Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-05-05
Wagon Road Convention.

wagon Road Convention.
This convention met yesterday in Marys-
vile. The report of Mcssrs. Gamble and
King, commissioners appointed by Marys-
vile to make IN examination Of the routes
from Honey Lake, is contained in yester-
days E1press, and is highly favorable to
the route by the Big Meadows, and Butte
Greek, to Oroville. What action the con.
yentiOn has taken, we are not at present
advised, but shall be agreeably surprised
If the representatives, of different and ad-
verse local interests, who assembled in Ma
rysviIle on the 4th, foregO the interests of
toll-roads, toll.bridges and localities, and
select the route best calculated to advance
the interests of the State, and afford the
easiest, most practicable. and shortest pas
sage through the barriers to immigration
which form the eastern boundary Of the
State.
A writer in tire Marysville Express, who
signs himself Citizen" and processes to
speak from information obtained by the sur
vey Of IA Mr. Goddard, says:
But the route that will combine the
largest interest, and will DO the greatest
good to the greatest number, would be
from Rabbit Greek by Gibsonvilie Nelson
Point, American Valley and Indian Valley,
tie Honey Lake Valley"
This is monstrous, and citizen is either
an ignorant ass, or an unprincipled impos-
ter, who would turn the weary immigrant
througi mountainous country, and miles
from his direct route, that particular local
tiles might prey upon his expiring throes
and fatten upon his exhausted stock as it
drops by the mountain way-sidc. Las
Citizen" toll-bridgc, like our county
Judge, or n toll-road, like Senator niece,
TO be benefited by the unprincipled imposl-
tion of mountain road upon immigration
1t is notorious that wagons carrying nearly
three tons weight, have passed over the
route via. Butte Creek, to Indian Valley
This being the case, the combined interest,
that would turn the immigrant, at the latter
point on the route indicated by Citizen" or
on the mountainous route that leads to
Senator M'Gce's toll. .road, and Judge Lew
is toll bridge, is that peculiar interest felt
by the wolf for the lamb.
But the object of "Citzen's" article ap-
pears to be to convince Orovile that it is
for her interest to build the immigrant road
through the American Valley and Bidwell,
to Marysvile, for fear of building up rival
town somewhere on the Sacramento river,
as follows:
"Orovile claims it is the nearest route for
her, but look out, Orovlle, where you spend
your money, (you come near the ot-hlllS
opposite Tehama. and within n few miles of
the Sacramento,) or you may with your
money and By your folly, assist in building
up as Formidable rival" &c.
This is precisely the argument made use
Of by the Butte and Plumas tol-bridge and
toll-road imposters, in order to induce the
citizens of these counties, to fence in the
natural road and, build one for a hundred
miles through the mountains, that they may
stand at their toll gates with their money
bags, and take his team when the immi
grant happens not to have the God they
worship-"the Almighty dollar" Such
men as these should take few gallons of
bad whisky, and locate beyond the noun
tains, where the immigrant expects to be
robbed and plundered and where he de-
pends upon his good rife and steady nerves,
for the protection of his person, his family,
and his property.