Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-05-09

Chalr, anu appointing % w. NouSueJ,
Secretary The object of the meeting was
briefly stated by the Chairman, to be that of
hearing the report of the Bate delegation.
who attended the wagon road convention,
held in the city of Marysville, on the 4th
and 9th of the present month On motion,
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. H Crosette and L. c. Granger, Esqrs,
The committee retired, aud during their alb
sence, M. Farley. Esq, one of the Butte
delegates, in an able. clear and argumen-
tive speech, discussed the merits and demer-
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, Fences Ranch and
Oroville, possessed all the natural advanta-
ges, ami 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 and resolutions
Uhereas. The wagon road convention,
which recently met at Marysville, composed
of delegates from the counties of Sierra,
Plumas, Colusi. Butte, Yuba and Suffer. in
refusing to adopt the minority report Of
their committe, which preferred the route
lately examined by Messrs Gambel and
King, has endeavored by its action to raise
presumption untavorable to said route, and
has placed the delegates from our county in
position, which requires the public express
sicn of the opinions and views of their con-
stituents upon the course pursued by their
delegates therefore,
Rtsolred-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
maj ority of the people of this county /; and
that said route is The shortest, most practi-
cable, least expensive, and most suitable one
for wagon road from Honey Lake Valley
into the great Valley ct the Sacramento
Resoiced-That we regard this wagon
road for emigrants, from the Missouri river
into California, for the construction OF
which liberal appropriations have been re-
ceutty made by Congress, as the pioneer of
the great inter oceanic American rail road,
aud that the wagons OF emigrants and COM
mon carriers, aud the coaches of stage COM
panies, which will be constantly travelling
upon said road, will, at no great period in
the future, be displaced by the IRON rail and
the steam car, as in other parts of the Uni
ted States
Resoired-That the climate from the Mis-
souri, river along the emgrant road by Salt
Lake and Honey Lake Valleys, is not at any
time more rigorous than New ngland
Winter, and as the road from Honey Lake
Old the western slope of the Sierra Nevada
to the Sacramento Valley on its western
slope, has been practicable for 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,-tra travel by
wagon, or by rail road during winter
throughout the entire distance, is practical
HE to emigraG.s.
Resoired-That the people of California,
from the bay of San Francisco, to the mos;
northern settlements of this State, have an
interest in the road from Honey Lake Val
ley to the Valley of the Sacramento and
that the people of the county of Butte will
not lend their support to any plan in build
ing road between those two Valleys which
shall prove delusive to the people in other
parts of the State, for the purpose oil bene-
fitting particular places, persons. or lo cali-
ties i'll this northern part Of the State.
ResOioed - That the route between
the American Valley in Plumas coun-
ty, to Bidwell in Butte county, is intercept
ed by almost impossible mountains, 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 been passed by stage coach
es, will prove a delusion and snare. and de-
aud the people Of California out of the ben
efts to be derived from the liberal datermi-
nation of Congress in opening good emil
grant road IRON the Missouri river to Honey
Lake Valley and is advocated only to su D.
serve local interests.
Res0lued-That the expense in making a
good wagon road from Bidwell into Ameri
can Valley. will 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 said con-
vention--while the road from American Val
during the winter months and the other
road can be travelled during the whole
year, with scarcely any interruption in the
most uncomonly incement winters.
Res. ired-That we will call a convention
of the citizens of Butte, Tehama and Colusi
to meet IN Oroville on the 23d day OF Nav,
A d 1851, to take suitable steps to secure
he opening and Improvement of said
route, and that we do hereby not only ex-
tend to Messrs Gamble and King our thanks
for what they have done IN the past, but So
hcit their continued Efforts and corporations
in the future and to that end we do here
by earnestly solicit their attendance at the
convention hereby called, and also express
the hope that they may bring with them
such data in regard to the route in question
AS fhey may be in possession of.
RtsOiued-That the proceedings of this
meeting be signed by it's Chairman and Sec
retary, and published in the Butte Record.
North Californian and all papers friendly
to our call and cause
On motion, the resolutions were unani-
mousiy adopted.
on motion, committee of FIVE were ap-
pointed to secure a suitable place and make
the necessary preparations for the meeting
to be held Oh the 23d inst The Chair ap
pointed G ii. Crosette, NJ. II. Farley H b
Lathrop, Sen'r, D. C. Downer and Peter
i 'reer, Esqr's., said committee. On motion.
thanks of the meeting were rendered to the
Butte delegation, for the able manner in
which they rep, esented the interests CT Butte
county in the convention at sIarysvile
On motion, the meeting adjourned
]. W BUFFUM, Chairman.
S. ". ". couGHEY, Sec'y.