The Shasta courier., 1866-03-03
SHASTA COURIER.
Railroad.

Railroad.
We are in receipt of the following circular
1t explains itself:
RED BLurF, January 10, 1900.
DEAR Sir knowing you to pe oeePi' III;
interested in the welfare of Northern o"i.,
fornia, the undersigned Commit.ee W. -,
respectfully call your attention 70 .uo ~
portant project of building railroad 'nioufa r.
the Sierra Nevadas from some PoinI ou .ns
Sacramento River to Susanyilie, lunnn
through a Pass near Lassen's Du'e
cordially invite you to attend ConsennOn Tn,n.a
of the citizens oi Shasta, Tenama' oo1osS 30
and Lassen counties. to be held at Red
Bluff, on the 26th of March next, for TUE Pu,
pose of taking into consideration !1e p.o.
priety of procuring a. Survey OF saiu 49,
that it may be properly brough. 70 'n1 nn ~
tice of Congress, of Capitalists, anu "'' ~
terested. -
allow us to present the following as some OF
the reasons which have prompted the taxing
of this preliminary step. NJ,
The Importance of such road to North
ern California. and the superior practicable
ty of this route, being at its greatest altitude
5000 feet some 1000 feet less than the
altitude of any route yet surveyed-the
character of the country over which 1t passes
being such as to render tunnelling entirely
unnecessary, and the amount of snow in
winter SO inconsiderable as to offer little or
no impediment to the regular passage Of
trains.
Hoping to meet you at the Convention, we
remain, Yours, truly,
THOS. NJ. BOARMAN
WARNER EARLL.
J. R. BRADWAY.
j. B. ANDRUS.
A. H. STOUT.
The only part of the circular that address.
es itself particularly to our appreciation is
the first line and quarter. In that the
committee have struck it. We are deeply
interested; SO deeply that we cannot sane.
tion any such mad scheme :" for the benefit
of Northern California" Take this circular
in connection with the action of the citizens
of Red Bluff when Mr.. Elliot was seeking
subscriptions for the survey of a road from
Marysville to Portland, Oregon. on which
occasion they declined to give dollar, anc
the lcgica' deduction from the facts would b,
that Red Bluff is Northern California tina
once there, in the opinion of its leading cit
izens, aud the traveller has done Northern
California
We have different view of the case. w,
think Shasta, Trinity, Humboldt, klamath
Siskiyou and Del Norte counties are north o
that point, and cannot see how those coun
ties are to be materially benefited by this nev
railroad scheme, gotten up ostensibly for th
benefit of Northern California, but commenc
ing south of it and running due east. Th
route for road beginning at Marysvill
and ending at Portland has been surveyed
and proven practicable, and necessary no
only as a great highway for commerce, bu
as military road, furnishing the means @
readily transporting troops and supplies tt
any point on the coast that might be threat
ened by maratime force. In the latter
sense, and under existing circumstances, the
road is of such vital necessity to the Gov
erHuent that we doubt not Congress will Sc
act in the premises so as to enable the com
pany to proceed at once with its construc-
tion. Let US do one thing at time. Let
the wealth now proposed to be used in max
ing survey from Red Bluff to Susanville
be used to forward the construction of the
coast road which will open a vast scope of
couatry to agriculture, manufactures, and
mining. and make those interests safe, and
at the same time and by the same means
providing protection for them. Help us to dc
this, gentlemen of Red Bluff, and then il
YOU want that side cut g for the benefit Of
Northern California, we have no objection
and will help you. But meanwhile throw
off that crust of sel6shness that has hereto
fore rendered you blind to everything bu
the interests of Red Bluff, disenabling you
to take an extended view of that even, ant
induce your two papers to join the press o
all California and Oregon in the Fastening
to completion of this great necessity not onl,
to this State, but to the Pacific slope, al
well as a step in progress and convenienc,
TO the commerce of the world. Cease t.
look upon benefits in which all are partici
pants as peculiarly antagonistic to the in
terests of Red Bluff. Study nature anC
rational causes, and learn that no one spo
can become great at the expense of nj
others, but can only be great as participant
in a general prosperity, from which superior
ity can only be attained by advantageou
locality, or by liberal and far seeing enter
prise.
That the ceast road is a State and Nation
al necessity local and general necessity
is conceded by all who take the trouble t.
look beyond their noses, and we hope to Sc
such manifestations throughout this Stat
and Oregon as will insure its early com
mencement and completion. United effor
can secure the necessary legislation b.