The Placer herald., 1860-06-09
THE PLACER HERALD.
AUBURN, JUNE 9, 1860.
The Railroad Vote,

position of class men who prefer to be be-
hind the march of improvement, treading in
the path of fogyisn, than giving. their aid
toward carrying to completion works des-.
tined to the rapid Development and progress
Of a country; andin the opposition manifes-
ted in some quarters to the proposed county
aid to the Sacramento, Placer and Nevada
Railroad, anA the Washoe Wagon Roads, we
are xe,n;n,let} such men "sti i've" and that
they have arrayed themselves in bitter oppo-
sition against the proposition, by denouncino
the bill, the gentlemen who favored its pas
sage, and 10y impugning the motives Of those
who are connected with the Railroad Com
fany above named. The manner of the pas
sage OF the bill has also teen charged as
swlndle, but this has met with prompt refu
taiion, not only by those of our members
who were its advocates, but also its oppo.
nents in the House, and to show how
groundless is the assertion on the outside of
today's Herald we publish the proceedings
had in the Assembly upon the measure
This is the true record, and stands com
pete rebuttal of the tiippant charge of fraud
in its passage.
But we will not dwell upon this idle va
poring OF opponents, whose arguments con-
sist in wholesale denunciaton of the mea-
sure and its friends, without producing a par
aice of proof to sustain their asserva:ions.-
This is an old and cheap mode Of tactics,
but too flimsy to stand the test of fair argu-
men. a fair discussion of the question is
what we desire and intend voters shall have,
ahat they may arrive at correct conclusions.
We wish them to look beyond all of this
aothy opposition and come to calm con
sideration of the question at issue, and then
decide in their best judgment upon the pro-
priety of the county giving encouragement
to improvements that promise so much for
cur future prosperity.
AS stated in our last issue, the Sacramento
Placer & Nevada Railroad Company was or
ganized nearly year ago, (aer having been
long time IN contemplation,) by the cili
zens Of this place and vicinity, over $50 900
had been subscribed, and the required per
centage under the law paid in. Competent
and well knoAn Engineers were employed,
who made extensive surveys and finally To-
catel a line on favorable route from Fol-
som to Auburn, making the necessary esti-
mates of cost Of construction, (Which showed
a comparatively cheap road,) which places
the work in condition to be let for contract
with few days more labor. The company
also gathered reliable statistics of the freigh:
and passenger business of the country by the
actual count of its agents, upon which they
have based the revenue of the road upon
certainty. AL this has required time and
money, both of which have been expended
by the company, and having arrived at the
point where they could confidently 90 before
the world, showing the &C st and business of
the road, and demonstrating its advantage to
the business interests not only of Auburn,
but the entire county, they asked the passage
Of bills enabling the County, and the Corpo-
ration Of Auburn, to take stock in the Dad.
Both were passed d-and on Monday la t, 4th
last, tho people of Auburn demonstrated
their good will, earnestness, and determine
tion in the matter by unanimously voting for
the taking of $4,000 in the stock of the
road. Not single vote was cast in opposi-
tion. Could better expression Of conf.
dence have been given in the enterprise or a
more marked refutal that the company YVES
band of Spectators, than by this vote. Vo-
ters knew and felt they were assisting work
that had been organized and was under the
management of old citizens, whose every in
terest was here, who were indebted to Cali
forna for their pecuniary success, and whose
entire present and future prosperity was cen
tered in the State and County. To the un
manly charge that the company was a band
Of greedy spectators this was swift and
complete denial, and to it we point with
pride.
On the 9th inst, the voters of the County
will be called upon to say if they are willing
thaff fnrt ho- claU tr tO hQ
road, and whether Wagon Roads shall be
opened over the mountains and we propose
to give reasons why their response should
be favorable.
The contemplated road is to extend from
Folsom to Nevada Although no estimate
OF cost has been made on that portion be-
tween Auburn and Nevada, preliminary
survey has been run that entirely demon
strates the practicabiIity of a line with favor
able grades-some miles not exceeding forty
feet grade per mile. The road will traverse
the entire county from its Southern border,
10 Prebles bridge, above Ilinois:own, dis.
tance of forty miles From Folsom to the
vicinity of New Castle the road will pass
through a country generally well timbered,
with live and white oak, which will supply
cord wood for the Sacramento market for II
number of years. Fine quarries of granite
are also found along the same part of the
ine convenient as possible for transporta
ton. Between Auburn and Ilinoisown the
road will enter the heavy ,mbered region,
in which number of saw mills are now To-
Gated, and will give lunhermen convenient
and cheap transportation for their stock to
the markets below. The proximity of the
road to the saw mills between the North and