Daily national Democrat., 1860-07-27
San Francisco and MarysvilIe Railroad,

w VIC people OF uOa
county. 1t is headed ''Notes of a Trip in
Solano County, No. g."
Vacaville is the terminus Of NV trim From
mere must turn back. On my wov 7 have
seen the Vallejo, Suisun and Vaca Valleys
ana The route of the proposed Marvsville and
naleJo Railroad, for a distance of 26 miles
Inc valleys named contain large portion of
| tne wealth of the county, and the road oceu-
pies large place in those valleys. and 7
might almost say, that the road is the coun-
". lhe development of the county and its
future wealth depends to great extent on
the road. Nor is it this county alone that is
interested it concerns the Who'll State Ana
e;sPeclaiiy' after So,ano and Yuba the coun ..
.'es =, N"Uter and Yolo which refused bv q
poPuiar vote TO assist the road whereas If
| lucy could see clearly into the future thew
"ould perceive that this road would confer n
,T, wealth upon them otherwise unattainable.-
Inc ROAD Is to pass through both these coun-
tIeS' ana when finished, it will bring both of
@ .neuh ihucn nearer to the market than at
present. and make great thoroughfare thro'
poth oi thenl, Tor large trade that now does
not exist at all. / am particularly astonisbed
at \ olo for refusing assistance To the road
when every reasonable man can see by n
glance at the map, that so soon as this road
Is completed, the Sacramento people mpst
oniid branch due west from Washington in
oio county, 10 intersect or tap it. Thi.
oranch VIII be about 90 miles long. and will
make Washington place of note. These
roads Will increase the value of the land
throughout Yolo and Suffer. make in them
selves large addition to the taxable nroo.
erty, give employment to large number of
machinists and laborers of all classes. brine
the district into notice, and attract immio
grants.
AND by no means see the wisdom. or
prudence, or sound policy, of the people of
sacramento in opposing the road as thev
nave done, by their Representa- res in the
Legislature The road, by conveying goods
directly from the Bay to MarysvilleNgoods
that otherwise would have passed through
Sacramento, and contributed to its wealth.
may take away something from the City of
the Plalns; but if, with one hand, it takes
away 1t Will more than doubly compensate
with the other If | were a citizen and prop
erty holder of Sacramento, I should be an ar.
dent friend of the road, as am satisfied that
the time will come, and is not far distant
when the people of that place will lament
their early hostility, or Indifference. Horace
Greeley said: 81 thank God that live in
city New York which considers itself the
terminus of every railroad built in the Uni
ted States" 1t would be we'll If the Sacra-
mento people eeuld have the same feeling in
regard to every road made in California
They ought to have it. They ought to know
the fact that, because of their central posi
tion, and well established commercial and
political supremacy, every increase in the
riches OF the State must increase their wealth
The growth of other places will benefit. and
not lnJure, Sacramento. If Marvsville were
IN any proper sense a rival of Sacramento
II tbe iormer had the slightest prospect to be
the chief trading point of the Sacramento
6asin-or If Sacramento were in danger of
falling to a second rank among interior tow
there might be some reason for jealousy
but as 1t is, there is not bit. How absurd
then, is any Jealousy entertained by the
Capital towards Marysvile and vet such a
feeling has undoubtedly been entertained by
men who have tried to place obstacles in the
way of the Vallejo road. Their conduct did
as little credit to their Judgment as to their
generosity. They assumed that by enrich
ing the country north, north west, and west of
Sacramento, that city would be the loser
Instead of looking at the matter in that light,
the Sacramentans should perceive that what
ever brings them into the most intimate con-
Hectlou Win lne gfehJ ValleyS north OF the
bays of San Pablo and Suisun-the richest
portion Of the State in neutral resources for
agricnlture-must prove mutually beneficial
The road will transport Sonoma, Napa, and
SoIano, from remote distance to the imme-
date vicinity of the capital, and make these
tributary to its wealth. Again, the Sacra-
mento people should remember the "Hogs
Back" and the present difficulties of naviga-
tion which must continue to increase until, in
a few years, no large steamers can reach Sac
ramento, except in time of high water | be-
ieve it is estimated that 10000 tons of dirt
are carried down into the Sacramento river
every day from the mines, and the effect to
fill up the bed of the river is proved by past
experience. Feather river has become al
most useless for navigation, and the Sacra.
mento is growing rapidly shallower. 1t is
evident that the time must come when goods
must be carried from the bay to the central
and northern mines by land, and the sooner
the preparations be made for this approach
ing change the better. That land shipment
when commenced, must go through Vallejo;
and in my list Of the resources of that place,
in my first article, | ought to have included
the Hogs Back" which, with its certainties
and possibilities forms no small item. Ii.
From JAPAN.-The bark Onward from Jap