Year: 1861

fallen Sacramento has eliclted for its citizens
the strongest sympathy throughout the
State; and that sympathy has been manifested
not only bv kind words but by more SUBJ
stanta tokens. But it has not escaped
attention, that while the remainder Of the
State is fully disposed to be generous to every
interest Of Sacramento, that city, or rather
many of its people, are determined to be
extremely ungenerous to certain business
interests within the city, that the neighbor
ing counties are not Indifferent to. We
aliude to the action of he Board of Super
visors, the Citizens Meeting, and the tone
Of the press, in reference to the Sacramento
Valley Railroad Company, by which it is
proposed to deprive the latter of the privilege
of running their trains to the river 'front.'
The professed reason for this is, that the
Company are responsible for the late inunda
tioo, because they put in an earth embank
ment, across the slough, from the + street
levee to the high land back of the city, and
that in dong so they violated the ordinance
granting the right of way within the city
limits Whether this embankment was the
cause Of the overflow, the public is not ad-





Meeting, or before the Board of Supervisors.
But the assertion that such was the case
seems to have been readily accepted as the
fact, and with but little delibera;ion it has
been determined the Company shall no
longer have the facility of using their old
track to the river. 1t has been proposed,
however, that if the Company will run their
Railroad to the north side of the city. con
nect with the | street evee, and build the
enbankment sufficiently strong to resist
| future floods, tEey may reach the river in
that direction. In other words, if he Sacra,
mento Valley Railroad Company, at its own
expense, will protect the city of Sacramento
from foods it may enjoy the same privileges
it before possessed otherwise to lose their
privileges. This is an extraordins rv proi
ceeding, and appears still more so when We
are told that trestle bridge over the slough
above mentioned would have prevented an
overflow. If this be true, and it is fact
also as stated, that as great a freshet may
not again occur in twenty years why not
compel the Company to build such bridge
and continue to occupy the levee as formerly.
When it will be remembered that the Rail
road company originally desired 20 lay their
h
bv the city auth critics to accept the h street
levee or none, it would seem a monsrous in
Justice TO deal with them as now proposed.


careful reading of the proceedings of
the Super isors, and remarks of speakers at
the public meeting, disclose "a hostility to
The company that seems to have been formed
anterior TO the freshet. And the remarks
about injury to draymen, laborers etc. dis
close that The opposition to the company,
use the same arguments AS six years ago.
And Super. isors whose legislation should be
conducted with proper rega'd for all prop
erty interests in their city and county, seem
ed to have talked and acted as if they de,
sired to break down an important public i'm,
provemeut within the city, as il it WAS a
public nuisance instead of Z benefit.


Now, although this Railroad may be very
unpopular with the Sacramento Supervisors
and press, it IS popular with the people OF
Fl Dorado, Placer and Nevada connties
whose trade and travel is considerably faciIi
tate1 and cheapened by it. And in the con
Meeting Rail Roads made and 20 he made
into these counties from the Va ley K AL,
;hey also feel an interest, and viii demand


that their business shall have an outlet to
the nayioable waters of the Sacramento


Sacramento city requires the good opin.
ion and assistance Of the counties named.
| At present both Of which she has and can
obtain. But it is possible to lose both, il
their business facilities and prosperity are to
! be subject t. the unmany caprice row man
itested.