The Shasta courier., 1861-03-30
OF Tehan. Correspondence.

Or Tehama CorrcsPondence.
aIyansf' communication Of last week, as
we then shted, arrived too late for insertion
in our las( issue. We therefore omit all save
portion having reference to the
NAyIG41IoN OF THE UPPER SACRAMENTO.
If the loats are ever to run up to Clear
Creek. ndr is the time and this the boat to
do II. Tke McClelland" draws less water
than any3boat on the Sacramento, and just
40 soon q she runs up to Clear Greek the
monopol5 line will be Obliged to run their
boats u to that place also, and Clear
Greek vi thenceforth be the head of navl-
CATION. Mhe reason why the Cal. 5. N. Co. g
boats did not 20 up that far is that they had
no oppobstion, and consequently could do
better b sssPine at the Bluffs. But now,
| say, they must do it, or sell out to somebo-
dy that can Therefore let me offer to your
readers some suggestions: Appoint a COM
mittee to carefully investigate and earnestly
discuss this matter. Let them invite Captain
Miles, who is gentleman in every sense of
the word, and who will do anything in his
power for the future welfare of your place
Have all the wealthy men of Shasta, such as
Loag, Callaghan, Getleson, Grotefend, Cole
man and Levin left you? Why do they not
take hold Of this matter? Where is Mr..
Klotz, who knows the Upper Sacramento
better than anybody else? Wake up, gen.
tlemen.
The benefit of the 'Opposition Line
even now can point out to your readers. Last
trip the Cal. S. N. Co.'S boat brought up
freight from San Francisco for Sl2 so per
ton, thus reducing the rate of freight about
100 per cent. Your readers must also con-
fess that the above Company has for many
years charged exhorbitant rates, m conse-
quence whereof it has proved disastrous to
most of the merchants in the upper country.
Therefore, let everybody support this oppo-
sition boat, for if they do not, they will soon
find themselves at the mercy of the old
monopoly.
We Of course are not responsible for the
views of our correspondent. Indeed we diff
fer from him in almost every particular. We
have been again and again so completely
fooled and disgusted with Opposition
boats" that we feel indignant to hear of one
mentioned. We look upon all projects Of
steamboat oppositions as prinsa .tacia evil
dence of chicanery on the part of the pro-
jectors, In every instance heretofore, all
oppositions, both to the Gal. S. N. Go: and
the Pacific NJ. S. Co., have been established
for the sole purpose of compelling those CON-
panies to buy them off. Speculatars abso-
lutely built the boats with that sole object in
view. They have thus entailed an extraordi-
nary expense upon the Cal. S. N. Company,
which thus compelled it to keep prices Of
freight and passage at figures sufficiently
high to cover ths extraordinary expenses
forced upon 1t by the specializing opposi.
tion rascals. This is the frozen truth And
hence we trust our traders will not abandon
a Company that runs boats all the year, whe-
ther it pays or not, for new boats which nav
continue on opr waters for month. for a
week, or for day-and which are almost
sure to stop just SO soon as running ceases to
pay.
OF course if the g McClelland' will run to
Clear Greek our merchants should encoura ge
her. That will change the whole character
cf the question. We have been informed by
one of the leading officers in the Cal S. N.
Go. IS employ that there erists no serious i'm
pediment to the navigation the Sacramento
rirer to Clear Creekt Any movement which
will bring the head of navigation on this river
to within a short distance of Shasta will be
encouraged by our citizens. All their freight
age would be given to this end, as well as
donations of money. viii the owners of the
" McClelland'' engage earnestly and hon
estly in this enterprise, " "Ivan?" That is
the question.
NAIL TO Observation-Disclosures we are to
have a daily mail from Missouri to Califor-
nia-and Pony Express semi-weekly, car
rying five pounds, eachtrip, for Government,
free of charge, and reducing the COST of letters
by said Express to 81 per alfounce-and all