Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-02-28
Feather River NarI-ahle.

'ine record mentions the fact. That Dill has
passed the Assembly declaring the Feather River
| navieable to the town Of oroyille This Is all very
We'll ut this stage of the water. but at CERTAIN
sons of the year it will require the concurrence
the Senate. the Signature OF tie Governor ard some
high old polling to render the act effective Whei
the Editor of the Record bears the steam whistle
will be do Us the favor to advise by telegraph 2
California Express
Some time since. Mr.. Ferris came to
Oroville for the purpose of making arrange
ments to run the Steamer OrooiHe to this
point. and, as we understood, received or
ders for a small amount of freight, nd the
assurance of the business community gen.
orally, that if the fact was demonstrated
that steamboat could come up to Oroville,
the entire freight business would be entend-
ed to it. 1t was only the uncertainty at.
tending the arrangement, that prevented
our business men from extending their or
ders for the boat to receive their freight.
When Mr. Ferris left here, it was understood
that the OroriHe would undertake the trip,
and if found possible to make the rifle, DEM
onstrate the fact that Feather River could
be navigated to Oroville.
We now learn that Marysville effectually
prevented the undertaking by informing
those in command of the boat that, if they
run above Maryssille they could receive no
further business from that point. The Oro-
vile being an opposition boat, and depend
ent in great measure, upon Marysville
fn,.b t1o, \
certainty for an uncertainty, and conse-
quently abandoned the undertaking Per
haps the visit of Mr.. Ferris to Orovile, was
made for the purpose of securing the trade
now enjoyed by that boat between San
Francisco and Marysville.
The Steam Navigation Company, which
has long held out the hope that they would
send boats to this point, as soon as the nee
essary rise in the river would permit, have
been deferred from so doing, as we under
stand, by the threats of the Marysville men
to put on an opposition line to San Francis
CO. The river has risen the required hight,
and has remained for some time in what
those who ought to know term fine naviga-
BILE condition, and yet no effort has been
made to demonstrate the fact that 0roville
may be reached by their steamers. The
Navigation Co mpany are, doubtless, gov
erned in the matter by monetery consider
atoms, and Marysville appears to be sue
cessful in making them believe that present
advantages are against the undertaking.
Corporations are said to be soulless, but
we would not apply this to AIarysyille, for
they appear to be at work as desperately to
prevent steamboats, from reaching 0roville,
as they would to secure the salvation of
their souls We have no desire to injure the
business prospects, growth or Importance of
Marysville but simply desire to improve
the advantages Of our position There is a
very easy and natural way for our citizens
to secure the benefit of those advantages,
and when Marysville drives them to the
wall and orders them to crawl intoi they
may be induced to help themselves. We
hope the Express will continue to speak of
the subject in the same confident spirit A
few such viii produce an effect similar to
that caused by twisting the boyine's caudle
appendage in bull and bear fight.