San Andreas independent., 1857-07-18

THE Big TREE RoUTE.-A correspondent of
the Sacramento Union writing from Pacervile,
need not fret about the Big Tree route and the
contemplated stage line of Alvin Fisher, and
the Express line of Wells, Fargo l. Co. The
thing is fixed, and in twenty days will 80 into
operation. The Sacramento Union has COM
menced a series of attacks on the Big Tree
route, not substantiated by facts, as the follow
ing extract will show:
I" notice report in the Union of to-day,
from the Calaveras Chronicle which | shall
claim the privilege to correct, as the Editor, no
doubt, misled. | have no objections to
Thompsons six day trip, but it seems superfu-
Gus to report those same two OK teams and one
mule bound to Stockton every trip. Messrs
McLane, Fisher and johnson of San Francisco
will start out on reconnaissance of these two
rival routes. They reached Carson by the Big
Tree route and to use the expression of an
immigrant, who had a talk with him, they
looked as they had been swimming the sink
of the Humboldt in high water. They ex-
pressed themselves as being perfectly satisfied
with mountain life, and looked forward with
fond anticipations to the time when they should
again see San Francisco. Jaded and worn out,
they reached Lake Valley. Mr.. Fisher, who,
the Chronicle states, lis owner of several lines
of stages, and being somewhat interested in
the success of the one-horSe buggy route, sug-
gested to his n,ountaineer friends from the Bay
that he would go and examine the road up the
hill He left the camp went up three hundred
yards, laid down quietly and went to sleep, slept
two hours, went back to his mountdneer COM
panions and reported it impossible to get up
and backed up his opinion by offering my in
formant ten dollars to take the whole party to
the top which offer he did declined for several
reasons. They retraced their steps, and when
last heard from were between mud hole and
snow storm on the Big Tree route, waiting
Macauber like, for something to turn up"
On the morning of the Sd of July, at the
Spring Valley House, we saw Messrs. Fisher
of the Stage Line, and McLane, of Wells, Fargo
l. Co.'s Express Mr.. Fisher informed us that
they had attempted to return by the Placerville
route, but failed on account of the impossible
mountains, and had to return by the Big Tree
route. Now, Mr.. Fisher is man of deeds, moi
of words; yet he positively asserted that one
million of dollars could not possibly make a:
good a road on the Plaeerville route as was
now already made on the Big Tree route. Ir
fact. said he, there is no other route but tina
via the Big Trees, which can ever be adopted
profitably, as a stage route. Both Mr.. Fisher
and McLane gave Mr.. Volney Shearer the
highest praise for the zeal and energy with
which he was opening the road. We are ready
to wager new hat with any Placervillian Of
Sacramentan, that the Big Tree road gets the
trade, and that " the one-horse buggy route il
adopted as the United States Mail route
Further, we will wager that the Hon. Alvin
FISHER Co., have the first regular line of sta
ges 10 carson Valley this year, and to Salt Lake
next year, and that the Salt Lake and Carson
Valley trade will pass from San Francisco ma
Stockton, San Andreas and Murphy's, in spite
of the cold poison" of Sacramento and Mokel-
umne Hill.