The weekly Butte record., 1867-07-13

oRovW AND BzxvorE-E Pass wAsoS Road
Susvr--Thsre Is CT sie Il TIE Clerks osce of this
COUNTY uxp q the r-upsed Ezgoa road f-or. o-ovs
Il Butte county to BeckUca-hs Pass P.au,as
" The survey as shown hy his nap hAs been aacr-
.s., by the Wagon Rad CcEu1sry 2ad the county os
P.araAs las voted sixty thoasznd dollars II bonds
TO aid in s construction Tie runse Is shown on the
,-lsu starts from ozoyie. fso5ng Up he south side
Of TIE river ID Longs Rz- AID thence through O-egua
cirv. Cherokee Fiat. crossing 1Ae West Branch and
passing through Dark creek Canon 70 the east Of Ya-
kee Hill strikes the North Fork zt BArdees Bz- sad
continues on the north side that s,-sz1 past Big
Bz- crossing Flea yssy Creek- shores Bar crossing
Rock Creek rsAst Shorts Bar. Beiseas Ranch Fe-go-
soz.s Bar Jirzs Bar Frankfurt Bar Greeamzu's Bar
crossing the Nor.h Pork st Lng Bar and thence oa the
south SIDE Of the North Fork % junction with the
East Branch thence pzst Missouri Bar. Indian Bz-,
Twelve Mile Bar. Knssbarys, Bachelors Bar, Dutch
Bar 10 Int.zn Valley Greek and thence pas: Naxweus
to Quincy the county set q Flun2s in the American
Valley. From thence by Wheeler's, weldon's. and
scross Spring Garden Creek to Jchnsoa's. by Spring
Garden Ranch and Meizinhelllers al.d through Long
Valley to the Middle Fork Of Feather opposite lis
junction with Jamison Greek; ana thence by Hurleys
up the Middle Fork into Sierra Or Beokwourt's Valley,
by Curleys and Brighams to Beckwourth's Pass into
the State Of Nevada We have been thus minute IN de-
scrhine the line Of survey, order a, may rec
osnized by those who may not have opportunity 70
examine the map The distance from o-oyi,le to Beci-
wcurths by this survey IS We believe hundred and
hfvfye miles The grades not a, al excessive and
the highest altitude attained is less than four thousand
five hundred feet. Beckwour,hs Pass where this road
enters the State OF Nevada, is only twenty-five OF
thirty miles north Of the Truokee upon which Cen
is--
fro. its alsude OF seven thousand Who doubts
but that time and the demands Of viii reject
the mountain road now being huilt and consruc. one
upon the practical grades of the natural pass Of Feather
river With this view and for the purpose of showing
its entire praetcabiltv, the company making
the working survey for their wagon railroad
grade They viii be successful in doing this The fact
that freight teams coming through this route
from Virginia City preference to taking the Eenness
Pass or the Placervis wagon road demonstrates its
superiority We are gratifed by the assurance from
prominent men of Plunas county that this wagon road
viii be built and that their honor and fortunes are
pledged to the struggle for the construction of rail-
road up the Feather to connect with the National rail-
road across the continent 1t be accomplished and
it must be- The National Government is generous in
such things is assisting build two roads from the
Missouri westward. 1t viii assist in this if ask for
it they have done it already is because selfish
have directed the p-ofered aid elsewhere. Oro-
vile and Butte county talk for it, work for it and
for it Then VIII northern California witness per
Inanent prosperity and Advancement to which she has
long been a stranger, simply because easier
uncomplaningly submit 10 wrong than to demand the
enjoyment Of rights which has bestowed up
on this section