The mountain Democrat., 1865-07-22
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r.t7t Nh9SeEhSH wy VI AOVVd
EDrOs Con Hill NEws: thank yOu
Eor publishing my communication in reply
to Merchant and an pleased thst yoc
ave him apAcs In your columns 70 CONS
back came.' In this article I Win endeaV.
or 10 be more explicit, % be says failed
10 answeR-a single point Of HE, etc. did
not dssiee 10 answer his article In d6tail,
but only desired 70 combat the perntslonl
ideas - f6F1h By him to aid the Rsci6c
or DaseA Nss AsiIrOAd.
I viii therefore go . Nst1e into details
briefly e possible. By The fepeaIed state.
msntS Of the officers Of that company we
srs given % understand that they h4Se
mort than enough assets 20 build the en-.
tire road. Will 'Merchant' please read the
E0gineeg's report, aod also Gov. Stanford
speech before the Constitutional COnven.
tioaP ! refer him also to Gov. Stanford 8
consolidation to the joint Railroad Com
mittoe Of OuF State. page 1876 He says !
When Mr.. judah estimated the work at
$4,000 per mile, be came near the truth,
a. be bad the data from &hieh TO make his
calculations. The recent surveys (WHICH
never have been more full ard accurate
than the 6rst mAde) as veil rs the know n
cost Of the work already completed. con.
drm the accuracy Of the original estimates
Of Mr.. Judah.' By reference 10 the SAME
individuals speech in our Convention,
Merchant will see that the Government
gives sea, 600 per mils to the york, to
which Is to be added the nilliottS Of State,
county aud corporation aid. not mention.
SAa he sunsllsAna ~ <~f L. Il
and private subscriptions to the Stock
Gov. Stamford said also, that II the State
Of Nevada donated 90, 0O0, 900 10 the Pa
ci6c Railroad, Of which he was President,
it would not hasten its completion .
year. , month"; = week or q day 10
our StAte-putting his statement on the
ground that they had ample resources d..
ready. Since this extraordinary speech.
the National Government has increased les
aid. In view Of these facts. for facts in.
controVertible they are, Merchant cor
tends that unless re give it our entire
6usiness, We retard its progress.
Merchant says Mr.. Lathams schemes
bad an failed III England Ideny that he
Ger vas aAthSrixed or relied upon direct
ty 10 negotiate . dollar in any shape for
che PlseerviiIe and WaShOe Railroad, or
any other company ~hO designed building
. road Oger the Plaeervile route. That
gentleman VAS RegOtiating Coz the pur-
chase of the San Francisco and San Jose
road, aOd also the franchise known as Che
Western Paci6c RailrOad; and pending
these negotiations survey was made con.
Meeting with the P!acerviIle road near
Latrobe. That he represented English
capital there is no doubt emphatically
deny his having any authorized coNDec-
%isa Ehstever With the Plscerville road TO
WaEhoe, nor did that gentleman represent
nLL tlIe caPital available in England
There hes been no failure to obtain the
Necessary @eANS to construct the WaShoe
and Sea francisco Railroad wide p. 20S,
COmmitEee RsPSrt). the sworn statement
al 2. A. BiSbOR. q vi esgiOeer OF the road.
so much for Ghe pests 1 failed TO an
Swer.' Merchant Hdieules the idea that
we are going 70 have t~s railroads over
abe mountains. i(Uily Agree Wit him on
shat pGi"t. aR6 a., wSSA <te EEtAs Sc-
fore me. ENRy Of the opininn that the only
one read re wdl gG1 Is <he ARe nOw in
course Of construction via PIac-rSill- -
lie SAYS. 'aL,AiAer eNOclU~ive T,"t is that
90 work Is being dane east Of Shinglc
Springs This accnrds with his string d
IsOse SiateneUtS Since, Mr. Editor. 500
published my reply TO his article, I have
been OVrr the mountains and back, and
(aR tell Merchant that saw hundreds OF
~Orkmen engaged 'esst Of Shingle
Springs grading tine road towards Neva-
da; and I say 70 Merchant that abe road
will be. built BY the way Of Pl0ecrvihe 20
our Stste regardless q iiS deteFWsioeA ep-
Posihon. Wells, Fargo & Co. and the
glorious old Pioneer Stage Go. will con,
tinue to connect and run their express
aud stage lines over the quickest and
best route, and taSs render practical as
siStance to hasten the speedy construc,
ton Of one railroad at least, and possibly
two. So much in reply to Merchants
last.
II he Is really deSirouS Of discussing this
subject in ell its bearings, or to handle il
without gloves, combining himself to facts,
have no objections to enter the ESts -
] stated in my communication that |
could give OEE reason shy our Peppte
withheld their patronage from the Dutch
Fiat route. and that is, il ia an impracti
cable road Cor Ereighting. for the following
reasons got NV information from team
steTS: Il is not 1AsSahie for loaded teams
until June or July. aud then no reliance
can be placed on the length OF time it can
be Travelled OH account If the storms and
even, last week, | was informed. that the
Wnows u last winter yet. remain to the
depth III several feet for number Of miles,
the track having been shOVeled out so the
teams could pass. Such a thing is IN
heard Of on the Placerville route at this
season of the gear. have further been
informed that q gentleman Who owned a
large number Of teams, frcighting on the
PlacerviIle route, had such favorable
terms offered him one dollar per ton
FROM Sacramento to Clipper Gap and tolls
frce-th he concluded to examine the
shortest and best road Every facility
was given him BY the railroad managers
but after . thorough examination he re
fused TO move q honf over on to that route,
giving ~ some Of his reasons that the road
was narrow, turns short, and tina; no such
loads could be hauled over, that route Al
could be via Piacerville. Two pieces oil
iniOrmation I desire to whisper in 'Mer.
chants eaV, in PArenthesiE: "a load via
PiacerViile ranges from $4,000 to 20. 600
pounds. and often more. The owner Of
the teams, who examined this Dutch Flat
routes known by the name Of Pete Mac
Rvaw.) Another reason is, that our inter
ests would suffer il VIC should lose such
reliable institutions as Wells. Fargo & Co
and the Pioneer Stage Company, and be
compelled to wait for our mails and ex
press . whole week, in tl'eir transit over
rbV Dutch Flat snow. bound route. 'Mer