The Placer herald., 1862-09-27
.,cnAmENTO CORRESPONDENCE.
SACRAMENTO I nut Sutty, ocPo' 1opH' 7
SACRAMENTO vs. SuTTERyTILE.

SACRAMENTO vs. sUTTERvTILE.
uessr,. Ed,tors:-Our old enemy Sutterville
ha, again been rcsurrected and appears in the
Geld With rich backcrs 1t has long been known
that CON pany of capitalists in San Francisco.
have had in contemplation the building up of Il
rival city at Sutterville. But, until now, there
have been conditions attached to the movement
One important one was, "that if Sacramento
should be again overflowcd the coming winter
then the enterprise was to be undertaken" 1t is
now, however understood that the city of Suffer-
Vile is to be built up. floods or no floods 1t is
also understood that Phoebe & Co J. Mora Moss
and others, have purchased the large tract Of land
embracing the town of Sutterville, and will ut
once enter upon the enterprise. 1t is said
that these capitalists have affiliated and entered
into arrangements with the Steam Navigation
Company, by which regular landing OF their
steamers will terminate at the embryo city. A
dock is to be erected. and completed as soon as
other arrang ngcmcnts are effected. }. Mora Moss
who owns. in himself and in trust for others, the
Sacramento Valley Railroad, will at once build n
branch OF the road to Sutterville. But short
time will be required for the building OF the
railroad and by the time the road is ready the
Steam Navigation Company will have their land
inps complete. or course there is no use OF steam
ers touching at Sutlervlle until the road is com
pleted. By the time the rainy season is fairly
sipon us. and the roads in the vicinity OF and
leading to Sacramento are in their worst condi-
|
to ruin Sacramento will be in successful opera
tion.
WILL 1T SUCCEED:
I am treating this enterprise of creating SUIT
tcrville into u rival, as reality. 1t may be,
however, all an illusion. Did not the attempt. if
made look so plausible and seem so likely to be
successful, should put down the rumors afoat
relating TO it as all bosh. The relative advan-
tages as regards good site, for city is decided
ly with Suttcrvle, and is improving and adj
vancng daily. The doubt about our new levees
protecting Sacramento against future overl1ows,
gives character and pl visibility to the Sutterville
enterprise. and proportonatcly detracts from
Sacramento. And if the lcvens hold out the
waters for one or two years, our safety is not
made but little more secure from the 1act Every
body knows that the American outlets are fast
filling in, and that the waters of Hood will seek
the lowest channels If we possessed the capital
and the energy to fill and raise the city. as fast.
or a little faster than the natural deposits are
made outside the lcvees we might escape being
made the new bed OF the Amcrlcan Or. speak
ing more correctly. we might prevent the Ameri-
can from taking its old channels when at its
highest stages -ior the American Tor ages (beiore
building our first levccs) followed 4 dozen differ
ent sloughS which coursed through what is now
known rs the city. The formidable sand bars de-
posted in the Sacramento river, lnterruptng
and destroying navigation, is evidence sufficient
to convince any one but 4 SFcramcntan capital
OF the immense deposits O SdHu III tnc
rican within three and four miles OF its mouth.
and junction with the Sacramento river To dam
off the American by new and more powerful
levees and combining the American to its modern
tanks will add THOUSAND fold to these deposits
in the Sacramento.
If the Steam Navigation Company has deter
mined TO frlteruiZc with the san Francisco
speculation to build up Sutervile on the ruins
OF Sacramento. it is not because this Company
are inimical to u, but more from Ha'trr OF
necessity arising from the difficulty the steamers
meet in arriving at the docks with an ordinary
freight. The Company must have sufficient depth
of water to float their steamers; and if the river
front is filing up rapidly to-day. it is plausible
in stockholders to realise the fact that sooner or
later they must make their landing at some point
below Sacramento 1t is il fact that their steam
crs cannot swing around. when halt ircighted. at
the foot of any street. They have dropped their
boats down IRON TO X. l.. NJ and n. in cndeav-
ors to get below the sand bars. but without avail.
The entire front is filling up, excepting narrow
channel which has to he carefully followed by
the pilots on the up trip.
RAILROAD POLICY.
Between Sacramento and the 5. V. Il. Il. Com
pany there is an old fcud-the company believ-
ing it has been badly served. and the citizens on
the other extreme, feeling the railroad a great
curse TO the city. Hence it is not expected that
the stockholders will avoid n good opportunity
to give the city another kick. The railroad aud
steamers are commercial relatives, aud their busi-
ness, as common curriers'. is necessarily come ct
cd Two thirds Of the railroad bus slncss comes
through the steamers merchandise from the Bay
merchants. and machinery from the iron founders.
The steamers no doubt would be accommodated
by landing all this freight at the Sultervillc
dock.
THE EFFECT on TEAMING.
This city has suffered the loss OF thousands
npon thousands of dollars by the Sacramento
Valley Railroad Company carrying freight to
Folsom formerly transported IN heavy freight
wagons. Look around Sacramento and the
immense number Of stables. now empty. and
which before the day OF railroad transportation,
were filed every night with teams. Look into
the number Of half kept and empty hotels which
formerly were crowded with teamSters. Look at
the hundreds of wagon and bIacksmths' shops,
and behold the vacant work benches, and the
silent hammers and dusty unvlls. But should the
steamers. by choice or C0npulson. discharge
their Washoe freight at Sutterv HE, there must Of
necessity be another diversion OF leamsters from
Sacramento.
WHAT WILL. OUR MERCHANTS no.
1t we'll known here that our ''princcly mer-
chants here are not real estate owners. Their
property is composed of goods, wares and mer
chandise" They are held here by their Interests
in trade and not by the value of corner lots or
three walled brick stores What will they do
when they find a rival city growing up within
their sight and prospcrng out OF the trade they
have heretofore enjoyed exclusively! VIII they
sit quietly down at their desk, and declare the
enterprise II bubble, and wait for the end Of the
scheme believed to be sh0rt-lved. Will they
participate and add to the pauc? Win not many
OF them at once open branch establishments at
the new city, in order to save themsclves-th
giving aid and sustinance to the very thing they
would oppose. The struggle then begins between
the "branch" and the parent house" "-and ii the
,.son" becomes more prosperous than the "iather,'
tie latter is soon absorbed by the former. At
any rate, the merchants interests as between the
rival towns has become neutralized, and he is
bound to be carried wherever interest attracts
him the strongest. MORE ANON.