The weekly Butte record. [volume] (Oroville [Calif.]) 1866-1887, 1867-04-20
oROvILLE, SATURDAY, APRIL 2oth.
Bouxp TO CoxE-There is brighter future

FOR Northern California than the enthusiast
dared dream, if its people but pursue proper
course and reject those who would rob pre-emptors
of their homesteads, and turn every public improve
ment for their personal sggrandizemeut- The
natural railroad system of the State, taken in
connection with roads that are harrying towards
the Pacific Coast from the Atlantic seaboard if not
perverted from their true by the selfshness
of those whom the people may designate as their
rulers, mast enter California by the Feather river
route. The people of California have surrendered
the control of the State to what may be termed the
Bdweli Land Clique, until the honest toiler in
search of pre-emption homestead in our fertile
valleys is unable to find one not now covered with
legalized, but originally forged, fraudulent and
rejected Mexican Grant. The question simply
arises VIII Northern California continue such
course of infatuation and folly until they are not
only deprived of all the valuable government land,
but also of all benefit that may from the ma
tonal improvements now in process of construc-
tioni Plumas county has taken step in the right
direction By the formation of railroad company
for the Feather river route. Let them not throw
away their advantage by casting their vote for the
nomination to the position of Governor of a man
whose efforts since he has been in Congress- have
been 10 build up stage and steamboat routes to his
own ranch at the expense of railroads already en-
deavoring to find their way through the Sacramento
Valley, and who prefers taking poison II seeing
railroad builtup Feather river. There are two roads
making their way from the Missouri river to the
Pacific Coast. It is jus certain anything can be-
that of them will enter the State by the Feath
river route if the people of Northern California
do not, with blind and unaceountabie natuation,
advance men TO official positions, whose every act
has exhibited deadly hostility to this practical
route. On the subject of railroads, and their fu-
ture designs. the Gold Hill (Nevada) Ne,cs of
recent date has the following:
at is reported that the Union Pacific Railroad
have got injunction on the Central Pactfc Com
pany. re:raiuing the latter from laying rail ahead
of continuity from tide water. The Company can
grade as much within 500 miles Of continuous rail
they may choose; but are not allowed to lay
track. Such is the report The Union Pacific Is
building road at the rate of two miles day; and
themselves claim that they will be at the Serras
with locomotive, ten days from New ok, direct
during $50. That Company intend to make
CRUISING in this State and over the mountains in
10 California. on their own responsibility They
will adopt the Placerville Feather river route.
1t the Placetvilie people get their road twenty
miles this side Of their city by 1869. their central
transit will he accepted. Otherwise the Feather
River or Beckwourth Pass route will be adopted by
the Union Pacific.
When it is remembered that the Placervillc route
is not more practicable tLan that of the Central
Pacific. and that they completely hampered
by the latter that they cannot purchase or lay
rail, Feather river stock will Immediately take
rise in the estimation of all fair and honorable bn
sincss men. Here is also an extract from the Gold
c..,c,-r
en- tUy IOotorada) transcript, showing ihe Ihlon
Pacifr Railroad and the pDDOSitiNn that il
has 10 contend with twill be seen that there are
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WV i'''S 'N''''''''H '''' 'iu 'i'o'sn No'oi 'uo'
whose through business the Central Pacific will not
~, oll to ito ~, tor va mr. sly months Of each wear
m
iheN Will hiu PiO'ica t"ute II po9so'e u uo so
The published results that have appeared in
several of local papers to the feasibility OF
the route through our mountain mining regions for
the Pacific Railroad which appear under the sigma
ture and authority of J. L. Williams. in his report
TO the Secretary of the Interior. of the different
routes surveyed over the Rocky Mountains for the
Union Pacific Railroad seem to have been dictated
by prejudiced, if not unfair representation of
facts
The report claims IN give reasons why the Pole
Creek route has been adopted in preference TO all;
and the examination of the engineering parties of
the Union Pacific Railroad have been 50 exhaustive
and So thorough that it is useless hereafter for any
one else TO farther examine route the opening of
which will and must render a railroad route by the
Laramie Plains Bridgers Pass and the WahSatch
practically useless. On this fact then we claim
hangs ali the opposition To the Pacific Railroad
route through our mining region, now that they de-
clare they will folio" northern route as superior
Ta nS,inn ~ tho on,ab, branch s macmillan If
not unfortunate; by having chosen the Plat te route
they are practically IN dilemma, Tor II they per,
ssst III ,sAus louss i'e NaeeN' 80 ennu "isa ,'
BLACK Hills and through the Medicine Bow. over
Bridcers Pass to Green River. thence through the
=, ;ts Sn,,b sn5 tben tbs rnnts frnn, Denver n1nst
by the Valley of Clear Creek. Middle Park. Bear
and White hlveiS ~ Greeh hiVer' o'h'an 'aneY,
lseneuv 'v,s an. r Ri, -, 20 ',,e
Calfornia 10 the MisSis,ipp Valley net les than
from l25 10 loo miles shorter, and paS>able when
me nal'tN o. 'ie 49, 'ne I's.S - 40 ~
snow That his continrency now Threatens them
we Know To be a TACT, as the Kansas racine hail-
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