Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-04-14
COMMUNICATIONS.
HUsE's HILL. Butte Co. }
April 4, 1854.

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According to promise [ aga n write
you in reference to the matter Of nv
first commun cation. The Lynchbure
correspondent of the Marysville, Cal.
Express, is evidently person long a
resident of this part Of the State, and
tells the people of that goodly city,
some wholesome truths in regard to their
own welfare that they have neglected
to avail themse Ives of opportuniti. S
which their neighbor, Sacramento would
never have allowed to escape Ter keen
business-like grasp. There is no doubt,
but as that correspondent says, they see
advantages within their immediate reach
and count not upon them, until they are
about to be snatched away by some of
1obler enterprise. VI arysvile never
lhou2ht that it was necess Try to secure
the trade and travel of Nevada, until
she saw it diverted by her rival neighbor
She thought little about afiording facil-
tiles of road comm unieation between her
self and Nevada, until the Sacramento
City and Nevada plank-road YVES aclu-
ally begun. She felt secure of the Ne
,ad trade and rested listl, ssly upon a
doubtful security, until it was too late
to arrest its errant tide.
And has not Marysvile thus acted
towards another of her supposed Deepen
aEts-Butte County. Is she not su-
pinely resting upon the certainty of the
trade and travel Of this County What
has sh e yet dpne to facilitate the natural
communication Gas she calls it) between
herself and the varions portions of this
county Has she other asked her city
or her county authorities to construct
roads towards our borders Has she
asked for the Instruction Of bridges to
enable cur teamsters to furnish our mer-
chants and miners with supplies with
that despatch which good roads and
bridges would ensure:
The truth Is, she thinks she is sure Of
our trade and traffic, as she is Of Plumas
and Sierra, and rests satisf d with it,
and will no doubt, 50 continue, unless
per chance enterprising Sacramento
should push forward her rail road upon,
the late contemplated route, which by
the way, is the due course to the head OF
the Sacramento Valley and 'hen S C
ramento can co fmand our trade and
travel, as her enterprise has enabled her
to control that Nevada.
But to return to the first subject treat
ed of:-The diversion of our mountain
streams by means of Water Companies
is to be the great impetus by which min
ing IN our county, is to be placed sid
by side with the heaviest mining counties
of the Site. That she contains place
ers as rich as any o'her 20 ton o. tn
State, will be corroborated by all the
prospectors from 40 to the present
time-and these prospected placeSs occu-
py at least one>third CT the area Of our
county; but these water companies
canals and bitches are to be the Deces-
sary means of the development OF our
buried wealth, and are of - great i'm
portance to our financial welfare, as are
the veins of the human body to direct
the blood from the arteries to the ex-
trene parts of the system, and it be
hooves the capitalists of Marysville to
promote all these works, and not to for
get the fountain whence flows SO much
Of her capital IF ore half the ready
money LETT in her vaults for sif keeping
" ere invested in this class of ope atoms,
IL NOulu 40 more 10 advance her lltef
ests, than any other investment of sure
character ; not even excepting the gre
"Citiz MS ipe' Of nti- monopoly steam
boats. q Yet the capital is in the
possession of the citizens of our own
county, amply sufficient to construct
canals, fumes, &c, end to flo ID our
rich foot hills with an abundance OF wa
ter for by rauic power, or ordinary
sluicing. And they undoubt dly would
do much better to employ il in such in
veslments, til n to place it in the hands
of non-resdents to invest, perhaps else
where. Does not the apathy OF our
people chide their better reason, for per-
mitting Others to snatch from them ic
pr stige OF that, which might and ought
TO be their oaon enterprise
The Feather River and Ophir canal
will traverse over twenty miles of coun-
ry, and will throw open pacers as rieh
and numerous as those of Ell Dorado,
Placer, or Nevada counties-and there