The weekly union record., 1864-01-30
Road Matters.

Mn. EDITOR In view Of the fact that the
Board Of Supervisors of this county, will COM
mence their February term on next Monday.
/ haze thought it nigh, be well to remind the
business men aad property holders of 0royillc
,ha; an efJr; is on foot and the Board will be
urged strongly 10y ponlerous petitions and
elaborate ieEAl arguments to vaca'e the CID
county road leading from IIa,c's ferry, on the
Yves; side Of Feather river, to The Satter coun-
# Iae-oae OF the most important pn5,ic
lAQroughAres Ieaiio., to your city; draining a
large and rich agricultural district. located IL
Hamilton tp. This district Is annually produ-
eng its tens of thousands OF bushels Of grain.
and rapidly increasing in extent of cultivated
land ard quantity Of produce. \ portion Of
this valley Is deservciIy ranked among the very
best land il the Sta,c-whilst a very large
portion Of the State has met with almost il
not entire failures from drouh-this valley has
never failed 10 yield good harvest to the fru-
gal aud industrious farmer. These petitioners
at,rly fer the location Of new road, leading
over grouu,!! oa::-Siy imp7actcal one half the
year. without an cn2rmous expenditure to the
county. aad 50 lcogibens the distance to Orc
vile. which. together with tho roughncss Of
The al. requiring double teams, or half loads,
will have the eject of driving tie produce OF
this section of the county to Marysviie. It
requires no farther or stronger evidence TO the
merchants and business men Of Orovilc to
convince them Of The danger of lcsi0G this
trade, than to cite them 10 the effects already
made practicslly evident, in the sudden and
great falling off in that trade during the past
season. attributable solely to the changes made
in the old river road commencing directly be
low Hales ferry. through the lands of j. L,
Henshaw; making The distance much greater,
and requiring the necessity Of doubling teams
to haul their usual loads This roai-already
a county road-ani the best uaiura! road in
The county. should be reopcued where ob.,vuc-
,ious are placed in it, and by the order OF the
proper authorities kept open, a2l the citizens
oi Oroyi.le who have 4 direct interest in the
future welfare Of the city and county should
give i; their attention. The injury, although
seriously ielt by the citizens Of this valley, ID
not uov vii! ii be as great as that sustained by
the citizens Of Oroyilie. If We are compelled
to ;rayei the road asked fo7 by these petition
ers, il vii be easier and cheaper for Us 10 seek
market for our produce in MarysvilIe than il
Will IN OroviIlo. orr natural and legitimate
market Where farmers sell their produce
there they spend their money. The parties il
seeking this change in this section, in the new
location, are 10 doubt looking forward to &
change in our county affairs. iu the future
which would result favorable 10 their interest:
in obs,ructing. as much as possible, this crea
and important public highway leading directly
10 our County Seat 1t twoud be we'll for il
te7estei property holders to weigh this matter
FritsTeNesfg. FARXER.
HAMILTON, Cal, Jan. -, 1864
THg AQCILA,-Nearly thirty tons Of tht
Aquilas freight WAS discharged, on the 2eth
and The woES IS bciug pushed quite rapidly