The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-10-19

HasERsa1 e. R@zoOas
This L. not the first time, by many, that
We have, through our eOlumnA urged
upon the citizens of PIscerviIIe the neces-
sity Of taking prompt and efficient steps
to secure for ourselves Railroad cOmmuni.
cation wi.h the City Of Sacramento and
the navigable waters Of the State. The
InsttsF has been the subject Of discussion
and consideration in this community for
several years pest, and gradually the peO-
pie have become more and more convinced
that such Railroad will become an ALSO.
lutte necessity to enable our city to hold
It's present position ~ being prominent
point upon the favorite rOutc Of transit to
Carson Valley, Utah and the Eastern
States. II is . Law OF travel that it will
follow the shortest, easiest and most ex-
pedItiOUs routes. EssG and expedition
can be secured by the aid Of money and
labor, and if sc wish 10 retain the trade
and travel Eastward which We now have,
and which must increase at great ratio
in the future, we must furnish to the pub
lie the most easy and expeditions route.
The advantages that would accrue TO
our city from the completion Of such =
road are too obvious to need rccApitula.
ton here. Considerable money has been
expended by our citizens and by others,
in building good roads over the mountains
East II Us, and no person Of ordinary Oh.
servatiOn can have failed to notice the
great and rapid increase Of business which
has followed from these improvements Of
the routes Of travel. If we but continue
our improvements in the future with as
much zeal ~ in the past. we need fear no
rivalry. As Gen. McDougal said to us
IF we complete Railroad to Placervillc
the question Of route, over the mountains,
IL settled forever"
But the time has arrived when the ext
gencies Of trade and travel require Rail-
road AZ far East ct least as this point
Railroads do not grow up spontaneously
They do not visit places which do nothing
toward their construction; and therefore.
IL we want = Railroad to this point, We
must ourselves put our shoulders to the
wheel, and move forward the necessary
enterprise.
We have among w much wealth. Those
who own property in this city and oil
along the line of the road, can well afford
to subscribe and contribute to the amount
Of at least One.third or one. Fourth Of tho
value Of their real property, AZ the CON-
plction Of the road would increase the
value Of real estate in more than that pro-
portion. See what the trade Eastward
has already done for US! The sign ITO
let" sdOrns the front Of scarcely house
in the city. Give US Railroad and this
city would soon have population Of not
lesS than from ten to fifteen thousand, and
ell would have profitable employment
Ought not al these advantages to be Sc.
cd at once, IL by any reasonable effort
We can accomplish it?
Therefore We call upon every citizen
living here aud in this vicinity and upon
the line Of the road, to assist, so FAR as hi.
means will allow, to carry this enterprise
successfully forward. Some citizens have
already taken . start in the right dircc-
ton, and are circulating subscription for
stock in Railroad Company. We learn
that they are meeting with good success,
and that already large sum Of money is
subscribed. We call upon oil to do all in
their power to aid the undertaking. II we
delay efficient action but a little while,
rivals will have taken from Us oil our pres.
ent advantages which VIC can so easily re.
tain. On the other hand, if We but make
en- earnest and united effort, we have en-.
terprise enough. and wealth enough, and
advantages enough to distance oil co'npc.
sisors who may enter thr field against US