The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1863-05-02
The Sacramento Union on Railroad SUBJ
scrintiOnS

scriptions.
AS we anticipated, the Sac. Union comes
out as an advocate for our county taking
S25O,O00 in the stock of the Sac. Pacific
r. r. 1t draws bright pictures of the wealth
and prosperity that is to follow to the coun
ty if our people will but take its advice. We
want our people to understand this hypocritn
cal imposlor, that is now attempting to foist
debt and taxation upon Placer that their
debt ruined city may be dragged out of the
mire. And to do this we have to go but a
little way back in history
In 1860 the proposition was submitted to
the voters of Placer county to take 500 900
stock in the Sac. Placer & Nevada +. R.
The Unian took some interest in the matter,
and made the following record against cOun
ties taking stock in such enterprises. In re-
ceivng printed circular against the propo-
sition, it said in its issue Of June 23d, 1860:
"But the serious objection against the project
does not seem to be much touched upon, and that
is the authority granted to the Supervisors to
subscribe for stock. 1t is often good policy for
counties to loan their credit in the shape Of bonds
to promote such enterprises where it would be
miserable POLICY to subscribe for stock. Under
our Constitution no county ought TO run the risk
OF subscribing for stock, as it would be impossi-
bic for her by so doing to limit her liability.
rs stochhoider she may be invofued in double
the amount Of her su6scription."
Two days afterwards, June 25th, 1860,
in reviewing pamphlet issued by the direct
ors, of course in favor of the proposition
the Union said Of the arguments they "do
not remove our objections to having a county
to become a stakeholder in a Railroad under
our Constitution. Our Constitution has not
been changed, but now this paper advises
our county to take $3.50 900 stock in its Sac
ramento enterprise If the Union was hon
est in its sentiments in 1862 it is a cheat
and swndler in 1868, and by its own show
ing is endeavoing to involve this county in
financial embarrassment in double the amount
of the proposed subscription. We want
voters TO consider these things, and
discard the present advice of that paper as
coming from source that possesses neither
conscience or honor.
SOMETHING TO BE REMEMBERED.-The ad-
vocaes of the Railroad appropriation in this
county, are Industrious in creating the i'm
preston, among those who are not properly
informed on the subject, that presumption
and possessoly claims on public lands are
the same in efect-or rather that possesl
sorry claim is prelemption, and that the
Pacific Railroad Co. cannot take the timber
from such claims.
We again warn hol ders of land claims,
that all the land in this county, from the
edge Of the plains to the summit of the ST.
erras is classed as mineral, is reserved from
sale and cannot be purchased from the Gov
eminent. \ few townships of these lands
were surveyed in the foothills, some wears
ago, and offered for sale by the Government
aud some sections disposed Of, but when
the officers found the surveys embraced
mineral land, the remaining sections were
Withdrawn from market.
All ranches, then, on mineral lands, that
have been run out 10y Surveyors, and the
records of the same made in the County Re
corders office, are but possesssory claims
made IN the pursuance of the laws of the
State. No absolute title is or can be given
by the State laws to these lands. Congress
is the only authority that can dispose of the
public lands, and so far has reserved the
mineral lands from sale, but it has in an un,
guarded moment given the timber on these
lands to the Central Pacific h. r., in alter
nate sections for ten miles on each side of
the road This road will run for ninety
miles through the mineral region of Placer
county, and for the extent this Company will
command the timber, on all the possessorv
land claims in that distance
1t is only where persons hold patents to
land from the United States, or have enter
ed and paid for their lands at the Land office
in MarysvilIe, and have obtained certificates
of the fact, that their possessions can escape
the grants of the Pacific Railroad Act OF
Congress to the Company.
No ranch in the mining district of this
county, for ten miles on each side of this
contemplated road, escapes The timber is
taken on all the odd sections, aud as the
land is not surveyed, the Company pracli-
caIIy get all the timber. Landholders when
you 90 to the polls remember this. Is it
not enough that your timber goes into the
possession Of this Railroad Company, without
| your taxing YOURSELF upon what is left you,
tor twenty years to put this company in posi-
session of means to enable them to reach
your timber!
Vote against the proposition; and by the
next session of Congress, if the voice of an
outraged people can be heard, Legislation
will be obtained to throw some protection
around the lands you have taken up and i'm
proved in good faith.
One Hundred Guns.
On Monday evening, after the receipt oil
tho news that the Legislature had adjourned
| one hundred 0nnS Mera fired in Anhnrn ns