The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-06-04
YARD CONFIRMS REPORT OF SALE
Western Pacific Looking for Bonuses,
Free Rights of Way, Etc.

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H. III. Yard confirms the reported sale
of the Butte e. Plumas Railroad to the
Western Pacific. To the San Francisco
correspondent of the Sacramento Bee he
said 1.-THE negotiations are not yet
closed in New York, but the sale is
practically made. Nothing but details
remain to be settled, and the transfer is
likely soon!to be completed. This means,
among other things, that the Western
Pacific will not build through the Beck
with Pass, but will come into California
sixty miles north of it through Fredonia
Pass, by way of Susanville, in Honey
Lake Valley. Lassen County. Thence
it will come down the North Fork of
the Feather River to Oroville, Marys-
vile and Sacramento. I have no doubt
the Western Pacific people mean con-
struction business. and that new over
land road into Northern California will
soon be under way"
Looking for Bonuses.
The Western Pacific Railroad Com
pany has sent it's agents into the differ
ent towns along it's route in California
to submit to the people its proposition
in connection with the building of the
road.
The company. in brief, expects these
communities at their own expense to
procure and present it with the right of
way and depot facilities required by it
free of all cost, in consideration of its
putting through the road. Speaking of
this matter editorially, the Marysville
Appeal says:
Marysritte Asks Ne,c Road to Talk business
'The citizens of this locality are as
public spirited possibly as those to be
found anywhere in the State, but if the
Western Pacific Railroad is laboring
under the fantastical delusion that they
are going to put up anything in the
nature of sum approximating $40, 900
as bonus to induce that corporation to
enter this fertile territory and compete
for business, they want to get that idea
right out their head and get down to
business. Marysville will give them no
bonus. and neither will Yuba County
They will have to come among us ac-
cepting our good will in just the same
ratio it would be extended to any other
enterprise, being prepared the while to
pay for what they receive in the way of
facilities at fair price. Anything in
the shape of public ground that the city
has to offer will probably be at their
disposal without cost. This is not a
railroad batting community. We have
a pretty good freight and passenger ser.
vice out of Marysville at present, are a
competitive. point, and we certainly are
not going to go about offering bonuses
to a road that is bound to come to
Marysville if it comes down this valley
at all, to get into this field.
"This community will be glad to as.
sure the Western Pacific Railway that
it will welcome their advent and compe-
tition, but in coming we shall expect
that they will talk business, pay for
what they want, treat the people fairly
when they get here, and generally con.
duct themselves as would any enterprise
coming among us conceived in its own
interest in the first instance and ours as
a secondary proposition. No, before we
yield up any bonuses there are several
things we shall have to know. For in
stance. what will be the freight rate be-
tween here and San Francisco? If we
had any guarantee Of a better tariff
both ways between Marysville and the
seaboard that bonus might be forth
coming without much ado, but without
something on the other end of the prop
osition pretty definite In its character.
the eloquence of Demosthenes would
scarce suffice to cozen a pence from our
thrifty Golfers"