Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-27
MarysviIle and San Francisco Railroad.

From present appearances it is likely that
the hopes of the Marysville people are about
to be realized, and Railroad be constructed
between their city and Vallejo within a rea-
sonable length of time The efforts of the
company to secure the co operation of capi-
talsts at the East have been successful, anC
the work has been commenced in good earn
est The Marys,ille Democrat says:
Judge Dame sent 80 hands, yesterday over tn,
river to commence work on the grading of tn
San Francisco and Marysvllle Railroad Tn
number II be increased in about two weeks Il
four hundred in order to finish the grading Il
the Sacramento river at the earliest possible pc
riod, so as to be ready for the ties and iron a.
soon as they shall be on hand"
Shasta has deep interest in the opening
up of railroad communication from tide-wa
ter through the Sacramento Valley, extend
ing tn ough into the Northern counties. W,
are glad to see this work commenced nnc
hope it will be prosecuted to speedy com
pletion. Nor are we content that II shou.
terminate at Marysville. The road must
eventually be extended to Shasta, and, IN
time. still further North. Liberal grants OF
land were made by the government TO the
Morvsville md San Francisco road, equally
liberal donations of land would undoubtedly
be made for road through the upper por-
tions of the Sacramento Valley. That, to-
vetber with the large and increasing travel
! and immense transportation of goods will,
we think, soon attract capital and energy
necessary for the construction of q work so
desirable
Few are aware Of the extent of the com.
merce between the Bay of San Francisco and
the northern counties of this State com
merce created not only from the supplies re
quired 10y the inhabitants of the plains, set
Ting thick and fast over the broad bottoms
of the Sacramento Valley; but by the miners
on the Upper Sacramento, and in the Gulch-
es and in the ravines Of the foot hills--the
swarms Of gold diggers who dwell along the
banks of the Klamath. Scott and Trinity riv
ers. The provisions that these people con-
sumo, the clothing they wear, the mining and
agricultural machnery-all the immense sup.
plies for the Great North" have to be
transported from the Bay Of San Francisco.
During large portion of the year the navi-
CATION of the Sacramento river is extremely
difficult. The Hogs Back" threatens to
close up the mouth of the river, by the alarm
ing deposits of sediment increasingly swept
down from the gold washings of hundred
thousand miners The re shipment of good:
into light draught boats at Sacramento is a
heavy item of expense. On the upper wa
ters of the river, innumerabe sand bars and
snags keep the little vessel scratching grav-
el," and renders navigation slow and danger
Gus. At Red Bluff, the present head of nav
igation, all their freight has again to be han
died over and conveyed by wagons to Shas-
ta, Weaverville, and other points, and again
after being tied to mules backs, packed over
| mountain trnils N itS destination
The distance from Vallejo to Shasta, on a
practical line Of railroad, does not exceed 9s
miles, (ess than half the distance by the
windings of the Sacramento river) The
grade Of road is as easy as any in the United
States of equal length. The consumation
of this work would make Vallejo Git being
the head of ship navigation) one of the first
cities of Caifornia-would stimulate and in
crease TO wonderful degree the trade and
population Of Marysville, Oroyille, Red
Bluff Shasta, and other Northern towns
Shasta Republican,