Nevada national., 1860-04-14
Tn. ue.u... aud plno.rviIIe Route.

The Heuness aud Pincerviiie Routes
The Union "wires 10 and out , on Gov
D.wneys veto of the Omnibus Wagon Road
Bill. and with its characteristic tergiver-
sation disproves Of his " constitutional ar
rument." but falls in with his expediency
position" which is pronounced 90 strong
sne.r
The defeat Of that bill. in the estimation
Of the Union, will he OF little consequences,
n the legislature will only appropriate few
Thousands for the exclusive benefit OF its Ia
yerite Placerville ronts. That paper thinks
that "at least one first rate road should be
made over the mountain" aud, OF course
comes to the conclusion that " the eoneen-
trafion Of travel aud freight upon the
Placervil.s route points to that as the one
which should be made State road"
If the concentration" of travel on any
n.riianlar road is any argument in favor oil
its adoption by the State, the irienos Of ths
Placervills route. at this particular time,
may we'll urge its claims to preference I; fs'
during the last few weeks hundreds OF trav-
sler. to Silverland. have been concentra-
ted for days, II act weeks, all along that
road, bedged in by mountains OF snow, and
compelled to pay from four to five dollars
. day for famine fare, with the privilege oi
spreading their blankets at night on the Nth
of bar-room floors. We give in to the
Unions concentration argument-it is
decidedly "a strong one."
To show that the Onion Is in earne st IN
its advocacy OF expending the money oil the
entire people for the benefit Of particular
route. which has been shown again and a
gain to be Of only second or third rate ad-
vantage. We copy the following paragraph
which concludes the editorial OF the Union
ain view OF these facts. it seems to us
lust aud right that bill should now he in-
troduced and passed. making direct appro-
priaton to improve the road from Placer
willie to Genoa
We append an extract Of letter from
Nevada gentleman, who has been for some
time past engaged in efforts to surmount the
"facilitiesn Of the Placerviile route. The
letter is dated strawberry Flat, April g.
and gives a somewhat graphic description o
the Concentration" of travel on the route
"open at all seasons OF the year, As thu
letter was written to friend. without any
thought OF its publication. its statement'
nay be relied upou.
myself and some so other persons ar,
saow-bednd at this place, and have beer
here nearly three days. We may be ber'
several days longer. as the trail is blocked
from here on, with from 81 to feet OF snow
and still fal ling. H. Meredith, Z. uarcellu'
C. Felton, Jack O'Brien and three others
arrived here on their way over. last evening
and will start out, with the balance OF III
to break the trail, a. soon as the weathe
will permit. Our expenses are enormous
from three to Eve dollars per day. each ant
the prospect is tina. they will increase a
we 90 east. as -four is reported worth 81
dollars per hundred at Genoa. and biEhe
still at Carson and Virginia Cities, and bu
little TO be bought at that price other ar
ticies Of food in proportion. Ne have tried
to buy -four here at Is cents Of packers, {,
take over on our riding mules and horses
but the hounds will not sell. They exp ect
TO get one dollar for it at Carson City, a
soon as they can get it there.
Tavern keepers, wbiskey sellers, stags
men. packers. passenger train men, and il
short everybody interested in the business o.
travel OF this road, tax and tariff the emi
grants to Washoe in the most shameless,
aud rascally manner. thought had ssel
something Of the kind before, in my traysl
but now find never had. In conseqCenc
Of this state Of affairs, delay included, m,
expences have already amounted to sl25
since leaving Nevada, and am not yet ov
er half way to Virginia City. The expen
css Of my travelling companion have bee
about the same. Our purses cannot las
long at these rates.
cannot get table or box 10 write upon
nor pen nor ink to write with, and ! writ
this with pencil holding my paper on m
knee you can judge from this Of the con
veniences Of the place.
Tell all you see, that design going ovel
to wait until grub is more plenty, and IA
H~~~css Pas Route open, and TO 70 tha