The Shasta courier., 1855-03-17
resume The righ'--Lave The complete control OIL

resume the righ,--haye the complete control oil
the whole matter
Mir. KEKDALL-If this bill passes this company
can 60 with their boats from the, head of navi'
CATION TO San Francisco. They will have an ad-
vantage that none others possess. Even a fat
boat cannot go over that part mentioned in the
bill without the payment Of 81 per tun. / object
TO the bill.
MIR. BrRToN-I move to strike ont San Fran
cisco and insert all the ports of entry in the
world.
Mr.. TurrLE-When a bill is introduced in
Congress for the Improvement of a river no ac-
ton is taken upon it until The report of a COM
petent engineer has been receivedAand how
can we judge Of the propriety of passing this
bill until report from competent engineer is
received, for we cannot tell by the eye whether
the river is navigable or net. j remember that
l Travelled upon the banks within the points
mentioned by the bill, in 40, and at the time
thought 1t was navigable | may have been
mistaken. however. Well, it is said it will cost
S20O,000 TO render it navgable. Upon what re-
Port-what estimate-is that founded If such
a report has been made wish to see it, 1t may
be that steamers OF igEt draught can with little
expense navigate the river to the head of Middle
Greek, and thus we may be granting for the
term OF twenty years steamboat monopoly
from San Francisco to the head of navigation
Mr. MASDEvILLE-I move to strike out the
CudItiuS Cliusc
Mr.. SPRAGUE-The remarks of the Senator
from Placer contain nothing but dismal croak-
lnss would like the Senator to do something,
instead OF continually endeavoring to destroy
the efforts OF others. The object of the Senator
is to destroy the bill, and he has made statements
about which he knows nothing. He says it
would give these parties the entire carrying
trade. But the objection is unfounded. because
other parties, upon the payment of small
amount, will have concurrent right of naviga-
ton. The Senator knows that Red Bluffs is
simply place of shipment, If the head d1 nav
igation is at Clear Greek, the shipment of goods
into the country commence from one place
or the other and suppose these parties can
| carry goods cheaper than others, will it work
any injury Will it not bs positive gain
Would not the interests of the northern part of
the State be benefited If they can carry for
two or three cents per pound less, would not
that be so much gained to the consumeri Let
The Senator try his genius and wit in adopting
some other plan TO aid in benefitting the inter-
ests of the North, rather than attempt to destroy
the efforts of others.
| Mr.. FLINT was opposed to the BILL because he
believed it to be unconstitutional. 1t could not
be shown that any State had endeavored to con-
troll the navigation of navigable stream but
| he did not believe that il the bill was passed it
wouldinjure the rights of the people, for long
| before this plan could be consummated a rail-
| road would be built; and further. he believed
| the plan impracticable, for in little while a
great portion of the Sacramento River would be
rendered unnavigable from the rapid filling up
OF the river with mud. He believed it would
only work an injury upon the parties who pro-
| posed to do the work.