The Placer herald., 1860-01-21
From the Nevada Journal.
More About the Railroad

More About the Railroad.
1t must be evident to every one who will
look upon map of the State that the trade
of Amador Ell Dorado, and Placer counties
naturally goes to or through Sacramento
Nature has done that for the present capital
of the State. BY virtue of her position
she is entitled to that trade. BY virtue OF
enterprise she might be entitled to other aids
to her growth and stability. The resources
of other counties not less wealthy and i'm
portant than those already mentioned might
be made to minister to the greatness Of Sac
ramento. These, however, are but simply
tributary now to that ambitious city, and
promise to be less so as time advances
lhe railroad now in process of construction
from Marysville to Benicia without checks
must control the trade and travel of the
whole State north of Placer county for
Marysville or some other point on the Sac
ramonto in the vicinity OF Knights Landing.
That railroad completed and Nevada is
within ten hours travel of San Francisco.
The railroad to Lincoln will only put us
within six hours of Sacramento. Our mer-
chants will 90 to the Bay for the purchase
of goods, and whose time is valuable, will
90 to MarysviIe instead of Sacramento
The trip wilt be shorter by some hours and
the danger Of hanging on the hogs back"
avoided. Even should we make Lincoln our
depot, two out of every three passengers to
San Francisco from Nevada, would for
choice, if the road to Benica were complet
ed 90 by the way of Marysvie, and GER
taipiy every one would from the whole coun-
try north OF us.
The stream of travel from Nevada, Sierra
and portion of Yuba which seems to set
in the direction of Marysvile may be easily
controlled and turned forever into Sacra
mento. A railroad from Folsom to Nevada
will accomplish it. Such a railroad will put
must insure the entire travel of this quar-
ter of the State. We showed in our last
weeks issue that Sierra county is thirty
miles nearer Nevada than Marysvile. One
Of the prominent citizens of Sierra while in
town but a fe" days since remarked that
Nevada could easily be substituted for Marys
vile as the depot Of bis couoty by building
the Folsom, Auburn and Nevada railroad.
Nothing is palmer The interests Of Sacra
mento, then clearly lie in the building of
road to this city. She can thereby turn
stream of travel to her benefit which other
wise she cannot hope to gain; which she does
not now have and which by proper at
teulion to her interests she may readily
possess ms cad Of being satisfied with
what nature has given her in the trade and
travel of the counties on her east and which
cannot be diverted from her, it would APP
pear to be her policy to show some attention
to other streams of commerce which by
opening the proper channels might be made
to flow in her direction The miner is a
shor-sighted aud improvident one who is
content with the water which nature sends
down in his little ravine III the rainy season.
The wise one will tap the remoter but per-
eunial fountain.
If the mountain passes in this section OF
the Sierras are lower and better than that
by PIacervile, Sacramento may not turn her
back towards US, and gazing wisttully at the
johnson "cut off," expect heaven to send
the majority of the Vashoe trade and the
eastern emigration by that route. Heaven
helps those who help themselves
The true interests of Nevada city are in a
union with Folsom by railroad. The future
growth and importance of Nevada depends
upon the construction of such work. Be
cause it would make this city the depot for a
large and rich surrounding country; because
it would inevitably secure the whole trade
and travel of the silver mines of Western
Utah for this route and large share of the
emigration also because it would put us into
intimate and close connection with the sea-
board: and because, as we firmly believe 1t
will ultimately secure the Atlantic and Pa
ci6c railroad for this route.
Nor do all these ticipaed advantages
to accrue TO Nevada initiate against the in
teress of Sacramento On the contrary,
she will reap the richer reward. She will
secure forever stream of travel, which pro-
misses at present to pass in the other direc
ton. She has El Dorado secure. Nature
pave her that county in perpetual com
mercial vassalage to Sacramento. She need
not guard what she has already in irons,
when other prisoners are loose and should
be secured.
A MoTHER's GRAvE.-An exchange con-
taips the following: