Newspaper Notes - 1850s (NN-1850)(1850) (313 pages)

; rom venience and loss;Therefore be it, : 4 4 bY os SES RESOLY BD, ; sia By the Assembly, the Senate concurring, that in case of the organ: As Sketched by the Pen of ization of a Territorial ao rob , TALLMAN HATHAWAY ROLFE in Western Utah, our Senators in SE ->*Congress are instructed and cur [ ) Representatives requested, to ue 8 i . their exertions that such Territo17 ) do not receive the name of NE-! ‘Thus the prospect of a healthy com-! VAIDA. . ‘petition between the two companies, . I hope this will have the desired . ‘which we were led to believe woula: ffect and relieve us from confusion. San Bernardino, California, be continuous, is at an end and the) Dear Brother: price of passage from San Francisco! Mr. Elliot, a civil engineer, has been to New York will hereafter be reguwith us the past few days with a view lateag by Vanderbilt. EDITED BY BELLH ROLFE DOUGLASS (installment ‘No. Thirty-two) NEVADA, CALIFORNIA, : January 10, 1860. To H. C. Rolfe, { i ‘ Despite all objections, the ter. ritory comprising Western Utah was permitted to adopt the name, of making a preliminary survey for a railroad from Auburn to Nevada, and to note the practicability of the proBoot-Cleaning Privilege. But, while we can find trouble tor. looking for it, we can also find a bright “Nevada,” when it was organized as a separate territory. Subse-quent installments of these leta . C 5 « Sac i a " rie . = ject. The cost of such a survey Will spot in the gloom: /Mr. Grover of Wet ‘’ “ill disclose how the ambibe about $600, which has been subscribed without effort. The route, from Folsom to Auburn has been sur-} veyed and experienced railroad men> claim that a continuance to this point’ will be more valuable than between, uny other two points in the State, It would command all of the trade ot: Nevada and Placey Counties, Northern) Eldorado and Southern Sierra and a portion of Yuba, to say nothing of the extensive trade that is likely to arise, if the Washoe Mines prove as ‘profitable as prospected. Railroad That Never Was There would also be plenty of re-. turn freight in fire wood, lumber, ete,, . for town below. Itirewood, I think, ' is something like $8.00 a cord in San; Franciseo. Our supply is inexhaustible and could be delivered ‘on the line of the road for about $3.00. The . business of this county. alone would ‘make a railroad pay, to say naught of; Placer, which is nearly equal to us in. population, and I predict that if the, road is ‘built, in two.-yenrs time the laying of a double track from here to. Sacramento would be required. { Transportation seems to be the key to our difficulties. We must faye . railroads, wagon roads and _ other means of travel, to put California in) { ‘are of good quality, at first. Hill relates a tale of his children clamoring for the privilege of cleaning his bowts, because of the gold he brings in on his boots from his sluicing operations. To keep peace in the family, he decided to permit alternate weeks for the privilege, That, however, had its weak points, as the idle ones would walk down the trail to gather up the lumps of dirt that fell off en route and another row iwould ensue to establish a claim of the child who had current right to the. ‘boots. { First California Matches Hill sent me a box of percussian . matches, manufactured in Sacram?'1-. to by the Haviland Company. The. warranted to; stand dampness and time, put up in conyenient boxes, and I hope preferende will be given to home manufacturers rather than to the imported article. Coal oil, recently qiscovered, is being used pretty generally in place or camphene for illuminating homes, proving a success that seemed dubious It is, without doubt, the greatest illuminator of the age. } T Locally, ‘business is as usual, Theo Lampe has fitted up a bath house in the rear of his barber shop. Has n of Nevada, California, Pe ies the inevitable and “8 name to Nevada City.” line with other states. Travel be-. installed every modern contraption fraen hecho and tho Washoe ! and invites the public, washed and un16 Mines; ‘commenced early last summer and all ‘who could leave business made the trip. Many returned by way of Placerville but in every case, preference this county. up today in a sulky and expects to get ‘through with this vehicle. Even street railways are being constructed in Eastern cities lke New York, Chijcago and St. Louis and are proposed in Cleveland and Detroit, to run on a so as to prevent interference with vehiculay traffic. : Transportation Troubles ‘eral intends a strong retrenchment in the conduct of his department and may recommend discontinuance of overland. mail to California. was expressed _for the road through i » Henry Meredith started / ‘I learn that the Postmaster GenWhat a! washed, to call and test the contrivance, : ——! Yours, ete., TALLMAN, Fearful of Losing Name Right P. S.—The Legislature has taken auction on the subject of our objection to the name of Nevada for the Eastrn Territory and the following resolution was introdueed by our repreentative: Whereas, Since the year 1850, ane of our most populous counties and one of the largest inland cities ' in the State have borne the name or “NEVADA,” and whereas, The application of the name to another territory or state would oc. casion mistakes and delays in postal and other communication, and would subject the inhabitants of calamity! Commodore Vanderbilt has purchased the property of the Pacific Mail ‘Steamship Company. , ‘the Pacific Coast to serious incon-.

; rom venience and loss;Therefore be it, : 4 4 bY os SES RESOLY BD, ; sia By the Assembly, the Senate concurring, that in case of the organ: As Sketched by the Pen of ization of a Territorial ao rob , TALLMAN HATHAWAY ROLFE in Western Utah, our Senators in SE ->*Congress are instructed and cur [ ) Representatives requested, to ue 8 i . their exertions that such Territo17 ) do not receive the name of NE-! ‘Thus the prospect of a healthy com-! VAIDA. . ‘petition between the two companies, . I hope this will have the desired . ‘which we were led to believe woula: ffect and relieve us from confusion. San Bernardino, California, be continuous, is at an end and the) Dear Brother: price of passage from San Francisco! Mr. Elliot, a civil engineer, has been to New York will hereafter be reguwith us the past few days with a view lateag by Vanderbilt. EDITED BY BELLH ROLFE DOUGLASS (installment ‘No. Thirty-two) NEVADA, CALIFORNIA, : January 10, 1860. To H. C. Rolfe, { i ‘ Despite all objections, the ter. ritory comprising Western Utah was permitted to adopt the name, of making a preliminary survey for a railroad from Auburn to Nevada, and to note the practicability of the proBoot-Cleaning Privilege. But, while we can find trouble tor. looking for it, we can also find a bright “Nevada,” when it was organized as a separate territory. Subse-quent installments of these leta . C 5 « Sac i a " rie . = ject. The cost of such a survey Will spot in the gloom: /Mr. Grover of Wet ‘’ “ill disclose how the ambibe about $600, which has been subscribed without effort. The route, from Folsom to Auburn has been sur-} veyed and experienced railroad men> claim that a continuance to this point’ will be more valuable than between, uny other two points in the State, It would command all of the trade ot: Nevada and Placey Counties, Northern) Eldorado and Southern Sierra and a portion of Yuba, to say nothing of the extensive trade that is likely to arise, if the Washoe Mines prove as ‘profitable as prospected. Railroad That Never Was There would also be plenty of re-. turn freight in fire wood, lumber, ete,, . for town below. Itirewood, I think, ' is something like $8.00 a cord in San; Franciseo. Our supply is inexhaustible and could be delivered ‘on the line of the road for about $3.00. The . business of this county. alone would ‘make a railroad pay, to say naught of; Placer, which is nearly equal to us in. population, and I predict that if the, road is ‘built, in two.-yenrs time the laying of a double track from here to. Sacramento would be required. { Transportation seems to be the key to our difficulties. We must faye . railroads, wagon roads and _ other means of travel, to put California in) { ‘are of good quality, at first. Hill relates a tale of his children clamoring for the privilege of cleaning his bowts, because of the gold he brings in on his boots from his sluicing operations. To keep peace in the family, he decided to permit alternate weeks for the privilege, That, however, had its weak points, as the

idle ones would walk down the trail to gather up the lumps of dirt that fell off en route and another row iwould ensue to establish a claim of the child who had current right to the. ‘boots. { First California Matches Hill sent me a box of percussian . matches, manufactured in Sacram?'1-. to by the Haviland Company. The. warranted to; stand dampness and time, put up in conyenient boxes, and I hope preferende will be given to home manufacturers rather than to the imported article. Coal oil, recently qiscovered, is being used pretty generally in place or camphene for illuminating homes, proving a success that seemed dubious It is, without doubt, the greatest illuminator of the age. } T Locally, ‘business is as usual, Theo Lampe has fitted up a bath house in the rear of his barber shop. Has n of Nevada, California, Pe ies the inevitable and “8 name to Nevada City.” line with other states. Travel be-. installed every modern contraption fraen hecho and tho Washoe ! and invites the public, washed and un16 Mines; ‘commenced early last summer and all ‘who could leave business made the trip. Many returned by way of Placerville but in every case, preference this county. up today in a sulky and expects to get ‘through with this vehicle. Even street railways are being constructed in Eastern cities lke New York, Chijcago and St. Louis and are proposed in Cleveland and Detroit, to run on a so as to prevent interference with vehiculay traffic. : Transportation Troubles ‘eral intends a strong retrenchment in the conduct of his department and may recommend discontinuance of overland. mail to California. was expressed _for the road through i » Henry Meredith started / ‘I learn that the Postmaster GenWhat a! washed, to call and test the contrivance, : ——! Yours, ete., TALLMAN, Fearful of Losing Name Right P. S.—The Legislature has taken auction on the subject of our objection to the name of Nevada for the Eastrn Territory and the following resolution was introdueed by our repreentative: Whereas, Since the year 1850, ane of our most populous counties and one of the largest inland cities ' in the State have borne the name or “NEVADA,” and whereas, The application of the name to another territory or state would oc. casion mistakes and delays in postal and other communication, and would subject the inhabitants of calamity! Commodore Vanderbilt has purchased the property of the Pacific Mail ‘Steamship Company. , ‘the Pacific Coast to serious incon-.