Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-02-26
Report Of the Committee On tho State
Wagon Read Appropriation

The bill intrOdueed intO the Senate BY NJ Denver.
apPropFiASing $4,000 fnr ShC construction Of the
Wsgun Road over the Sierra Nevada, viG Johnson e
Cut-oR, was On Monday made the special order for
Thursday. We have reason to believe that 1t will
pass both Houses with but little opposition. The
following is the report of the Committee recommend
ing the measure:
Mr. President: The Committee on Internal I'm.
provements 10 whom was referred Senate bill No.
ll0-enettled IN Act anprOpriAiing money for the
completion Of WagUn Road over the Sierra Neva-
dA-having had the same under consideration would
respectfully submit the following report:
The progress which has been Ipsuc in deyelopinR
the sWmense resources VI our State with The daily
evidences tbc: an increase Of population on the Pc.
cIOc coast Is alone necessary to give 1t more COM
mnIdiUg position in the eyes OF the world, and "
augment cur wealth and advantages, makes It -
immediate necessity, in order to encourage peFms.
nent settlers to Shores that provide for the
completion Of the Wagon Road over the SieFras to
Carson Valley. for BY The overland routes alone
must we aspect that sturdy population, the farmers.
mechan Ice and mneTss whO, with their families will
Salt Lake, o. Central mail rOute,. with the rapid
progress Of the PlacervIlle Humboldt and Salt Lake
Telegraph Company. has attracted FeSewed atten-
ti0n 70 the route Already the distance TO Salt Lake
and other pOints ct the East have been shortened
one hundred miles by the discovery Of the route
through Ruby Valley. BY the msilCOntrsCOFs. while
the same sDterprisins gentlemen ere nov engaged
10 exploring new route. viso Walkers Valley and
Tooole. which is expected to avoid the deep SNOW
line and reduce the distance from six hundred and
eighty miles TO Eve hundred end sixty By the
fAirest eAtimate it Il generally conceded that twOs
thirds Of the entirO overland Immigration 10 this
State have travelled the Carson Valley rOad. and
such will probably continue 70 be the case. The
pssa hAS been known from the earliest history Of the
EOd period e. the principal smigvapt rOGe to Cali
fornia.
We Hnd that the survey Of Mr. Geo. Il. Goddard,
faF wagon road over the sierra Nevada Mountains,
ci1 JOhnsOn's Pass, was authorized by 90 Act ap-
proved April 2eth, 1855: and 81 the came time the
Legislature appropriated eI0O0O0 to build the road.
Which was rendered npgat0ry By tAs decision Of the
Supreme COuFt-thAt The State was consttutlOnally
unable to increase her debt over except BY
vote Of the people. etc., aNd which ObjsctiOn does
not at present exist.
The county Of II Dorado has. ct different pseiods,
expended large sums Of pNAney towards Improving
the route and during the yeas 1853. $4,000, the
result Of special tax, expended By Sacramento
snd q DossdO counties, nearly completing One-Aslf
Of the W0rat POrtjon 0f The road.
10 view Of att the Premisea We believe that II will
be for the direct interest If ell portions Of the State
to render aid by some one Of the practicable noun
tain roates.
We, therefore. report the bill bask and recon-
mead IL passage.