The Placer herald., 1859-08-06
Sacramento, Placer and Nevada RAILROAD
Company.

The railroad movement in this place has
at last taken practical turn by the orgaui.
cation of railroad Company with the above
name. The condensed proceedings of the
meeting of the subscribers to the stock were
given in last weeks Herald. The meeting
was largely attended by citizens and stran-
gers, who manifested a lively interest in the
proceedings-a tlattering evidence of the
will and desire of our people to carry for
ward to completion an enterprise so fraught
with prosperity to Placer county. We hope
this interest will not flag but that all will
work energeticaly and uncea ngly until the
track is laid and the snort of the iron horse
is laid in our streets. The task is not hercu-
lean, neither need the time be long before
the work can be accomplished, if the exer-
tons of the friends of the road are properly
directed.
A railroad connection of Auburn with
Sacramento has been the wish Of the peo-
pie Of this place for years-from the time
the Sacramento Valley Railroad was pro-
jected; but it is only of late that crcum-
stances seemed to justify the hope that that
connection would be obtained, and accord
ingly these hopes have taken practical
direction by our citizens taking handsome
individual subscription and organizing
home company to carry forward the work.
We might enter at length into the reasc ms
that have prompted the people of Auburn
to take hold so energeticaIly in this matter,
but will be brief for the present, as we ex-
pect to talk frequently and earnestly with
our readers hereafter, to give them reasons
and statistics why this road should be made,
and to enlist their exertions in its behalf.
From the days of 40 to the present, Au-
burn, from its location, has been the great
thoroughfare through which has passed the
travel and freight to and from the extensive
mining districts of upper Placer, Nevada
and portion of Sierra county. This bust
ness has not diminished, but increased with
the improvement of and grwth of popula-
ton in the country to be supplied. We
would not be understood as saying that all of
the freights for Nevada county pass through
this place, as we are aware that large
amount 60 by way of Johnson's Crossing,
on Bear river, distance something greater;
but with railroad at Auburn, all this bust
ness will be concentrated here. Beside
freights for large portion of Ell Dorado
county would come to this point by railroad
that are now taken by Folsom and along
the ridge between the waters of the South
and Middle forks of the American. George
town is but eleven miles distant from Au- 4
burn in an air line, and the freighs for that
and neighboring towns, and all the river
bars on the FL Dorado side of the Middle
Fork, and much of the country eastward, to
the South Fork, would be hauled from here,
where now not single pound passes
Coloma is but. sixteen miles distant from
Auburn, and would also come within the
range of the business of the railroad
Carefully collected statistics show that
freights exceeding over one hundred and
fifty tons per day find their way into Placer
and Nevada counties, not one pound Of
which is carried by the Sacramento Valley
Railroad. This does not include any of the
business of Ell Dorado county, and would all
be concentrated at Auburn with railroad
Add to this the down freghts, passengers,
the mails, and express freghts, we have a
business for railroad connecting Auburn
with Sacramento that would really be enor-
nous.
The knowledge of these facts have en-
couraged the citizens of Auburn to the pres
ent movement They have not undertaken
it in the spirit of mere visionaries, but from
knowledge tlat it is an enterprise worth
their every exertion in its behalf
This road will attract attention, as from
its promised business it offers greater in
ducements for the investment of capital
than any other projected road in California.
EFThe RothschiIds are greatly alarmed
at the danger of losing more than half the
fortune of the entire house. They have
been the great governmental money lenders
of Europe, and are now holding such fnan-
cal relations with the disturbed beligerent
powers that they are in critical condition.
The three brothers, heads of the houses in
Paris Vienna and London, have met in con-
sutatiou to see what was best to he done,
and talk over tEeir distresses.