The union Democrat., 1870-04-23
Necessity for = lew ,i.e .f stages.

ton has been monopolized by the owners OF
the present mailli line, who have made it q strong
point in their management to show the least
possible amount Of accommodation to the
travelling public, a: the same time requiring
Q rate of fare that would have been profitable
in the halcyon days of 40. The people Of
this county have for years submitted to the
exactions of this stage company, who have
paid no attention to the wants and necessities
of the people, for whose accommodation il is
presumed the line was intended. This coun-
ty has large travelling population who are
willing to patronize any company that will
freely extend q reasonable accommodation
The distance from this place to Stockton is
sixty-ive miles, the time taken to make the
trip is not less than twelve hours in Summer
and averaging about sixteen hours in Winter.
Passengers at Sonora are required to leave
from II o'clock midnight to o'clockA. NJ. and
reach Stockton few minutes before clock P
NJ. At Sonora all passengers are required
to be with thei: baggage at the Stage Office,
when they reach Stockton the stages are
driven past hotels aud houses where passen-
gers desire to stop. No person is permit
ted to get out until the stage reaches the
Office on Stockton Slough where passen-
gers are dumped ard left to get to their stopping
places as best they may. The owners, agents
and employees are independent, saucy and ag-
gravating in manner and appear either to have
never known, or to have forgotten what civility
is. This has been the state of affairs for sew
eral years, all hope of the propfietors of the
line making any improvement, or of paying
attention to the wants Of the travelling por-
tion of our citizens being gone, nothing is
left but the establishment of line that will
be beneficial to our county.
Many of our prominent citizens have teken
steps for the formation of company, to run a
daily line with Uniform fare of five dollars.
to leave Stockton daily at O'Clock A. NJ.
and Sonora at o'clock that will accommo-
date travellers by taking them from and leav-
ing them at their residence &c. This is in
tended to be a line in the interest of the peo-
pie of this county and for the benefit of the
community in general. Every person who
feels an interest in having such line, should
be willing to subscribe for share, which re-
quires but very small sum. it is desirable
that as many persons in the county should
have an interest as the limited number of
shares will allow. If all our people will sus-
tain this enterprise there cannot be doubt
of its success. 1t must be Of great advantage
to our county, cheap fare is necessity, some
move in that direction in this county must be
made, to enable our people to keep up with
tho times. Let this proposed company put
on their line of stages with the good will of
oil our people and its effect will be felt mnie-
diately. When person can travel from
Stockton here and back, for what it costs one
way ut present, it will present inducements
that cannot fail to increase travel. Wothere-
fore recommend that this matter be pushed
with vigor, every man who is friend of
Tuclumne should give it his aid and infu-
ence. We have suffered long enough from
extortion and i'm position. the remedy 10 with
ourselves, and if we fail to apply it there
will be little reason left to complain. The
parties moving in this matter should not stop
in their efforts, until they have secured line
of stages thatwi carry passengers at reasona-
BILE rates, that will be truly People line.
That the old company will attempt to
crush this enterprise is of course to be ex-
pected. They will reduce their fare below
living rates and mend their manners beyond
doubt. BY such means they have hereto
fore succeeded in running off opposition.
But we shall be much mistaken il the travel
ling community of this county can he seduced
from cordial support of this accommodation
line by any eleventh hour repentance of the
old monopoly. Next week we expect to be
able to state the time when the proposed line
will be pat in motion together with the man
ner in which it will be conducted.