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NEVADA JOURNAL JANUARY 14, 1863
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1863
VOLUME I. [Old Series, Vol. 13.] [Whole No. 773.] No. 132.
THE JOURNAL is published every Monday, Wednesday and Friday by Benj. Brierly & Co. Jos. Thompson,
D. B. Frink, E. B. Vanderhoef, Benj. Brierly. Office No. 27 Main Street (Up stairs opposite the Express offices.)
Benj. Brierly Editor.
REPORT OF A SURVEY
For a Turnpike Road from the White Cloud Gap to Bowman’s Ranch, via. Washington and Canon Creek.
The problem presented for solution in the survey just made may be thus briefly stated: Can
a route for a turnpike road be found to connect Nevada City with Nevada Territory by the way
of the Henness Pass, which shall be superior to all other transmontane routes? and is the Canon
Creek route such an one as will fulfill the required condition?
[Complete description of route follows. .
Such, then, being the distinguishing characteristics of the proposed road and its connections,
it appears to me that the conclusion is inevitable that when this road is constructed this route will
be fully equal to if not superior to any and all other routes across the Sierra Nevada mountains.
It certainly will have all the requisite conditions to enable it to command a large share of the
Nevada Territory trade. I believe the Placerville route encounters a narrower belt of deep snow.
But since it crosses the mountains at a higher elevation than the Henness Pass it follows that
much heavier grades must be introduced than are found on this route, in order to reach a higher
elevation in a shorter distance of ascent. . .
[Breakdown of estimated costs follows, totaling $72,200. ]
SUGGESTIONS.
If any effort is made to construct this road, it ought to be done at once. Not a single
day should be lost. The necessary preliminaries of organization, &c. should be attended to
immediately, so that work may be commenced as soon as the weather will permit, which on the
western portion of the line will be as soon as the heavy storms of winter are over. With anything
like energy in its management it can be completed by the first of August and thus secure the fall
travel, an item of no small importance. No expense should be spared to make it a safe, wide,
solid road. It has to compete with other roads. To succeed, it should be superior to all rival roads
in every particular. I have made a liberal estimate, as will be seen, on this very account.
I am largely indebted to Mr. A. J. Doolittle for valuable suggestions which his thorough
acquaintance with the country enabled him to give—also, for his untiring patience and
indefatigable zeal in procuring the necessary means to complete the survey. To Messrs. Huff,
McBean and other citizens of Washington, for their liberal assistance—as also to Chas. Marsh,
Esq., and other citizens of Nevada city.. . JOHN OSTROM, Civil Engineer.
[Maps of the survey may be seen at the National Exchange hotel.]
EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION.—The colored citizens of Nevada, Sacramento, San
Francisco, and several other places in this State, we believe, celebrate to-day the Emancipation
Proclamation of the President. They have a right to rejoice and make merry. Henceforth the first of
January will be to them what the 4th of July is to the country generally, and the Ist of August to their