Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-06-15
sfarysvilie in search OF a Ronte.

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nIr Commissioners sent out TO find gu, the
best route, not to report In fav Of any particular
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The Covention appointing those Commits
sioners adopted particular route, and the
EJpTcSs was content to leave it there. The
Commissioners were appointed if we under
stand the proceedings Of that illustrouS
body Of toll gatherers, to locate the road or
the route adopted by the convention, and
superintend its construction. An examina-
ton however seems to hnye satisfied the Com
missioners that they could not persuade the
Immigration into the mountains on that track
and they did not scruple to throw off tEei,
American Valley friends, their toll. bridge
friends at Bidwell, and adopt route #
still greater distance, through a mountain
Gus country devoid Of sustenance for stock
but one that combines all the advantages
sought--that of bringing the Immigration
first to Nye's Ranch After the great ser
vice rendered in the Marysvile Convention
by the Delegates from the American Valley
and from the Bidwell bridge, it is decided y
ungenerous, to abandon them, however
Characteristic it may be.
The Epress was warm in defense Of the
action taken by the Convention, and pitched
into everybody that objected to it. Know
the route to be :mpracticnble for a wagon
road we demand their action. We had
hoped to see the entire north unite in bring
ing the National road through the easiest
and most practicable pass in the Nevada
mountains Self interest prevented the Ma
rysvillc Convention from doing SO, and self
interest now leads them to abandon their
friends on the adopted route-to discard the
pass at or near which the National road is to
terminate, and invite the immigration to
travel ono hundred miles Of Mountainous
road, to accountable n "profli table trade. ,
We erred in attaching any Importance
whatever to the action Of the Marysville
Contention. Her experience for years in
building similar improvements should have
taught us that Marysvlle would no s"oser
hew down mountains. than they would build
plank roads and railroads Our excuse is
however, that we were desirous OF seeing
the northern portion of the State unite Oh
the most practicable route.
1t is gratifying to the Oroville Convention
to know that the Commissioners have repu
dated the route adopted by h" Mnrysville
Convention. 1t is gratifying to Messrs. Gam
bic AID King, whose report was laid upon
the table, to know that the Convention has
been repudlated in turn by Commissioners OF
its own creation. They can buck against
the Nevada mountains in Convention, but
upon inspection, their magnitude and sub
imity overawes their selhshness and they
weaken They were after road th"t would
contribute to their pockets, and not one that
would make draft upon them.
The Marysvlle papers should call home
their commissioners, permit them to blow
off the gas they have accumulated an thcir
travels, in n series OF articles. and then
"dry mp on the wagon road question II
they can do nothing in favor If brng'ug
the natural advantages of the norton p"r-
ion of the State properly before the public
the interests Of their locality demand that
they should cease their humbugging tom