Volcano weekly ledger., 1855-11-17
Important Local Project---the Road to Sac
ramento,

ramento
The people of Volcano and vicinity will
learn with peculiar satisfaction that a company
is to be Immediately formed, for the purpose
of constructing a good wagon road direct to
the town of Sutter, there to intersect the
main road leading from Sacramento ria Dry
town to jackson and Mokeumne Hill. This
is an enterprise of as much Importance, prob
ably, to the citizens of Volcano, as any that
has yet been agtated, as will fully appear af-
ter brief examination of the subject.
The town of Sutter Creek is located on
the stream from whence it derives its name,
where the aforesaid road crosses that stream,
and is ten miles distant from Volcano Sutter
Creek drains the basin in which this place is
situated, and the new road will follow the
stream as nearly as practicable, thus avoiding
the rugged hills that are encountered in max
ing the trip ria Jackson Moreover, the dis
tance to Sacramento will be shortened fifteen
certainly an important item, particu-
larly when it is remembered that in reducing
the distance, the bad hills are also avoided.
In road making it is always deemed expedi-
ent to avoid hills as far as possible, even if
the distance is thereby increased but this
new route presents the double advantage of
being considerably shorter and at the same
time much less hilly. There will, in fact, be
no hill between Volcano and Sutter. In
deed all the really bad hills between Volcano
and Sacramento will be avoided, so that teams
will be able to haul as heavy loads as on al
most any other road in the State.
The toll will be fixed at very reasonable
rates-for six mule team, only 81 ,25 going
and coming, and Others in proportion. Team
sters will most gladly and advantageously pay
this sum. The increased amount of freight
they will be enabled to carry will pay this
sum ten times over, to say nothing of the fact
that the trip to and from Sacramento will be
made in at least one days time less, and with
less injury to stock. The cost of the new
road has been estimated at 500, 900, and the
company have established their liberaity in
advance-their disposition to live and let
live"-by declaring their determination to
charge no higher rates of toll than those
above indicated
The advantages to Volcano of goodroad
all the way to Sacramento are not easily cal
culated The teamsters' animals will not be
abused, and he will be better satisfied to car
ry freight for less money than he is to haul
it over the hills, and around RobinHood's
barn." at present prices. The merchant will
of course be glad to be relieved of portion
of his present onerous freight bills, and, as
one of the laws of trade, he will sell goods
at correspondingly reduced prices. Hence
the consumer is also benefited Indeed it
is well understood and nndeniable fact, that
where cost of transportation is high, the sell
ing price of goods is very much more then
correspondngly increased and it naturally
follows that the consumer will be most bene- |
fitted by the construction of this new road.
Viewed in any and every light, this new
road enterprise is one of importance-one
that cannot fail to be productive Of general
benefit and the public will look forward to
its completion with anxiety.
Ray~ Last week we had occasion to visit
Placerville, and on our arrival at Sacramento,
were invited to take passage on the opposi-
ton stage of Messrs. Keyser & Holdridge
We were soon seated on the box of one of
their fine coaches, alongside of Will Keyser,
the prince of good fellows and gentlemanly
drivers, and were whrled along on our jour