The Nevada journal., 1853-02-25
From the Sacramento Union.
49, tAAN > H' ihhAAN NV
Report.

The committee appointed by meet
ing Of the citiz us Of Sacramento to at
tend meeting at Grass Valley, beg
leave mast respectfully to submit the
following report.
A portion of your committee. consist
ing Of five members. (the other members
being unable to CO. attended u large
and respect table meeting of the people of
Grass Valley, Nevada and vicinity, held
at the former place on the I2'h day OF
February. 1853. at which they met mos
Of the influential and interesting inhab-
itants from those places, ms also commit
tee. from Marysvlle and Auburn. Tho
respective merits Of the two routes for u
Plank Roa from Alarysville by way of
Rough and Ready and Grass Valley to
Nevada. and from Sacramento city by
way of Auburn and Grass Valley 20 Me-
yada. were very fully discussed by the
committees from Marysvllc. Auburn and
Sacramento At the close of the meet
ing. n committee consisting OF six fiom
Nevada and FIVE from Grass Valley, was
appointed by the chairman to confer
WITH the several committees from Ma
rvsyi!le. Auburn and Sacramento, as to
the proper time to open separate Looks
for subscribing TO the $ ock OF both roads
The several committees met the same
evening at Grass Valley, and by mutual
consent it was agreed, that books for the
stock nf both roads should be opened IN
Grass Valley and Nevada on the 2Sth Of
the prtsent month. and that the com
n,,tees oi Sacramento and MarySvi lie,
Il 4 tb.,t Il th.
tees Of Nevada and Grass Val ey. any
previous proceedings had bv the citizens
Of Nurv-vilie and Sacramento. Ii was
also greed that one delegate from each
committee should repair to Benlca on
Wednesday the 10th inst. and urge up
on the attention ef the Legislature the
propriciy and nee .ssity Of certain A.
inendments 10 the Act Of the 22j April,
1850, in reference to Corporations"
and particularly the chapt r in relation
10 plank and turnpike roads"
There exists in our cUmmuaity c0nsid-
erablc difference Of opinion as to the re-
lativc merits Of a Plank or Railroad for
tbe proposed route Your committee en-
tertaiu no doubt that in the present con-
dition 0f the country, Plank Road
would be greatly preferable to Rail
Road and whether the time will ever
arrive when 50 short Railroad would
be more desirable and prot able than Il
Plank Road. your Committee consider
nrpblematicll 1t is well known that
farther transp Irtation of heavy articles
especially for short distance anl where
time is not so important, that canals and
rivers are superior, and Plank Roads at
least equal to Railroads.
Thce is perhaps more travel in the
United States in proportion to popula-
ton than in any other count y in the
world This arises from the vast extent
of our country the settlement and ad-
mission OF new States the great div r.
sity in climate and productions the
difference in geographical position, and
the perfect freedom Of commer &C among
the seyera, S ates The West, South.
and Southwest are dependent mainly
upon the Fast and North for most of
their manufactures, and these are in
turn dependent upon those for certain
grain and provisions. These causes make
the internal commerce Of the country
much greater than its foreign, and give
rise very naturally to the immense trav-
sl between different sections of our L.
Mon. 1t is then not at all surprising
that the trave of the twenty-five mil
lions of restless and enterprising people.
with SO much internal commerce, and so
MANY new States to populate, should
create a great demand for Railroads
connecting the different sections, and
should constitute their principal sup
port.
The history of Railroads in our coun-
try shows that the first lines were con-
s,ructed on the Atlantic Sea Board, and
as tn Sc lines were extended in the di-
rection of the great South and West, the
various streams of travel from these lat
ter SECTIONS. were concentrated upon
them. and thus made their stock proilta-
BILE We find very few Railroads com
pleted in any of the western or southern
border states for the reason that there
is no commerce and very few people out
side Of them, to afford that travel 80 ne,
ssssary ~ she profitable existence o.