The weekly Butte record., 1866-06-23
square Tall-n.le Muscle vs.. the Engine

and through the Sacramento Valley, is aboat eal-
minating in a fierce struggle for supremacy, be
tween mule muscle and the engine. Marysyille
promies 70 be the scene OF the conflict and the
Transfers Association viii act as mounted marines
and shoot of their mules, like Squibob's army
officer. We Ike square talk on any subject aud if
MarysviIle is really going to insist upon stopping
the progress Of the railroad at their city in order
that they may become the centre for the staging
and teaming Of Northern California, We admire
the pluck that prompts them to say so, however
much We condemn their Judgment. II such be
the object, Marysve should stop the Central Rail
road in the swamp and oTerhoved lands on the
sonth side of the Yuba, and tear up the track Of
the oroville railroad Otherwise the male muscle
of the association viii be no mach Tor the Engine.
Stopping the Central railroad on the south side of
the Yuba, and refusing 10 let il connect with the
0roVille Railroad, will only support few cartmen
and maintain single toll bridge. While such
policy would confer material benefit upon Ma
rysyille, il would be positive injustice to the bu
siness community of every locality in Northern
California, and one that would not long be toera
ted BY an out ragged people. While such spirit is
manifest with some, it is highly improbable that
any considerable number OF respectable business
men of Marysvle contemplate any such factious
opposition to a line of railroad designed TO connect
California and Oregon. That sneh selfish spirit
exists to some extent in that place. is evidenced by
the following from the Marysyille Express Of Mon
day:
t TRANSFERS AND RAILRoAD-The 0roville
Railroad management and the BUTTE RECORD,
making themselves uncoulfortably busy about our
.1,-t
/ Railroad and Oroville not benefited thereby
but Marysville and the people who have freight
transported this way What is the Oroville
road to Marvsviie. but a detriment a sink hole to
swallow up trade and traffic, that without it, would
have benefited our city For some reason or other
the appeal seems to be little tender-footed ABOUT
taking the side of the Association and the City in
opposition to the Railroad. Happily we are not
that way, and our columns open to the ventia-
ton of the matter. correspondent. an old resi-
dent OF our city, sends US the following: The
Oroville RECORD. speaking for the Northern Rail-
road, comes down very severely on the Transfers
Association. because the Association does not ship
goods through to Orovile by Railroad and then by
teams, to La Porte, st. Louis. Rowland Flat, and
other points that can be reached easier and with
less expense, direct from Marysye, than by going
ina roundabout way to benefit an institution which
has been an injury and detriment to the business
interests of Marysyille. Stages and teams that
! should be rnnning in and out OF Marysville are
4 now making their heaquarters at OrOyille. The
I La Porte Stage. the Shasta Stage the American
Valley Stage, that IN former days made their head
quarters ia Marysvllle, now never come near the
city. In the same way. teams that carried freight
To nearly all these points. have been shut OH from
us by this same 0roviile Railroad; and yet BINNEY
4 Co. are surprised, the Marysville teamsters do
not conform with their plan of running the bust
ness Interests of Marvsville- 1t is plain that Ma
rysville is indebted for her existence, in a great
measure, to the travel and freight passes through
here, aud any company or enterprise that would
try to take away any of the travel trade that be
longs to her, ought to be opposed by her citizens
We are not aware of having been very severe on
the Teams;ers' Association of Marysville. On the
contrary, we have thought, and endeavored to how
the Association that they could do an easier and
more profitable business by running into the noun
tans with freight, in connection with the railroad,
! than by running in opposition to it and that
by making 0roville, instead of Marysvle, their
base of operations they would be in better position
TO carry freight into Plumas and Lassen counties,
/ and to Humboldt and Idaho; that in doing so they
would secure to themselves permanent and pros
+ porous business. We corrected some miss state
ments of its President, concerning the wagon roads
leading out of Orove, but in doing so. endeavored
to use no more severity than the narre of the
demanded. OF course the Association
run their teams from any point they see proper;
Y from MdTNSNillt, III ulNti " up tiit OlAA VI
/ from Oroville that they may do profitable busi-
ness for themselves. 1t is their own business. We
think are borne ont in saying this, however:--A
city whose existence, in great measure, as the
correspondent of the Express states, depends upon
the travel and freight that passes through here,
is an unnecessary appendage and expense to the
trade and travel OF Northern California. and should
be induced to commit suicide, or be brushed aside
in the march of improvement as human gad-fy,
buzzing in the ears darting into the face and sting
ing the hands of progress and enterprise. If the
means Of cheap and rapid Communication north
ward from Marysgille, is "a detriment' and
/ ''sink-hole to swallow up trade and traffic that
woud otherwise build up that city, then is Marys-
! vile a useless excreSeence Of the Yuba. If tax
upon the trade and travel of Northern California,
is necessary in order to sustain Marysville. then
that city is simply toll-gate that the trade and
travel OF Northern California ought to break down.
or take measures to pass around. But we do not
take so disheartenng a view of the present and fl
ture of Marysville the abore article invites
With railroad passing through her streets to Ore
gon she viii still be Marysville But the road
must meet with no break in the track for her bene-
fit We ask nothing OF the kind for Orovilie and
the upper country will tolerate such babyshness
on the part OF Marysville. That city will still have
/ large scope of country to the east to contribute
to her support and viii not be left entirely desolae
+ and childess. Go on with your woollen factory,
and ether improvements; crowd the railroad thro
to Oregon, and prosper with the whole Northern
country 1t is better TO do thus than to build upon
the delusive hope of stopping the railroad at and
teaming everything thence TO the northern counties
1t is old fogyism and not practicable in the present
age. You must get out Of the track of the engine,
I or be crushed beneath its iron wheels. Marysville
will be prosperous when she accepts her situation,
and uses ii to the best advantage. But she must
not expect permanent prosperity by cutting off
trade and travel from the upper counties and COM
peling it to centre on the Yuba. It can't be did.
Northern California viii have the benefit of con-
tinuous railroad Communication either through or
round Marysville, and it makes particular differ
ence which to Northern California Oregon, but
it NAV make some difference to Marysville. She
can Judge for herself. If the La Porte stages now
run to Oroyille instead of TO Marysyille as former
ly it is because the energy and enterprise Of the
people of 0roville have made a better and shorter
road 10 La Porte than that from Marysville- Ii is
the same with the American Valley Stages. If the