The weekly Butte record., 1866-05-05

TIE SHORTEST AND BEST EorrE TO RUsY CRY.
IDAao.-A correspondent OF the Sacramento I'm
ion captain Frederick AeaFs Of the Ninth Uni
ted States Infantry.) writing from -Fest NcGarry,
Nevada gives the distances the route from Chi
CO, Butte county, to Ruby City, Idaho; and speaks
I in glowing terms thereof We endorse every word
/ he says in tina. connection. and award the Captain
the mead of gala try in forcing his facts and hg-
ures into the columns OF the Sacramento Union,
the old enemy OF every roate that does not point to
Dutch Flat, from the mud-hole and frog-pond in
" hich that paper is located. How the dickens he
induced that paper to publish if is the question:
Bat we found it there. and propose to make little
use of the Captains figures for the Information aud
possible benefit Of those who desire to ship freight
or travel Idahowards. The Captain made the march
over the route in November last, and knows where
of he speaks. He gives the distances from Chico
To Finley's at. 16
Hogs Back, or Spragues. ......... ..-..... IA
Dyers ...... ----.---..-.. -..l9
Big Meadows s................ ...-..........17 Il
Mouhtain .----..---..- .--.-.------ II
To which we add from Chico to Chico Landing.
nd we have loo and five miles only from the
Sacramento river where freight can be landed by
steamers from San Francisco, at twelve dollars per
ton weight and measure, with one dollar addi-
tional per ton commissions. Shippers of freight
by the weekly steamers that ply the Sacramento
river to go by the Chico route will that their
freight will cost them but thirteen dollars per ton
~. gar
mer use TO Susanville, a distance of one hundred
and five miles. If we extend the route from Chico
to railroad communication at OroSle, twenty-three
miles, the route from Orove to SusanviIIe by the
way of Chico, is one hundred aud twenty-five
miles. The advantage of shipping freight to Oro-
Vile to go by the Chico route is the fact that freight
is put down here nominally at nine dollars per
ton, commissions storage. The freight
charges the railroad however, are by weight on
ly, which makes actual difference of one dollar
and ahalf per ton on goods of an ordinary charac-
ter, making the actual cost for freight from San
Francisco to Orosile only seven dollars and fifty
cents per ton; difference of s45O per ton in favor
of shipping to Oroville for the Chico route with
seventeen miles additional land carriage. Ship
pers of freight will understand whether this is suf
Uclc0t lQuuCeulclL IOT tuclu 10 StDuS
for the Chico route, by railroad from Marysville,
instead of shipping them by weekly steamers up
the Sacramento river. Having thus given the Chico
route to Susanville, let examine the route from
Oroville to Susanville direct. one that has been
Travelled during the winter, and not like the Chico
route, shut up by snow, because it follows up the
North Fork of Feather river, and is below the snow
line. The first four horse passenger coach that
ever crossed the mountains from California into
Nevada, was driven the route from Orove to
demonstr that it good natural wagon road.
From Orovile to Dogtown.-... .............. "a
lnskip ....-.--..---.. -..-..-- 10
Longyille Observation-Disclosures. ..............2 "a
And we have but one hundred and four miles from
OrorWe 10 SusonrHe, against one hundred and fire
miles from SusanriHe TO fke Chico Landing, tcith
the adrantage of better ,cason road, orer an es-
tabiiSaed mail route, and difference Of four dol
lars and a-haif per ton in tarcr Of shipping by
the OroeiNe route TO SusaariHe. These are facts
aud figures, and shippers Of freight should inform
themselves, before being steamboated when rail
roads in running order. From Susanville the
route to Ruby City is and he We give
tne ioCdtlous anu Ul Sdpt- hcdIs-
To Soldiers Bridge. Observation-Disclosures. Is
Mud Springs. -
Smoke Creek, Neyads. Observation-Disclosures. =. -. 10
Buffalo Springs 10
Deep Hole via Wall Springs s..................22 %
Granite Creek k...-..-.............. ........l2
Flowing Springs .-..........-- IL
Soldiers Meadows .--... u
'1N.N'iNt - - - '--
Summit Lake Springs ---...l5
Mint Springs
HriuleF springs .---- .-.....-.----
Hot Springs, Pueblo Valley ........l5
Pueblo Greek Observation-Disclosures. ........l2
Trout Greek, Oregon. ........................-.
" iuow Greek ---..--...---- -Zo
White Horse alley. 4
Crooked Creek Observation-Disclosures. 80
McWilliams' Ranch Idaho. .............. -. 5
lnsAips ..----..-..---....... ..-.-.-.--.-... IA
Big Jordan alley Observation-Disclosures. S
Jord IN Greek, Ruby City y...--..-.......-......l5 Is
is placed at Sl3 per ton. to Ruby City AL miles;
total distance from 0roville, where freight is placed
at s. so per ton, to Ruby City, 410 miles.