The Nevada journal., 1860-12-21
Central Pacific Railroad of California.

ci6c Railroad throughout the State of CAL
ifornia.
Confident of the exist ence of a practical
BILE line across the Sierra Nevada mountains,
nearer and more direct than the proposed
line ria Madeline Pass aud head waters of the
Sacrrmento, have devoted the past few
months to an exploration of several routes
and passes through Central California, re-
sulting in the discovery of a practicable
route from the city of Sacramento, upon
the divide between Bear river and the North
Fork of the American, ria Illinoistown,
Dutch Flat, and Summit Valley to the True
kee river; which gives nearly direct line
to Washoe, with maximum grades of one
hundred feet per mile.
The distance from Sacramento to Summit
is one hundred and two miles to the State
line, about one hundred and fifteen miles :
to Truckee City, one hundred and forty y-six
miles; and to Virginia City, one hundred
and sixty-two miles. The elevation of the
Pass Is $500 feet
The Importance of this information is ap-
parent, when we consider this line effects a
saving in distance, over the northern line
of one hundred and fifty miles, and avoids
the pass age of two canons on the Sacra-
menio river, twenty miles long estimated
by Lieut. Beckwith to cost $4,000, 900 :
while it affords direct line to Washoe,
across the narrowest portion of the State,
and a local road for the business of Sacra-
mento, Placer and Nevada counties.
The Pacific Railroad Bill, as matured by
the last Congress, and which is made the
special order for the third Tuesday in De-
cember next, provides the following appro-
priations for the construction of the road
through California, viz; SIS, 700 per mile
from the navigable waters of the Sacra-
mento river to the base of the Sierra NeYa
da; thence $4,000 per mile to the Summit;
thence an additional $4,000 per mile for
each degree of longitude crossed, until the
one hundred and ninth degree is reached.
Inasmuch as the road though the State
of California must be constructed by an
organization effected under the laws of the
State, it is proposed to organize a company,
for the purpose of constructing a road
through the State upon this route, in anti
cipation of the passage of this bill to pro-
cure the recognition of this as the line of
the Pacific Railroad through California; to
procure the appropriations appsrtaining to
this end of the route and to construct the
road under this organization.
This will be effected by inserting the name
of this company directly in the bill, as the
company to whom these appropriations
shall come, or by an arrangement with the
corporators or trustees named in the bill.
/, organizing a Railroad Company in this
State, the law requires that $1,000 per mile
shall be subscribed, and ten per cent. paid
The estimated length of the road to the
State line is one hundred and fifteen miles,
requiring subscription of Sll5,O 900, on
which ten per cent, or Sll 900, is required
to be paid in. 1t is proposed to make with
this ten per cent, a thorough, practical
Railroad survey, establishing the grades.
cuttings, and filings, and to make the nee
essary maps, profles, estimates, reports, etc.
To the accomplishment of this end, the
instrument required by law has been drawn
up, and has, in the towns of Dutch Flat,
nlinoistown, Grass Valley, and Nevada, re-
ceived bona fde subscription of $40, 500,
leaving about $4,000 subscription (requi-
ring payment of $4,000 to be made up in
the cities of San Francisco and Sacramento.
1t is not considered necessary to make an
urgent appeal for subscriptions, but simply
to present plain statement of the facts to
n few persons of responsibility and inAu-
snce in those cities, who feel an interest in
the matter, who will subscribe in good faith
and who are able to pay in the ten per cent.
without embarrassment. To this end your
cooperation is respectfully solicited, and a
subscription from yourself asked.
The plan will receive the support of our
delegation in Congress and Col. Baker car
ties on with him profile of the route 1t
has also received the approval of Governor
Downey, and many other influential and
prominent gentlemen. Messrs. Burch and
Scott, and Mr.. Curtis, Chairman of the
Pacific Railroad Committee in Congress,
have been fully posted up with regard to
this movement.
A bill is also before Congress, providing
for an appropriation of 4, 4s0 acres per mile
ofGovernment lands. Mr. Burch will press
this bill in the next Congress.
1t is intended that no further call than
the ten per cent. required by law shall be
made; and no further assurance of this
statement seems necessary, when it is known
that the law compels the subscription of the
srkole capital stock, with ten per cent. maid
in, before any additional assessment can be
called.
1t is estimated that the entire road can
be graded for the amount of appropriation
proposed to be given by Government, leav
ing only the iron, rolling stock, etc., to be
provided for by other means An issue of
first mortgage bonds of $4,000 per mile,
viii furnish this material.