New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-03-15
FROM CALIFORNIA.


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Syorre.popdence Of The N. Y. Tribune
San FRANCISCO. Cal. Feb. IL 1865.
The people inhabiting the Valleys and sea-
.st In California have been fav0ed for the past two
weeks with clear pleasant and gre wing Spring weather
txouah the season Ia cassed Winter. As natural
consequence, grain and grass looking green ana
lcurishing In Southern California Los Angeles and
Gre Counties adjoining feed for stock is reported me-
while wheat and barley stand from four to tS ihces
bgh and growing rapidly. In the Sacramento ana San
Joaquin valleys the crop is not 30 forward nor ue
grass so fer advanced Yet Is sufficiently SO 70 ena
be stock to sustain life upon the supply furnished
Primers are hopeful the eopous rams SO lar TINS
Winter promise them unusually good g'aiu and hay
srops next Sumner The year 1854 has furnished item
vh an experience IN short crops and hard times which
sAey win not soon forget.
Mining too win b. favorseR affected Q! inc abHh
dan, rains and stou of snow which have fallen upon
the lnour,ins. 1ee gold crop therefore must prove
considerably larger in 1863 Shan il did "a 1864, FOR eI
oerencs demonstrates tha water is if possible mere
necessary to u. miner th the iaTmor The mountain
rcseryoir Of re miner, which is the SLOW belt OF the
Sierra Neyal. is well supplied with the deep snow,
which rurni~hes the eolddigeer in ire Sumrlc-. and
supplies 10 great event our MYERS lth wafer H
lies now or the summit, aud for Few miles each way
from ten - twelve see: deep end furnishes tfe beso
,leichnf on the Two routes W Nevada sept o1en
Curing The Winter. Those TO are thd. oy Placer
Vile and that adopted by tue Central Pacific
Railroad Company for the Inc of that sstional WORK
which crosses the mountan NJ the cf Duol Flat
and Douner Lake The elevation ofthe mesntain onthese
two passes which separated only ~ lew Fllles Is
very nearly the same. Teet by Donnsr Lake is "V}'
feet while thai by PlaecgIe, through Johnsons Pass
WAS considered inpossibh to cross lc Sierra Nevada
in mid Winter except or snow Shoes. Ii vas so II
ported and believed at Washington, and hence
abe delay in passing Pacific Railr"d
bill and in 90 abHshing the overland
mail BIT for tsc Winters ast daily hne
of stages made reg alar trips from ~ erainente to
Virginia with the exception of OCCASIONAL lnteIrnp'
lion OF day or and this Winter twoiInes OF stages
have made their daily trips Oyc the Dc' ner Lake ana
Placeryine routes almost wiz ont interruption The
distance from Sacramento 10 Virginia 100 mile the
difference DIV the TWO routes not being probably more
Than couple OF mi which - made n the Winier IN
from twenty foaz TO forty-cs,ht hous port on OF
the distance is tr eled IN hsghs; :he DouDer Lake
route the slegbipg is now a3oui seventy miles Whlie
il is not more than fifty ,ho Placerrhe
The ride over the snow s<weyer, IL generally SpnsiG'
cred one Of pleasure as We, the vseys 60 net often
ace spow exeep, on the distant mouhtains A va nder
sul change in mountain roads and travel has been
worked since sprer was discovered IN the Wax oe re
zion Since that date more than 2 million oil collars
have been expsu led by individuals n bulldog to ROADS
across the Sierra Nevada. The result IS mountain
roads equal 10 he best in tte world-bcwen California
and Nevada These Will answer BE purposes Of trade
and travel anti the Pacitc Railroad is &c npele over
the dreaded sierra, and trains are kily crossing
This event s not fa, in the future, as II IS beng
pushed forward with an energy which VII carry the
line over Ne sgmInit during the year le0s. Permit me
to briefly e1In the progress and present CONDITION OF
the Pacific Railroad in California, Thetll which was
passed by Congress and approved by the ircsds1t on
the list Of July 1862 conferred upon ihe Central Pa
se Railroad o. Caifornia the authority ~ buio that
ror,ion OF the achc Railroad within this State anC
the amendments of last Winter autherze said COMPANY
10 complete in addition b the diyision An Calf rnis
80 miles into what is the State Of Styada Inc
act Of Congress not seceivsd here anu
Augnst 1862 Immediately thereafter the Com
.rapy made preparations tor proceeding with
the giant undertaking. Boose wee opened
and some SEQ coo subscribed by citens o. the CRY OF
Sacramento tlsce Of San Francisco declining TO sub
scribe. The capitol stock 6rst fxed at - jO0VO:
il has since been increased TO $40 ocaOO1 Ouly te
over 81 10000 which has been Observation-Disclosures ne
what has been Issued on contracts. In jam aIy 1858
the first contract was lets in the hpng Of hat year
the iron and fong stock pSrchssed fcr 20 mDes
Of read and the FIST shipment reached this port IA
October following. II all however safely arr we'd, an
an JpDe ls64, !bo Company had 2 miles OF th
Pacific Railroad completed sRd ecTened for th
use of the public In the Summer following, tbe
commissioners appointed by the President OF WHOM
Gov Lew was one. Examined thc road and submitted
Favorable report the PresideE1 which ents cs the
company 10 Governs Mt lands al the ate Of sl6OoO
per mile Coz SEVEN and $4,000 per nile fo twep -four
Making an aggregsie for the thirty enc miles OF
&l264OOG and every alternate section OF unoceilped
public land On each aide Of the linz for twenty niles
In addition to the aid furnished by Goyernn ent
the company have yes eiyed and been prom
all from .he State and from the counie-
Of Sacramento Placer land San francisco !-,ho
fret named subscribed for S}W000 the set&nd
for $1,000 ard the third lr SG0O00 " Che stock Of
The Company Sacramento aud Placer furnished tie
bonds promised but San Francisco has beer p.eveBtei
Nv lay suits Instituted BY Individuals whose interest
would be injured by the progress Of the Pacific Railroad
A law passed last session. which bound the State
to pay the interest the bonds Of the Company 20 the
amount OF 800 90 for tweHs years which has been
unanimously declared by the SDHeme Court to be
stiinional and binding This rsakes those bonds as
good for Investment "a any in The market.
In statement submitted by the Secretary she 18th
OF last January. he reports the pesent available axets
Of the Company follows:
Capital stock nnsold .-......->>-. SIS 46l.leo %
y mount due from stockholders. .....~ 1850 ~
Bonds Of Placer County unsod. ......-- 1000 90
Bonds Of Sacramento Countg unsold. 49, 1863, 100 w
i, Amount due from the city and county OF
4 San Eyane ont Vnd