The Nevada journal., 1854-09-15
From the Grass Valley Telegraph.

Institutes some inquiries touching the "South
Yuba Mining and Sacramento Canal Co.," I
request the privilege TO state that the En-
gneerS and agent OF the company have been
temporarily detained, for reasons perfectly sat-
isfactory to the company, and which l shall
be happy to communicate to your correspon-
dent. or any other gentleman who will assure
me that his enquiries are made from proper
motives 1t is sufficient for me to say at the
present time that advices have been received
at the Secretarys office. from London, by the
late arrivals, which lead the company to infer
that owing to the financial embarrasSmentS
under which Europe is now laborlng. tAe Lon
don propret0rS have been temporarily delayed
in raising the fill amount which the California
propretors have made Mne qua non to be
forthcoming for the construction OF the works.
Rome was not built in day." neither can be
the South Guba Canal. The attempt will not
be made to build it without the necessary funds
The stockholders do not intend to undertake
thing that will ruin them or any other organi-
zation, if undertaken as similar enterprises have
been in this county. They have the expe-
rience Of Others to guide them and to this they
will pay due Difference. Where are the origi
nal propretorS of the Bear River and Auburn
Canal? Of the South Fork Of the American?
Of the Wallorpa. and scores Of other ditch en-
tcrprscS? Irremediably ruined by cndcavorin5
to construct works too stupendous for their
means: Not one man who had the Sagaclty
and foresight to plan these works now remain
to enjoy the benefits of their completion. So
shall it not be with those in this enterprise
We have outlived the doubts OF the community,
and the sneers of the unthnking. Two years
ago the public were appealed to to aid US i'll
the undertaking, but the aid was declined be-
cause the work was not Only considered im-
practicable but altogether uncallcd for, foolish
and chimerical. Now that an opportunity 10
meet the wants Of a community who bat 4
short time since refused their aid to On enter
prise now universally acknowledged to be the
sumpm bonum of the miners hopcs-now that
$4,000 600 are about to be permanently invest
ed in the county of Nevada, instead of taken
out Of fit--now, forSooth, there are plenty of
Wiseacres who know more about the compaHyS
affairs than the company itself and talk as if q
wave Of the hand or motion Of the
breath would erect the South luba Canal, and
make them superlatiyely happy, To such in
considerate and unreasonable gentleman, have
only to say, 90 about one and % half miles
above Bear Valley Gap (f you can get there,
which Is somewhat problcmatlcal) and take
with you one Of the workmcn upon the line OF
works. ! Ou Will there see an almost pcrpcn-
dicular bluff oi solid rock, over half mile in
extent, and from thee hundred to eight hun
drcd feet in height. Through this impediment
Of almost iiinty hardness, q passage for a canal
is to be cut, Of the capacity Of from eighty to
one hundred cubic feet. Y You VIII ask how
any company ever had the hardihood to com
cciye such work practicable, in q country
where there is not q dollar Of spare capital
BY the time yOu have returned TO the cOmpa'
ny'5 cabins in the Gap, You Will not wonder
that a work the first hall mile Of which Will
cost Sl50,00G to construct az the least c&lcG-
lation, has not yet been constructed.
Now as to the estimate and suryes3. These
were made by Capt John Day, Of Grass Val
ley the County Surveyor elect with great care
and caboratencss. 4 chart OF the route is
now on file at the Secretary's Office in which
the result OF the survey is noted with extreme
minuteness and accuracy. The survey cost
several thousands Of dollars, and was so COM
prehensiyc that the slightest variations of the
route are noted, to considerable distance on
each side oGthe proposed route. The estimate
based on the survey were carefully calculated,
avoiding inadcquacy while studying economy.
/ | am unwilling to believe, Mr.. Editor, you
stamped this enterprise with the name of
"humbug," because that easily spoken word
saved the trouble Of investigation. This un-
dcrtakng has, frcm It's inception, hitherto
/ found unmiXcd encouragement from the Nevada
Coanty press, and your dissent shall attribute
! to your sliehtcr knowledge Of the men and
business Of the county, and not to illbcralty
or lack Of ability to appreciate important
public movements,
Money must be had to perform this great
task. This community have been asked for It
in vain. The merchants Of San Francisco
and Sacramento were asked for it, but prefer.
red the bird in hand" and they had had bit
ter experience in such enterprises. We have
since asked John Bull, who is glad to get five
per cent per annum for his money. We have
made him a better offer, and he has promised to
help u.s. His name is to the paper, and he
cannot back out. But he is in earnest. IEe
is a plethoric old gentleman, and likes to take
his time. He has been so often deceived by
his impetuous, but much loved Brother Jona-
than, that he prefers to look twice before he
jumps; but when Convinced that he is once on
firm ground he is as thrifty, and as liberal, and
as energetic, us his younger brother.
In conclusion, [ will remark that this enter
prise. must if completed, stamp our county
with Intellectual marks Of prosperity-it will
give employment to thousands that are now
dle-it will set in motion the wheels ofall kinds
of business it viii develop unheard Of mines
give water to the husbandman as much
needed by him as by the miner--it will double
our population andquadrupe our wealth-and
distribute on every hand substantial bcnc-
fits 1t is no mere private speculation, but
great public end. Let the public thus think
Of it, and the press thus treat it, and we
promise you that the earnest labors of the
proprctors for the last three years shall not
exceed their continued efforts for the successful
completion Of their great enterprise.
Respectfully yours,
4 MEMBER OF THE COMPANY.