The weekly Butte record. [volume] (Oroville [Calif.]) 1866-1887, 1866-11-03

Nom RAnEoAps.-h is stated that work vii
shortly be commenced on the railroad designed to
run between Sacramento and Benicia- And this
route spoken Of IS the shortest the quickest the
cheapest, and the most conven lent. for the essab
Ishment of railroad Communication between San
Francisco and Sacramento: that the crossing from
Benicia to Martinez can be effected with but very
little delay; steam ferry boats, such used in
crossing rivers in the Atlantic States could be used
with tracks upon them for running freight cars on
and OF the boats directly upon the land track.
From Martinez TO Oakland . railroad can be econ
omically built and IT is further stated that COM
pany is being formed for that purpose. From
Oakland road can be on piles across the Bay
to Goat Island.
This we suppose to be the plan for the extension
of the Central Pacific. or Dutch Flat railroad to
San Francisco. 1t is also understood that the Di-
rection of the Pacific Dutch Flat concern have de-
cided to their road acroO the snow belt of the
mountains. in order TO render it servicable during
the winter months The great Central Pacific
Railroad will thus run from suow-covered noun
tains to water-covered Sacramento and from thence
to ferry across the Straits Of Csrquinez, and TO
Goat Island and thence to San Francisco by Ferry
Boat 1t will be seen that they do not reach San
Francisco by railroad. 1t is simply doing the best
that can be done to maintain the improperly chosen
route of Dutch Flat, when there were others that
were shorter, over which a railroad can be much
more cheaply constructed, and which would be open
and servicable during the entire year. That route
Is from Vallejo to Marysvie, and thence through
the mountains by the Feather river. This route
requires no covering TO be smashed into splinters
by slides; it dspenses with one ferry, and re-
quires more re-shipping of goods than the form
er, while the transportion would be much easier
and cheaper. The difference in the time required
to run ferry boat to Vallejo instead of Goat Is
land, would more than balanced by the point gain
ed for the departure of the cars. Passengers and
freight on the cars would then avoid the dangers of
being shipwrecked and snow. bound. We noticed
the statement somewhere that it was probable that
work would soon be resumed on the Marysville and
Vallejo road. and we trust it may prove correct.
Marysville has been outrageously swindled in that
transaction, if the road is not to be completed.
With that road in running order. it would require
no great length OF time for the true railroad and
business of the country to ascertain the adTan-
tages of the Feather river route over the covered
deadfall arrangement by Dutch Flat. and capital
would not be lacking to make servcable road.
That this will ultimately be adopted as the route
for the railroad the continent to enter Cali
fornia, despite the covering shakes and shingles of
the Dutch Flat route and the levees of Sacramento
may be regarded certain returning sea-
sons. When the Atlantic railroad shall be compile
ted. and the botch work of the Central Pacific
Company brought into full view of an outraged ma
ton their will fall into the disgrace contempt
and obscurity, from which its swndng projectors
should never have been permitted to emerge