The weekly Butte record., 1866-07-07
Feather River Route.


sailroad across the mountains Of California
and the great plains that separate the Mississ
ippi River from the Pacific Ocean, there was
scarcely press 10 the State that did not speak
10 favor Of aseertsining the best aud most
practicable route. sod then concentrating upon
Il the energies Of the State and nation and
crowd it TO completion. So universal was the
demand for the railroad, that il never occurred
to ito advocates. that it might be seized upon
- . speculation, and the Government cheated
with . useless road. for the benefit Of any To-
eslisy. without regard to the prscticabil'y of
the route chosen. II has remained for lhe 90
principled scbe mens who hover around the
State Capital like buzzards around carrion,
10 inanguraie and carry through . swindle up
on the American people. that will forever dis
grace the name of Csllforuis, amorg respect
able. honest and intelligent business men. ard
those unprinciplei schemera AID swindlers con.
,sfi,uis what h known a. the Central Pacific
Railroad Company. Say that they are the
best and most enierprising men 10 the State.
they are still schemers and swipdiers, and, il
obtaining money under false p,etences be
crime worthy Of the halter. then that Company.
Individually aud collectively, deserved to be
hanged as high as HAxAx. Their action was
not governed BY desire to build great and
servicable road. but for the purpose only OF
obtaining the means sufficient to do so, aud
equsnderng it upon an impracticable route for
their own benefit. Believing them to be hon
est and patriotic. the Government and the PEG
pie provided them with means sufficient to
build a road that should be of prac ical and
national importance. and it has been squan.
dered on route where sane and homes, men
would never attempt the construction of rnil-
way. for the benefit of private interests. The
eehemers and swipdlers guessed rightly Of the
feeling Of the people on this subject. They
wanled . railroad across the continent, and
would furnish the means to build it. The
means to do 90 once 10 their hands. they could
satisfy the public and the Government with a
road that could be used for three or four months
Of the year. and employ the means thus fur.
nished TO buy up the stock Of the California
Navigation Co. and build up interests that
would make them wealthy. The idea of select
ing the most practicable route, never entered
into the plans Of these men. They drove bull
headed from the head Of bay navigation to the
mountains. determining beforehand that their
route should do the business. or it should not
be done ct all. Valleys and passes entirely
through the mountains lay inv,ingly open to
them, but their interests demanded that they
look not there, and the public requirements
we're treated with contempt.
The Sacramento Union. of late cate, has
% article Mandatory of the energy displayed
By these public swinders in building sixty two
miles OF railroad in four years with government
fonds. when private capital has built greater
number of milee. on the natural route for the
PAci6c road. 10 the same time. This is the
way it bloviates:
Up the Sierra Nevada. skirting the bills,
bridging raviues. hewing a pathway through
the rocks. gui,ering PERCEPTIONS walls, ever
climbing. though passing from ridge to ridge,
from the verdnre of the great valleys basking
10 tropical sunshine, to the region of June
sno~s. where ALPS on Alps arise" the rail
road builders have moved with resisless ener
gy, until they can determine. with satisfying
certainty. when the locomotive shall cross the
summit seven thousand feet above the sea- and
descend into the silver valleys of Washoe
And yet this achievement, unparalleled a. it
Is IN the annals Of railway construction, is now
considered 81 much q matter of course that
our fast people are less disposed to ipqnire bow
II Is done than to ask when the through train
for the other side Of the mountains will start
But it does not tell when the through train
will start, and it knows that no road can be
servicable in January that is built over June
SHOWS" Wig dues it not boast OF the energy
Of these public swindlers in buying up the
Navigation Company's stock. and control
ling inieres, in WELLS. FARoo i Co. = Express.
Does it not require as much energy to do the
one With unlimited public means a. to do the
other! Is it not q greater waists of ndomi-
table energy to build useless road with the
peoples money. than to appropriate i, for the
purchase Of stock in pro6,sble corporations
How long will the people be ground TO the
earth BY the burden of taxation for the pur.
pose oil enabling men to build national railroads
over June SHOWS" when routes upon which
there is 90 snow At any time Of the year. are
open for use! Millions of public money. under
the direction Of the unparalleled energy Of this
Company, have built 81 miles Of railroad. and
bought up controlling interests in all the profit
able corporations of the State which might
otherwise seek more natural channels for the
accommodation of the public demands. Again
the Cnion blovis,es:
AT the other end of the line the right men
appear to have taken charge OF the work after
the public patience had been solely tried by
imbecili'y aud speculation.
Would to God lhs, such period had arrived
for the western, or California end of the road.
But the right men" are yet wanting. and the
"public patience" is yet being "sorely tried BY
imbeci'i'y and speculation Why should not
the scoundrels Of the Central Pacific Company
OF California initiate the nohls examnls of