Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-09-13
THE TRANsMoNTANR RAIL
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road is reported to be almost at dead
stand still, between Auburn and New
castle. The Directors. are expending
time, money and energies in warfare Of
litigation with the Supervisors of San
Francisco to compel them to issue the
bonds of that city to assist the work on
the road. The latter have resisted through
every step of the legal proceedings up to
the final decision by the Supreme Court,
and a naanGanams has been issued COM
handing them to sign, seal and deliver
the documents forthwith. On Friday
evening they were to have met and COM
piled with the requirements of the man
damHs, but so many stayed away, that a
quorum was not present, and, consequent
", nothing was done. The next thing
will be to coerce them by imprisonment
for contempt of court. Such proceed.
ing would be in perfect accordance with
law and order and would be extremely
unpleasant upon the refractory Supervi-
sors-but would it produce the bonds :
One of the prime reasons asserted for the
contumacy of the people of San Francisco,
is the belief that the Central Pacific Rail-
road Company, or dutch Flat" as it is
CONTEMPORARY denominated, is not act
ing in good faith and IS not at
tempting, and does no. intend to
push the road to completion
across the mountains, but that the ter
minus of the road will be for many years
at or near Dutch Flat, from which point
the Railroad Company, or its principal
owners, have an excellent and easy wagon
road over the mountains. We have not
believed this story, and have defended the
Railroad Company against what we be-
heved to be not only an unjust imputa-
ton upon their faith toward the General
Government and the people of California,
but a reflection upon their good sense.
We are, however, most unwillingly forced
to admit that certain acts of commission
and omission on the part Of the Central
Pacific, have given strength to the sur
misses and suspicious expressed by the
opponents of the enterprise. Among
these are the successful efforts made by
the Company for an extension OF the
original time granted, and the removal Of
the forfeiture in case of non-fulflment of
their contract. These, together with the
almost entire suspension of the work at
the heavy cut at Bloomer Gap, create
suspicion and ill-feeling against the Com
pany throughout the community, that is
in consonance with that all along ex-
pressed by the San Franciscans. As we
said before, we have always been friendly
to the enterprise, and we regret the course
on the part of the Company, which is
certainly creating a public sentiment
against it. While this unsatisfactory
course has been pursued by the Central
Pacific, the Directors of the Placerville
Road, which has no Government encour-
agement, is steadily pushing itself toward
the mountains, and evincing determin-
alton to avail itself of the bounty of the
General Government, by being the first to
reach the boundary line of the State. The
Placervine Ns,cs claims for it that there are
about three hundred men busily engaged
upon the line of the road, and the people
of that town are looking for the arrival Of
the iron horse at that point during the
coming winter. The Surveyors of the
route report grade far superior to that
of the Central, and by their vigorous pros
ecution of the work, the Directors are in
spring the public to belief in their
sincerity and exciting its sympathy in the
undertaking. A close study of the reports
of the various surveys, and intercourse
with the Directors of the Central Pacific
Co., long ago predisposed us in favor OF
that route. If that pre-disposition be-
comes shaken and contrary sentiment
becomes generally diffused throughout the
public mind, the Central Pacific Railroad
Company will only have its own shutting
and hesitating policy to blame in the mat
ter. Our feelings are all in favor of that
road which we believe likely to be the
soonest finished. We have believed that
road to be the Central Pacific. When that
belief shall be changed, we shall toss our
cap in the air, for the other side of the
house.