Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-10-08
lJr the Democrat.
IT., Rail R,ad,-The Central Route.

Ml>.ts EuIr1n,: The action Of the Pacific
Ri l;aI Convention 10 the subject Of almost
unIv,r>a. Comment AMONG the people, and gem
crnl.v Of the .rc,s. hat Convention adopted
the iI.;JItTg ----------------
Rr.R,,i Int from al the information before this
CoH',nt"n. q: ~ cad L'Tri! d~s declare ne dreI
dsI pE.!eIrec r the great Central kaIl hoad Route
I isr.>,ut,,n ~a> very generally discussed
and liI,iIS adj ,te,i, as Tie Report Of the pro-
cecil '-> >t.l,~, amidst general appIauSe-Ov
AL u. irp.t uI,ii nous vote.
In, I.t s.oIi, and it is believed docs,
aMAN.h Ia: mr,.t nIcIy intrrcSt III the often
aoitat.,i hIt never exhausted project Of Pa
u.c Ran 4 'nd. II sh"u.d enlist the Who'll,
Ayn.,.t - oi the People If III Dorado. In
i s.L tax 'r,s 1--we Is pregnant 81 results
In \ az .oi!.c Words. II Is the official rec
ord ii i.c Ju..- ..'ci.t aud the will vi Ca.Iior-
MA, VI. : - a.i Washington.
Il l. arslIc.i, hOAtycr, by friends Of other
rout :, tn.t it amounts I" nothing; that III,
.v.ii.,.i.s int,lt>;Id vii direct the Iuutc that
ca. I..., ,.u>t III ..-t dctcimlnC the line. Nh
kMcI, aiI.. .,.urnCcd 10y interest alone, al
NAY, ....> AID a."ays "ill consult public OPin-
H.. a..l t.I, record vi public opinion viii
LANcI I.,nI .cr UPON CAPITAL. Then Capital
WI. S,t@ iur alb,c Uy the CvntrAl Route. The
Cu;it riitt,, tatte'i t'r5'tiIer by the CaiI"rnIa
l. Ii."tu.c haI Tor Its main object the dcvi
blnt; at "A,S ai.d means tor the construction
OF - IA ne Hail Road MrOUgh LMIyorhid.
II MAS IG.i o>>iJ.c I" arrive At any tangible re-
kuI without dctcrminln: upon AOInc route
not the iine ot The road but lis general dircc-
lion. IL therefore hud to declare for the North
ern, trc southern OF the Central. II declared
for TIE tr"tral.
The C,nvcntion ass for assistance from the
State L. tie Roa It e Jill making appropria
ton u he submitted TO a vote vi the people.
But first. The Legislature is asked by the Con
vrnlion u Gauss accurate surveys To be made
Of tarI ,a>Scs of thv Sierra Nevada. But when:
for What route: The Convention answers for
the Central route.
How are We I" have good practical results :
ansN or again: LIT bin be introduced carly
in til. coming session. making an appropria-
ton oi sum sufficient to survey the different
pas : for the Central Route. Direct in that
bill that the survey shall commence in this
county, aud " hen the route by Slippery Ford
and tic Truckrc is fully surveyed. to report
imuc!iat IT, Ii that survey shall prove what
every surveyor who has examined the line has
air, adv declared that it is entirely practIca.
blc-it bang admitted by all to be the Central
and crr;ai;ly is the most central, then the
ruau VII go IJTW1Tu 1T OuCc " TIE EuStcIU
line Of the State by this route.
What viii it cost: Engineers say between
ten and fifteen millions, but an actual survey
may very much reduce these estimates.
From Folsom by PlaccrVille to the Eastern
line Of the State does not exceed one hundred
miles. From Folsom to Sacramento the rail
road is air, ally bui t. and thence to San Fran
cisco We have first class navigation. Then
one hundred miles is all that must be con-
structcd by the People as individuals, by the
counties as counties, aud by California as a
State.
But the Convention say the Road should be
immr,.iat, " commenced ut San Francisco, and
thence by way Of Stockton to the Eastern line
Of the Statr &c. BY whom is that part TO BE-
built? BY individuals, 10y the cities on the
line aud the counties through which it will
run; but the aid If the State is TO be- given
for constructing the road beyond StocktOn.-
But where beyond Stockton shall the State
commence to give her aid? There where it is
most needed, commencing at the Foot Hills,
aud continue the aid to the East line II the
State What aid! The Convention recon.
mend TINT bill making an appropriation oil
not exec, ding fifteen millions of dollars, for
'1ke construction Of the road, be submitted to
a vhIs Of the People. If majority rOting on
this QHO4tiOn shall be in favor, then the appro-
priaIion takes effect Immediately.
Whcthw the bill shall specify five, ten or
fifteen mi lions, the vote Of California will
prove that she il Pacific Rail Road State
and the vote Of FL Dorado, We may safely pre-
dict, will be an almost unanimous response
y" For the Rail Rond."- N.
PLACERvILLE, Oct. 8, 1850.