The Nevada journal., 1855-09-14
Immigrant Wagon Road.

In Circular addressed to the friends of
the Immigrant Road, and published in the
State Journal, the Surveyor General rec
ommends the sending out Of parties under
competent engineers, TO make explorations
Of various routes over the mountains, and
report the result Of their observations as
soon as practicable The recommends
lions of Mr.. Marlette the Surveyor Gen.
eyal, are certainly entitled to vastly more
consideration than they are receiving from
the citizens of Nevada County During
the last session Of the Legislature an act
was passed appropriating 100000 to
construct wagon road over the Sierra
Nevada mountains, and also the small sum
Of $4,000 was appropriated to make the
survey Under the pl,a of economy the
friends Of central road, or one entering
the State in FL Dorado County, succeed
ed in limiting the sum to be expended in
making surveys to FIVE thousand dollars,
hut the real object of so small an appro-
priation was to confne indirectly the Sur
veyor General to but one route, which FIVE
thousand dollars would barely survey
MIR. Ma-lcttc in communication 10 the
Legislature Immediately after the passage
of the Wagon Road act represented very
properly the appropriation for surveys to
be altogether inadequate, and recommen-
ded thatit be increased, but his communi
cation was merely entered on the journals
without farther consideration.
The State having failed to provide the
necessary means to explore all the various
routes across the mountains, and determine
which is the best, it behooves the citizens
living along those routes not yet surveyed
by competent engineers, to take such meas
ures as will secure if possible the advanta-
ges which would accrue to them by the
passage of great national thoroughfare
through the section of the State in which
they live. Let the road be located and
constructed on the shortest route, and the
one giving the least expense to the State.
By an examination of tfie map we think
it is demonstrated that the nearest route
to the Sacramento Valley is through Ne
vada or Sierra Counties.
The emigrant road strikes the eastern
base of the mountains nearly opposite to
Nevada City, and then runs down south
wardly to enter Ell Dorado county; where
as, if it pursued a straight course, this city
would be reached before the commence
ment of the ascent on the Carson route.
We are informed by men who are con-
versant with the subject, that an excellent
road might be constructed at trihing ex-
pensc, from Eureka in this county to the
Truckce Meadows, and a gentleman who
returned a few days since from Carson
Valley, and the country. lying along the
eastern base of the mountains, AYERS that
he can drive a. coach over the Galloway
route in Sierra county without locking the
wheels A very small appropriation is
only requisite according to his statement
to repair road which nature has made
almost perfect herself.
The reports which we have heard Of the
favorable nature of the country for a
Wagon Road, either from Eureka in this
county or Galloway's in Sierra, over the
mountains, are corroborated by many
whose dictum is reliable.
We trust that an interest will be taken
by our public spirited citizens in this mat
ter so important to the future growth and
prosperity of this section of the State, and
that some measures will be adopted to Sc
cure to ourselves the benefits to which we
are by nature entitled, but which are des-
tined to be wrested from US by our seem
ing apathy, and sectional legislation on
the part of the State.
A few dollars of expense might be the
means of turning the whole tide Of immi-
grafton, from the East through our coun-
ty A railroad from Sacramento to meet
an immigrant or Stage road over the plains
at this place, would make Nevada the sec
ond city in the State.
Jewish New Year.