Daily national Democrat., 1860-04-10
An Enterprise of Paramount Import
ance.
Under thi, hendine lhe Sierra Ciliz

Under this hending the Sierra Citizen has
the following:
Citizens Of Downieve propose to residents
OF Marysvllle, san Juan, ,Camptnnville and others
located ON the route, a union uf strength for the
purpose of speedily constructing q wagon road
from here To Virginia and Carson cities. Forty
thousand dollars will complete the work; and
by guruus concerted action, this most important
enterprise will have been accomplished in time to
secure large portion of the spring trade. There
is already natural wagon ruad from Virginia aud
Carson cites tu Within sixteen miles Of Duwnie-
vile aud the cost of making. "a first highway
from Duwnieve 10 the intersection Of the old
Bcckwuh emigrant road, does not compare with
that ut an equal distance Of the Sierra Turnpike
The gr de Is not more than une foot in twenty;
the Pass Is the lowest of any yet discoveries the
snow-bclt to be crossed is not more than five
miles, and has been trtverSed by pack animals
for SIX weeks past; there is no considerable OBJ
struction to be encountered; nothing is required
but united strength and determination To emulate
the foresight of Sacramento and PHcervle. who,
with much inferior natural advantages have Sc
cured monopoly of an important trade
We commend these observations to the es-
pecial attention of the business men of Ma
rysyille. The length Of road necessary to he
worked upon is only sixteen miles. 1t is
what is known as the Jamison City Route.
You 90 to Dow melville direct, or via San
Juan il you like. From Dowuieyille you
travel sixteen miles to Jamison City From
Jamison City to Virginia and Carson cities
in Washoe, there is good natural road
which needs no working From Marysville
to Dowrieville there is already a turnpike.
1t would seem, then. that with only sixteen
miles Of road to finish, in order to secure for
| Mnrysvile the entire trade which is now
going to Sacramento. our citizens sure
ly ought to have enterprise enough to put
their shoulder to the wheel. With route
fifty times more obstructed than ours, Sacra
mento and Plncerville have managed to keep
up communication with Washue, at seasons
when, if they had lain on their oars. their
mountain road would have been absolutely
impassabe
Marysville, San Juan, Camptonville and
Downivvile ought all to subscribe for putting
the Jamson City route in order aud so should
all those wayside towns which can have lat
juan, we believe, is already awake to her in
ests and is assisting the work of opening her
trail over the mountains Her road to Ma
rysyiIle is already pretty good one
| The JamisOn City Route has been open,
during the entire winter and spring so far
for pack trains, but what is desirable now is
the construction of road for pago,S, and
only sixteen miles as we have said before, is
necessary to be worked upon in order to Sc
cure a thorough wagon road between this
city and Washoe. surely, no citizen of Ma
rysville can be so blind as not to see what
is his duty and his interest, under the circum
stances
1t makes no very great difference whether
the new silver region shall turn out to he SO
fahuously rich as it is represented or not
There are permanent silver mines in the re
gon whether they be few or many. They
will not be worked out for great number o
years. Capital will be largely employed in
their operation, and n certain amount of pop.
ulation must naturally be attracted lhiher
Be the country extensively or only moderate
| ly rich, the fame of the new discoveries has
already reached the Atlantic States and an
Immense immigration from across the Plains
may be expected during the present year
The surplus Of that immigration, not meeting
with employment in Washoe. will naturally
come on into California, and if we have u
good road open to Marysvile, it is easy to
see how we may he benefited hy their ar.-
val. But should the entire immigration tar
ry there we would still he benefited 10y the
/ increase of trade which it would give us. for
this immense population would have to be
fed and clothed
There is another matter which has not
been taken into consideration, and that is the
agricultural character of the Washoe and ad |
jacent country. De Groot, in his explorations
of the region, declares, that large portion
of the Territory is rich agricultural land. A. |
a matter of course. where thousands go, hun
dreds must settle down upon farms. for there
is every inducemeut to cultivate the soil
where such a vast number Of adventures are
thronging. As III Calif,rnia, when the rush
of the first few years took place, the raising
of vegetables will be, in nine cases out of ten.
more profitable than digging for the min
erals
In no point Of view in which this new re-
gion can be contemplated, can sensible man
fail to see that Marysvile should have the
best possible communication with it, and that
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