Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-06-26
Marysville Correspondence.
MARYsvtLLE, June 20.
MR. OgnsETTE-


DEAR SIe:-t have been whiting for some tine,
ana must -ay. somewhat impatirntly, too, TO learn
the action "f the Commissioners appointed at the
Road Convention held at this plncr May 4th relative
to the locang Of the -oa1 fr m Honey Lake Valley
10y the way Of Indian Valley to the American Valley
80 lcng time had elapsed since they examined the
ronic without any definite action on their part that
began 10 think that they hal come to the conclusion
/" sa' nothng about III American Val cy route. and
let the question die natural death. But Judge Of my
surrrlse this morning upon seeing report If The said
Commiss' ners published in every paper ia this city
fe-, repori; and Such r~pTi--I defy nny person,
ERE" The framor Of ne document Hset, to define the
route by which they propose to build the road
whether by American Valley or not
hnt 1T rs take up pnrtions of their report by sec
'ons am see ~hit is 10 'nc nm'r of il. We md
them at Indian Valley. about To commence their la
hors' and from there their report n follows:
Al IN early hour on the following morniIg. a re-
conn'isnnce Vns made Il ia, canton lrading from
Indian - american alley We found this cu6un
not only practicable but capatle ot good grade.
over v" ich ~ hn r, ad 'nu ie constructed a. can
he found elsewhere ~ the country"
Ne" permit me To LAY 10 you that tho tbpvc VII
not be endorsed 10y oH the Commissioners from this
county, aud 1t any of them viii give ,hrr assent to 1t
they have chmgcd their views entirely sce they went
over The route, for will sa, 10 you citiom fen, Of
confred',hon. hat upon their return they said 1t
wonld b. next { an impoSsibiul 10 bu,d road trom
.5me,tea" 10 nhan Ealiey, and if the Commissioners
from Pumms hnvr persnoded Ne-srs Sweezcy and
ico that they rn,gh po,,iGiy br mistaken a- regards
the obstacles to be overcome between tnesc we val
leys lh,y nnut get The other Commissioner from
even to fleet cumpron-e tn> done Al he great
Road Convention here ot May lth) can they Pcrsuode
hun thai ''a- fine road could Ue cons rnclcd a- CT
be found in the country" NJ stcd ia their report.
Mr Geo. T.. Thomas was not al Rabbit Creek June
18th when the commissioners met and p esrnIe
their ort, and having neard him express has views
relative t that route and knowmV that he could not
be influenced by the views of others after haNi INK ex
uni ned Tor himself is the why take III lib
cry of saying TO you, that he will not enuor,o that
part OF their report.
After knowing what representations wcrr made
hcre "a the onvcnon of May 4th, was prepare d to
hcarof aim 81 anything that might be favorable To
American Valley II must SAY that when read ha'
part which says that the "c,npn was capable ol a
good grade aud n fire road could br co ,~tructcd
rs can be found elsewhere in the mounliu - /
would not have been more surprl.cd had th-y -ald
that lhty hal found - -uccr@~ion Of bcnuitut
dows," or 'hur "uyer lhrcc quarters of the way II
buggy mlght be drawn" tor rlrher OF these ,,atc-
mcnl- woull have been ns near HE truth ~ that part
Of their report.
Il have JuSt learned hat Nr. Swcczry was not Mt
Rnhb Creck June 18Th to end 'r,c TIM part OF the
repo -
But let us proceed with the Commissioners in thcir
report:
From This can n to the north end of Indian Val
ley. "r where lights anon commences, !, nooni IT.
teen milc- uf almost perfect lrvrI. liEhl's
can S vtlN wIIc aud Tor di-a1ceOt five miles he
gra e VIII NJ" exceed IN he sirrpc'l place NOR" Than
siN cen lnch,'. to the rod Ascending without any
dihc ltt h. ridge, TaNrrscd sue Cc-slun
ul beautiful meadows, lght mIl"s ~ length nni thrn
turning nor h wc,t,rly asCendrd nn"th'r canon {"
IuIr miles, thr ugh winch p"'d ruHd n'gM be
buIl hnt the cosl would moi ju- ly l.r tSI "nncn
Following Ills e larks' ruu' 70 c' ~ mli more
We dt>Ccndcd pas f huu 900 irct 10 Honey
Lake Valley, whcra We c"m.rh'
Well. here We are IN onry LAKE Valley "cdmJed"
and after as,ng through many canon~ a- "" naYe
W. will ini gii e ourselves yer, much faigucd. and
ready to ad fault with the cook tor not 'hurry
the cukcs;" but IA sud. here are, ot,Selrcs and
mules bu, where Is the rord VIZ started ~ilhr what
Valley and up ight's canon Eve miles" md
through succession of meadows eight mites Ac
left 1t nj the uloufh of "a canon iOnr mites ~ cnglh
because ,he c,s' wonM not j'"ftfy he Ipc' 'n'm''
and m, impression i that IL in be of n, IL" 10 %
back to look for it, for think this the canon has
swallowed il. aud II The truth WAS known, ceme very
near swallowing The Com ni.,roitrst too.
ION The follow ing day All uur company having re-.
turned, we inururNrd To IA" south ca- end "i IN"
NFIlry " h,ip low pass me alliiini" ut WITH h VIII
not exceed IL % feel a3o>etho Lnke,was discover a..
Now why do they not in their report say ihat
Honey Lake Nae, is ,oue to-jy miles in length aud
that the immil runt road comes into his rallr' eight
cen miles from the extreme west end t Ruops
ranch? aud that II j. thirty les from where the i'm
migrant road strike. tn valley 10 the south east end
where they propose starting ont of the wiley wih
the ner road (tor vo" VIII rrcorct the frsl road
was swallowed up by Tint can NJ
Tncv ,av the Iumd 4 - NOT exceed 100 feet
they do say how far they have to trav" to "ain
this height. wtethrt i one or tx miles. If ~
nth 1t wouli b. cry hari ate t. make road
over II but f six mil it would IN Ike "A very good
grade providing it was gr1dnai a,eent
'A.cending this without firing our animals n par
ticr and over three quarirr- of which hugs, might
hr drown we Cau.e Ia II succession at the most beau
tlui Ucudows it p6~>Dr tor me !cyr tu resi- un
'f hi. altitude could be obtainci without trlng
the animals particle and three quarters of
which buggy might he Drawn, wound ike to
know hat is there to prevent them from drnwing
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