Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-05-08
Wagon Rond Meeting.

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Der Of the citizens Of 0roville. assembled in
the District Court room, Wednesday even
ing. May 9th, 1857 The meeting was or
ganized by calling J. W Buffum Esq, to the
Chair, and appointing s. W W. Coughey,
Secretary The object Of the meeting was
briefly stated by the Chairman, to be that OF
hearing the report of the Butte delegation.
who attended the wagon road convention,
held in the city of Marysville, on the 4th
and 9th Of the present month. On motion,
a committee Of three were appointed to pre-
sent resolutions expressive Of the sense OF
the meeting. The following gentlemen were
appointed said committee Thomas Wells,
Geo II Crosette and l. c. Granger, Esqrs.
The committee retired, and during their alb
sence, NJ. II Farley, Esq, one of the Butte
delegates, in an able. clear and argumen-
tive speech, discussed the merits and dcmer.
its Of the various routes spoken for the To-
cation Of the proposed wagon road, showing
clearly that the route advocated by the
Butte delegation, via, Big Meadows. Hum
bug Valley, Dog Town, Pences Ranch and
Orovile, possessed all the natural adyanta-
gcs, and was by far the most practicable
route, proposed for the location Of said road
The committee having returned, and through
Thomas Wells, their chairman, presented
the following preamble aud resolutions:
Whereas, The wagon road convention,
which recently met AT Marysyille, composed
of delegates from the counties Of Sierra,
Plumas, Colusi, Butte, Yuba and Suttcr. in
refusing to adopt the minority report OF
their commtte, which preferred the route
lately examined 10y Messrs. Gambel and
King has endeavored by its action to raise
presumption unfavorable to said route, aud
has placed the delegates from our county in
position, which requires the public express
sion of the opinions and views Of their con-
stituents upon the course pursued by their
delegates therefore,
ReS0iccd That the course pursued by
the delegation from Butte, and the route re-
commended in the minority report alluded
to, meet the hearty concurrence OF the great
majority Of the people Of tins county; and
that said route is thc shortest, most lractl-
cable, least expensive, and most suitable one
for wagon road from Honey Lake Valley
into the great Valley OF the Sacramento
ReSOircd-Ihat We regard this wagon
road for emigrants, from the Missouri river
into California, for the construction of
which liberal appropriations have been re-
Gently made by Congress, as the pioneer Of
the great inter oceanic American rail roal,
aud tnat the wagons Of cm!grauts and com
mon carriers, and the coaches of stage com
A.; l,
upon said road Will, at no great period in
the future, be Displaced by tine IRON rail and
the steam car, n, in other parts of the Uni
ted States
Rcsoiced-That the climate from the Mis-
souri, river along the migrant rond by Salt
Lake and Honey Lake Valleys, is not at any
time more rigorous than New England
Winter, and as the road from Honey Lake
oD the western slope of the Sierra Nevada
to the Sacramento Valley on its western
slope, has been practicable toI wagons du-
ring this past winter; and as this portion Of
the road presents the greatest obstacle in
the whole of said emigrant route from the
Missouri to the Sacramento, travel by
wagon, or by rail road during winter
throughout the entire distance, is praCslca-
Die to emigrautS.
Resolred-That the people of California,
from the bay OF San Francisco, to the most
northern settlements Of this State, have an
interest in the road from Honey Lake Val
ley to the Valley Of the SacrH meuto; and
that the people Of the county Ot Butte will
not lend their support to any plan IN build
inr n road between those two Valleys which
shall prove dclusve to the people in other
parts of the State, for the pu rpose OF bene
fitting particular places, Iel sons, or lo cali
ties in this northern part Of the State.
RcS0iDed - That the route between
the American Valley in Plumas coun-
ty, to Bidwell in Butte county, is intercept
ed by almost impassahle mouutains, which
cannot be penetrated by pack trains during
the winter months, and scarcely by empty
wagons in the summer months, and which
have never yet heen passed by stage-conch-
cs, will prove "a deusion and IA snare and de-
t, aud the people Of California out OF the ben.
cfits to be derived from the liberal d"terml-
nation Of Cong css in opening good emf
grant road from the Missouri river to Honey
Lake Valley and is advocated only to sub
serve local iute rests.
Re- S0lped-TlIat the expense in making
uoCd wagon ru6 from Bidwel into Amari-
can Valley, vii amount to "A much greater
sum than would be required to build as good
a road from the Sacramento Valley to Honey
Lake, along the route Indicated by the mi
nority report OF the committee OF sad con
ventlun-whie the road from American Val
lev to Bidwell, would be always impossible
during the winter months, aud the other
( road ean be travelled during the whole