Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-22
AT THE FRONT.
Letter from the Advance Station ON thu
California and Oregon Railroad.

California and Oregon Railroad.
SIssoNs Shasta county,, Dec. 20, 1886.
EDS. RECORD UNION Finding myself at
the foot of Mount Shasta, and noticing that
your journal has large circulation in that
vicinity, it came TO my mind, as an old
journalist, that in consequence of the pro-
gressiveness going on around some items
of news would be profitable to your
readers.
In the first place, the Iron horse" is at
lust convenient distance so as not to dis
turb the slumbers of the tourist who visits
this delightful region, so well known to
those who have SO often enjoyed its pleas
ure but walk of one mile across the
meadows leads one into a circle Of
business activity. The railroad track
is there, and depot, round-house, turn
table, etc, are in course of erection,
the water-tank is completed, and stock cor
rails for the receipt of cattle for shipment
are in progress. On the town site, each
side of the track, laid out by Mr.. Sisson, |
found a well-stocked store. kept by the
Doney Bros, who appeared well satisfied
with the situation, and. by the many Gus
toners who appeared within the store the
hour / was there, l should think they
ought to be. Next to them was the Mount
Shasta Saloon, kept by Harry Hill, in
which everything appeared clean and
orderly; next came the residence and
workshop OF Messrs. Cochran g. Carlton,
contractors and builders, who have al
ready sufficient orders to last the winter.
John Ney has also put up building, and
four other buildings are also in progress,
but l have forgotten to inquire for what
purpose. The officials still dwell in tents,
but will very soon have dwellings erected
for them.
But why should Sisson's be such an
advantageous business point? some OF
your readers may inquire. l will answer
that question by stating facts. In the first
place, this, by natural causes, mus. be the
shipping point for southeastern Oregon,
Modoc and Lassen counties, and the Fall
River section of Shasta county. Already
DIR. Mooers has had hauled here five loads
of sugar pine lumber at an expense of $12
per thousand, whereas it would have cost
$50 per thousand to have conveyed the
same to Redding. He has more on the
road, and one load of merchandise started
for Modoc county last week. So the peo-
pie of that section already realize the ad-
vantage of level road on which they have
to pay no toll, the only raise that is of
any account being Squaw Hill, which is to
at once graded.
The road runs from Fall River to the
New York ranch, thence to Bartle's, on the
McCloud river; thence through Squaw
valley to Sisson's, and is fifty miles in
length-being thirty-fve miles in its favor
against the old route. Susanville could
also get her mail fifteen hours sooner by
this route, and petition is in circulation
to accomplish that purpose. So, taking all
things into consideration, Sisson's may be
reasonably expected to become an i'm
portant business point.
1t is also the center of a vast region of
yellow sugar-pine and fir timber, and its
excellent climate, so well appreciated by
summer tourists, needs no comment. AL
ready some Red Bluff citizens are nego-
tiating for five acres of land on which to
build summer residences.
The construction party have somewhat
damaged the drainage of the town site, but
the operating party, in conjunction with
Mr.. Sisson, will have everything perfect by
the spring, when, by the terms of the agree
ment, the company will build fine hotel
at the station. ]. W. NJ.