Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-06-25
rHE pLAcrav11IE RAILROAD.

bill that passed the Senate Of the United
States. in favor Of the San Francisco and
Washoe Railroad Company. But our
copy of the Globe containing the discus
sion on this measure has been mislaid or
borrowed. The principal opposition to
this bill was in the form Of objection to
giving direct to the Company rather than
to the States Of California and Nevada, to
be by these States donated 90 the respsct'
i've Legislatures saw ct. Senator Stewart
combatted this character Of opposition
with great force and p~ertinacisy, and win
success. To him is due the passage OF the
measure through the Upper House OF
Congress. We are all the more disposed
to vivs him full credit for his action in re-
gard to this railroad grant, As he did not
fulsll hi, agreement BY originating and
~p..,ins, or, q, least. urging such . Dull
during the previous session. Ths rs'oiu-
lions passed BY the last Nevada Les''la'
,ure, BY an almost unanimous vote were
understood and obeyed by him. II is
well.
Now comes the bill into the House. and
W. h.v, the startling intelligence that our
Representative. Ashley, opposes its pass
age, on tn. ground that it will injurs the
Dutch Flat Company's interests. We VIII
no, now speak of Mr.. Ashlsy's speech
before the Union Convention last fall. or
Of The platform ext on which he pledged
his efforts on behalf Of the Placsrville
route; We will only the remind tho peo-
pie Of Gold Hill, especially, Of the solemn
determination he expressed in his speech
a, the Theatre to . all in his power for .
railroad across the mountains The man
ner in which he emphasized his resolution
to favor precisely such . measure a. has
passed the United States Senate, in behalf
Of the Placerville route, will Do remem-
bsred well BY our citizens. An epitome
Of his remarks on this point was published
in the NRws.
The Dutch Flat Compan! have psa-
toned for further time in which to COM
plete their road over the mountains.
While "circumloeating" round about
the iron barricaded summit, they have
over three times the Government suosi-
dies that they would receive on the plains.
But we do not accuse them Of now unnee-
essarily frightening their journey. The
simple fact is, that they have adopted IN
impracticabls route; and though, as the
leading business man on this coast told u'
last summer, they did "wind in and out
more than was absolutely required. when
they were below Colfax, (getting Ss6,ooo
q mile,) they have been, BY the wise action
Of the Legislatures Of Nevada. put to
trumps for as much dispatch as possible
toward the impossible points Of advance
If the road is ever built across the noun
tains, it will DO almost, if not en-
tirely, useless during six or seven
months in the year; when they
do get on this side, il ever. they will
charge such prices for passenger and
freight transportation a. will render thsii
road Of little practical advantage to the
people Of Nevada. when it is operated
through. The papers published on the
line Of the road, 20 far as IL has been con-
structsd. which are not Immediately and
VIGOROUSLY controlled by the Dutch Flat
Company, distinctly tell US this, out oil
evidence the people have realized at Au-
burn and Nevada and Grass Valley The
Dutch Fla, Company started for the
summit" without ever having an instru.
mental survey made over the mountains
and they have battered their heads against
impenetrabls obstacles-as such skilled en-
gineers as the Robinson's told them anc
the people. over and over again, they
would do. Instead Of buying out tn
Folsom road, a. they might have done
for S22s, o0o-.thus reaching 9 point as ia
removed from Sacramento a. Newcastle
they spent $s7l,ooo in constructing
road to the last named place; which i
no nearer Nevada than Folsom, and las
summer paid $25o,ooo for the Folsom
; road to break up competition. and plse
| our mail receipts from San Francisco oil
their route time-l2 hours behind former
ly established schedule vio Freeport
They said, when censured for their I'm
business like, a. well a. greedily monopo
liking conduct, that they had q good sur
vey over the mountains ; that they wouls
only require a grade Of los feet to the mill
in the sseepest places; with n summit
land that easily tunneled) lifting no
higher than $500 feet above tide water
On the matter Of elevation it was boastec
that the Dutch Flat route had near
thousand feet advantage Of the Placervill,
summit. which had been honestly anc
scientifically set down as 1873 feet allow
Underwater. Now what srsnspiress They
are obliged to confess that their "summit'
Is insurmountabls and impenetrable. They
say they must run grades Of lis feet tc
the mile they intend running the Hennes,
Pass-(to avoid whose acknowledged
enormous nov beds they claimed tn.
precedence Of their original "summit y
to or near Meadow Lake. which is min.
thousand seven hundred feet above the level
Of the sea.
The defeat Of the Plscerville Railroad
bill will be Of incalculable harm to the
prospects, Of Neyada. OF this the people
will become more and more convinced.
And unless we suppose citizens are utterly
regardless Of their true interests, wher
plainly spelled out, an indignant coutemp,
will greet the Representative who has b.
trayed their cause, In this particular-i
reports now at hand be confirmed by fur.
Their advices.
Piracy IN THI CHINA SzAs.-In . lat,
number Of the Paris Aonitsur the French
Government has caused communication t
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