Year: 1865

The Post Office Department advertise in the
Sacramento Union and San Francisco American
Flag for proposals for transporting the mails over
the various California routes for the four years
commencing July /, 1866, and ending July l,
1870, by the arrivals and departures specified


The first route in which the people of Trinity
are particularly interested, and over which pro-
posals will be received for transporting trl-
weekly mail each way, as at present, is that
between Weaverville and Shasta. This route
includes Lewiston-mail to leave Shasta every
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and Weaver
vile every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. This
is direct reversal of arrival and departure as
at present enjoyed. tits generally acknowledged
by the business community that it is far more
beneficial and convenient to have the mails arrive
here as they do under the present contract on
Monday, Wednesday and Friday, while it results
in no inconvenience to the people at the other
end of the route. However, even though the
contract be given for performance on the days
therein mentioned, there is little doubt that
petition to the Pacific Postal Agent to have the
service performed as at present, would have the
desired effect If in the meantime our people
see fit to memorabilia the Department in the mat
ter, abundant time is allowed to do so.


The next is weekly mail (as at presently from
Arcata, Humboldt county, by Hoopa Valley,
Burnt Ranch, Big Flat, Trinity and Junction
City, to Weaverville-ll7 miles and back-eav-


ing Arcata on Monday, and Weavervile on
Thursday. Even at the present time this is


important route to the people of both counties,
and one which is bound to grow in Importance
year by year. Previous to the commencement
of the lately settled Indian difficulties hundreds
of people were located along the Trinity, from
North Fork to to the Humboldt line. At present
not one of the stations, trading posts or habita-
tions then met with on the route is standing, and
it is only within a few months that white men
have deemed it safe to locate below Little Prairie.
Now, however, people are gathering in again,
and there is a certain prospect that the end of
another year will find large addition to the
population of that portion of the county in ques-
ton. There are already signs of revival in busi
ness and mining at both North Fork and Big
Flat. Old residents who are acquainted with
the resources of the localities, and who were
driven off by Indians, left from other causes,
are returning. Large stocks of merchandise for
the accommodation of families and miners are
being laid in by Nickel Il Co., at the former, and
A. Martin, at the latter place, their announce
ments elsewhere in this paper more fully set
forth. The fact is simply this All that portion
of the river between Big Flat and the mouth of
South Fork is adapted either by nature or oca-
ton for farming, mining and grazing purposes,
and must and will be occupied in time, and we
believe that time is not far distant. Hundreds
of benches and bars which prospect we'll
comparatively untouched, and in no portion of
the county good water privileges so numcr-
Gus and easily made servceable


We are credibly informed that the Humboldt
mail route may be shortened from fifteen to
twenty miles by leaving the Trinity at the mouth
of South Fork and going thence direct to Arcata,
instead of by Hoopa Valley, and by having the
latter point included in the Arcata and Sawyers
Bar route, which would only render necessary
change of crossing of the Trinity from Weitch-
peck to Hoopa Valley. This, however is mat
ter in which the Humboldt and Klamath people
more directly interested, and any suggestions
of in connection Herewith might be pro-
nounced In bad taste by them. But the people
of Hoopa Valley derive benefit from
having the Weavervile and Humboldt mail pass
that way than they would from a change of the
Arcata and Sawyer's Bar route to include that
point


We hope to see this Humboldt contract fall
ing man, and at remunerative figure. Hereto
fore it has been taken at starvation prices. and
the consequence has been that the public have
suffered from inefficient performance of the
service.