon as the Herald implies. 1t