The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1860-01-14
From the Nevada Journal January 9Th
A City Unmindful of Her True Interests

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We have long observed the alacrity with
which portion of the press of Sacramento
City responds to the call for public works
which promise to inure to her benefit, in how.
ever comparatively trifing degree, and the
apathy, or outright opposition shown from
the same quarter to other projects not less
feasable but of vastly more Importance
Thus good word is repeatedly spoken fol
the wagon road via Pacerville, for the Cali
fornia Central railroad, etc, but with regard
to better transmontane highway and a
railroad to Nevada which would pour dol.
lars into the lap of Sacramento where the
Central road would dole out cents, silence
or sullen hostility is the response.
We believe these professed organs of the
people of Sacramento do not represent real
sentiments, and we appeal direct to the true
citizens of Sacramento to pass judgement
upon the facts we are about to present.
Fist, let them take into serious consider
alton the fact that the trade of the northern
portion of Nevada County, eastern part Of
Yuba and all Of Sierra goes to Marysville
Next that she projected the railroad from
Marysvile to Benicia is likely to be CON
structed not long hence. That road built,
how much loss Of travel and trade is sus-
tained by Sacramento which might be secured
by proper attention to her interests? Let Sac
ramentans look at amap of the State and con.
suit table of distances.-They will soon dis
cover that railroad to Nevada via Auburn
must inevitably pour the whole tide of com
merce of Nevada, Sierra and portion Of
Yuba into or through Camp
tonvile in Yuba is but 20 miles from Neva-
da, while it is 36 miles of worse road to Ma
rysville. Forest City is % miles to Nevada
and So to Marysvle. A railroad to Nevada
would therefore be 80 mis-. nearer Forest City
than one to MarysviIle, and must turn the
stream of travel in this direction. While
Marysville is endeavoring to control the
trade of this section of the State, rich in
wealth, and to carry it away from Sacramen
to, the citizens Of the latter place may be-
comingly and etfectuaIy tap and secure the
whole of it. Instead of spending millions
on an ox-bow route to deplete Marysville.
which, in the event of the construction of a
direct route to Marysvile from Benca will
be of no comparative value and only known
in the history Of fancy stock dealers, Sacra
mento may be wise in using her superfluous
wealth, if she have any, in another direction
1t is the trade of Sierra and Nevada Coun-
ties which makes Marysvile proud, which
causes her to scorn to be dependency of Sac
ramento by means of rainbow railroad, and
which gives her the power to open for her
self an avenue direct to the seaboard.-
Shorn of this trade and she is comparatively
impctent and must be content to pass her
trade by the way of Sacramento for years to
come. 1t is folly to tell the people of Ma
rvsville, as the press OF Sacramento does,
that she is laboring against her true interests
in attempting to build a railroad to Benicia
1t is far otherwise. 1t is master stroke of
policy. Marysvi|le aspires to be the more
than rival of Sacramento. She knows that
railroad to Benicia must control for her
one half the trade Of Nevada and all the
trade of the counties north of Nevada if no
thing be done to prevent it. She is satisfied
that Sacramento shall keep her eyes on the
Placervile road and the OK bow rail track to
Marysville. Nothing of that sort will hurt
Marysvlle. She intends to keep the trade
she has and to tap the stream of eastern lm
migration and trade by more easy noun
tain pass than half million dollars will ever
make the Placervie road to be.
We ask the true citizens of Sacramento to
take the facts into consideration, to examine
the matters pertaining to their welfare, to
remember that railroad to Nevada would
reach the only accessible good lumber re-
gion in the State, and then judge according
to evidence.