The weekly Butte record., 1866-04-28

STrCK N THE SSow.-Teauls that recently LET
Sacramento for Idaho and Montana, according to
the Carson appeal, are stalled in the $40. some
where between Carson and Stra awberry. They had
blockaded the road that the stage. were delayed
in getting by them. This Is the res ulf Of starting
on a skyscraping round-a-bou, roate for the terri
tories, when glance at the map would show them
the direct route 10 their destination would be up
the Sacramento Valley, and over the Honey Lake
Valley route to Humboldt and Owyhee. The road
to Honey Lake has been kept open all winter, and
from thence on to Idaho, is good roads thro'
any other portion of Nevada, with much better ad-
vantages fer grass and water than can be found in
that rich mineral bat otherwise desert State Why
teamsters should suffer themselves to be deceived
into choosing such routes of travel shippers con-
sent TO pay the high prices necessary to transport
freight them when a more direct route is open
them it is impossible tell, unless it be local
jealousy unworthy the Capitol city of California
What difference can it make to Sacramento wheth
er teams loaded with freight, leave that city for
idaho by the way of Carson Honey Lake Yet
teams crowded into the mountains on the route
through Nevada, and left to founder in the snow,
when route free from snow. much shorter, and ex-
tending greater distance through California, is al
their service. We can well conceive why the Cen
trail Pacific Railroad Company should desire to force
freight through on the Carson route because they
expect by pursuing such a course TO ultimate
ly secure the carrying trade when their road is
completed through the mountains By permitting
it to 60 elsewhere they would establish rival routes
and curtail their profits. This is a very natural
pra far E
California, Oregon, Idaho and Montana to pay them
tribute in the shape OF high freghts of course they
are gcing to do it. What they can do to make their
depot fnDnel, into which everything on the pa
cifc coast shall centre, to be carried over their
road, and dverge therefrom in the State of Neva-
ds, will be done. 1t is consideration with them
that the route from Virginia City to Owyhee, is
further and more impractcable than the route from
Oroylle to Owyhee. Their object will be accom-
plished when they tumble of the freight for Idaho
and Montana at a way station in Nevada, and col
lect their tolls. 1t is for the people of Northern
California, and Idaho and Montana to guard their
own interests in this respect The Postal Depart
ment of the United States, from examination of
explorations and surveys, have seen
proper to adopt the direct and natural route for
mall service between California and ldano from
Orovle to Boiae City by way of Owyhee. The
distance by the mail line thus established is $50
miles, from railroad communication with tide
ter in California, to the Capitol of Idaho. The
tire distance between the Capitol of California and
the Capto of Idho territory by the way of Orovile
aud Owyhee, is but trife over 700 miles, over
practicable wagon route, easily kept open during
the winter months That the route by the way of
the Capitol of Nevada, is mnch longer and possesses
fewer advantages none will pretend to deny. 1t is
simply for the interest of certain localities and
parties to direct freight that route, and it will
be done long as they control it. 1t is for the
interest of the people of the northern counties of
California, and of Idaho and Montana to direct the
trade and travel the route established by the
Post Office Department. 1t commends itself to
those interested, as the cheapest and most direct
route from the heart of Idaho to San Francisco
1t may take the steady arrival and departure of the
mail contractors coaches between Oroville and /
Boise City, to demonstrate the advantages of the /
route for mi srepres entation can travel leagues
while truth is putting on its boots.''