Weekly Trinity journal., 1870-06-25
San Francisco and the Interior.

San Francisco and the Interior.
The San Francisco Call, replying to a recent
article in the JOURNAL, says that :" it has become
quite the fashion with certain interior journals
to speak disparagingly of San Francisco" and
treats the utterances of the papers referred to as
complaints. The language of the Call is court
eous, but we think the conclusions arrived at
erroneous. For our part we intend to make no
complaint nor to prefer charges. In discussing
the relation existing between this county and
San Francisco, we have the welfare of our Sec
tion solely in view. As the Call states the ques-
tion, we don't have any desire to complain
There would be no sense in finding fault with
the magnateS Of Front street for taking our
money when voluntarily offered. What we de-
sired was to urge upon the San Francisco press
that the business men were not pursuing the
right policy toward the interior for their own
good. Matters of business are matters of calcu-
lation. The point we attempted to make is that
San Francisco merchants and bankers not
following the course best calculated to forward
their interest and ours. AS we look at it, the
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ent that San Francisco-her prosperous money
making classes-have sucked the substance out
of the interior and made no return, nor any eff
fort to restore or save the source of supply" ="
cannot be denied. There is no use in grumblng
finding fault, and we are not so disposed.
The people of the State at large are proud of
their principal city, and rejoice at her prosper
ity. 1t is there that we go for season of en-
joyment, and nearly all would take up their res
idence at the bay did their means justify it. We
expect that San Francisco policy will rule the
State, and while we don't propose to dictate in
the least, and beg not TO be understood at
tempting to do SO, we deem it proper to give
our opinion upon matters which nearly con-
cern our temporal prosperity. We say that
the Queen city of the Pacific slope is de-
pendent upon the State at large. She will
grow with the growth of California. Almost the
wealth Of the entire State is concentrated there.
large percentage upon the millions sent from
the interior remains Front and Montgomery
streets. The Gull will hardly dispute the BuHe-
tm's statement and that sheet says that there
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The remainder Of the great State of California
will not aggregate two-thirdS of this SUM- The
bank statements show an enormous amount OF
coin on hand. There may be hard times in the
city, but naturally it is tighter every where else
There is much said about Chicago enterprise.
Even now project is being agitated involving
an estimated expense of $84 600 900. The ques-
ton is not with them what will be the direct re-
turns upon such an investment, but how much
will it benefit Chicago. We ask journalists at
the bay to agitate the question to what policy
San Francisco should pursue toward the nte
lior. We are prompted by selfish motives. As
we have said before, we believe that the expend-
iture of $3.50, 900 in Trinity county would re-
suit in the addition of at least one thousand per-
sons to our population and cause an increased
consumption of merchandise to the amount of
$l,0O0,000 annually. Whatever capitalists at
the bay ses fit to do towards building up the in
teriOr will be returned to them many fold, indi-
rectly if not directly.
SARGENT S BILL.-A recent telegram announced
the passage of Sargeats bill amending the Act
to grant the right OF way for bitches and canals
over public lands The Grass Valley Union
lHus cA plhlus lHe uledSuIe
The bill provides that government titles to
gravel claims can be obtained, and that a legal
subdivision of ten acres for the purpose of seq
greg ting mineral from agricultural lands " i'll
be allowed. This bill is one of great advantage
to the foot hills of California, and will at once
and forever settle those expensive trials of the
land Offices, which occur between farmers and
miners. The bill provides that each owner can
get what is justly his own, and at Il small ex-
laas N
ulations, under the law, are established by the
Commissioner of the General Land Office
When that occurs every foot of mineral land in
the county can be secured by individuals, and
mining claims will then become property, and
the occupation OF Jumpers will be gone.
THE Sacramento Union says later advices are
received from Cheyenne in regard to supposed
attempt by the Indians to capture passenger
train on the Union Pacific railroad. They 90 to
prove that the affair premeditated attack,
with a view to capture the express train going
East. 1t occurred between twelve and one
O'Clock on Tuesday morning, June 18th, at a
point near Ogalalla station, where the train was
surrounded by largo party of Indians, well
mounted and armed, having charge lot of ex-
ira ponies, with which they attempted to block
ade the track and impede the progress of the
train. They fired several shots into the train
none of which took effect. The engineer, by
putting on full steam, broke his way through
the ponies, killing twenty or thirty of them,
and; it is supposed, some of the Indians.
JUDGE CURRY, in letter to the San Francisco
Bulletin, says that he only drew seven month S
pay as one of the codifying commissioners and
that he earned the money More than this, he
is not candidate for Office and prefers the quie-
rude of private hfe. We presume the Judge was
impelled to make these statements because of
structures recently published referring to the
aforesaid commission. 1t was hardly worth
while for him to defend himself from such an at