The weekly Butte record., 1866-06-23
Dcdsing the Issue.

trying 10 do away with the necessity of railroads
is one in point. We propose TO expose his prevari
cation, and unmanly lodging, By which he expects
to keep the teams Of the Association employed for
the benefitof his own private business We shall
see how long he will succeed in making dupes Of
| the teansters OF Marysville-
/ He started out in the game of SANDER and decep-
ton by the direct assertion through the Marysyle
Appeal, that
/ The teams of the Association cannot run from
Oroville account of the bad state Of the roads
/ especially the bridges
| This we characterized as wilfully and malicolsly
false. In reply Mr.. ToMB exhibits the following
/ beautiful specimen of dogding, which simply
amounts to the slanderers old trick of lie number
two 10 cover Up fb number one. He says, in the
| appeal of Sunday last:
In answer to an article in the BrrrE REconp.
June 18th, in relation TO the bad condition of the
roads and bridges to Indian Valley aud American
Valley, ~ speak from experience. / hauled fonr
loads over them. and on each trip crushed through
bridges and killed my mules. four in all. So with
J. MINER, of whose bad luck the RECORD is not
lgnorant-t2) Last year he broke through several
bridges, and crippled i've mules, two of them dying.
Mr.. MISER claims that he damaged to the
amount of a thousand dollars in a single trip
% This dodge will be readily discerned when it
is understood that teams are compelled to travel the
American Valley road, whether they start from
Marysville or Oroville, in order to reach Quincy;
that after teaming some thirty miles out of Marvs-
vile the teams OF the Association are within five
miles of Orove, and still oblige to pass over the
same road they would had they started from Oro-
vile. The five miles of road from Oroville to the
intersection of the road from Marysville in good
condition, and capable of bearing any weight that
teans'ers can put upon it, but the roads that teams
of the Association have to travel over whether they
start from Oroyille Ma-ysyille, are 50 bad that
''the teams of the Association cannot run from
Oroyille.' That is the logic of J. TOMB and the
appeal. Who fail to see its absurdity If the
roads of Plumas county are not in a safe con diton
for teaming they should be looked after by author
tiles. Most of the distance through Plumas county
to Quincy, is ocovered by toll roads. and if the
holders of those franchises not responsible for
such losses, they certainly ought to be.
(2) The case of Mr.. MINER did not occur upon
any road running ont of Orcville; but upon the IA
nous Chico road. 1t was however an extraordi-
nary load, and heavier than is permitted to be
drawn over the bridges on the Henness Pass and
Marysvilie road to Nevada. The load consisted of
bedpate for Crescent Mills. Mr. MINER
knew these facts before he started yet he took the
freight from Marysville to Chico. and thence TO
Indian Valley. If he lost 81 900 by speculation it
serves to exhibit els folly i'll running against the
railroad. Had he come to Oroville with his team.
he would have found a road from here to Tayloyille
twenty-five miles shorter than the road by Ch leo,
and which his team and load could have passed
without crushing down bridges and killing mules
The misfortunes OF these two Pikers are the result
of their opposition to the railroad They don't ex
hibit mule sense in getting out of the way of the
Engine. They mast start from Marysville in oppo-
sition to the railroad and adopt private toll roads
in order to avoid Orovlle, and the direct route to
Talorvile. They thus take the desperate chances
and should not reasonably hope to escape misfor-
tune. These two men know that they are imposing
upon the Teamsters' Association for the benefit of
a business with which the Association has no con-
nection. If they prefer teaming from Marysville,
and adopting out-ofthe-way and unsafe roads into
PlumaS county, instead of starting from the higher
point OF 0roville, and travelling the direct an
safe road, let them say so so in a manly way, and
bear no false testimony against Oroville They
may continue their opposition to Orovlle until
from Us, if they do not resort to misrepresentation
1t is extremely doubtful, however, whether the AS
ISOLATION will succeed any better in hauling freight
in opposition to the railroad than did Messrs. MIN
ER and TOMB; but whether the Association make it
profitable or not. they load with ice to Marysvie
for the President of the Association and thus make
it profitable to him. The Association is now the
mere tcat spaw' for their Presidents ice business
In this connection, the -Appea! adds:
"Mr. TOME proposes to make the Editor of the
BUTTE RECORD a bet. as follows That there is
not team>ter in the State who ca haul from Oro-
vile to Quincy or Indian Valley, within two thous-
sand pounds TO load as much to Virginia CITY
from MarySyille. II admit. SAYS Mr.. TOMB that
Mr.. BINNEY has made good road TO Woodville.
bot we cannot see the point why should go around
tina, way
We will accept that bet in connection with the
following. the two to be made together: We will
bet Mr.. TOME that there is not teamster in the
State who can haul from Marysvlle ito Quincy or
Indian Valley within 900 lbs to a load as much as
to Virginia City. from Marysville." Come to the
centre, or stop your fooIishness. These bets are
open to the Appeal; .'or any other man, whether
taken by Mr. ToMB or not. We think he had better
take theul it may enable him to keep the Assoc ia
tion haulingice for nothing for a few weeks yet
We suspect. however, that Mr.. President has made
this reference to Virginia City merely as flyer
to show that Marysviile has 4 road to that place.
1t is tolerahr evident, however that san Francisco
freight TO Virginia City does not pass through Ma
rysville, or her teamsters would not be killing their
animals hauling freight in opposition to the rail-
road. The Virginia City road will do 10 blow about
now, and haul barley and -four over after harvest.
As more Immediately affecting the business in
terests Of Butte. Plnmas and Yuba counties, we
eier the following propositions for the conSidera-
ton and acceptance of Mr.. ToME. Teams and
wagons being equal in both cases: That the round
trp from 0roville 10 La Porte can be made with
heavier load, and in twenty four hours less time
than the round trip from Marysyille to La Porte.
bat the round trip from Oroville to Indian Valley
can be made with heavier load, and in seventy
1--WE hours less time than from Marysville to Indian
Valley. Mr.. Tons can take his choice, send the
money tina, he desires to wager to RIpEoUr. SMITH
+ X Co. or 10 Judge SAFFoRD, or stop ''blowing.n-
Il the tsanSters composing the Marysyille Associa-
+ viii investigate they will md that they can do s.
! much more profitable business by making OroviIle
the base OF their operations, than they can by re-
maialnsin Aarysyille. They would not then be
compelled 10 travel outside roads nor endanger the
lives of their animals in the prosecution of theil