| Show mail routes an increase increase of service service upon the overland mail route to placerville erville is is called for by all parties and sections both of california and the east i the h prejudice pie judice that has so long iong existed ag against ainest this route is happily giving way ay to a correct appreciation appreciate on of it us s merits there are now dow large settlements along it that require dal daily or semiweekly semi weekly intercourse with each other or niah il the states at its extremities since the establishment of the bv bi arland mails great changes have taken place settlements Settlement shoy how ever have not followed the stage lines ines as we ve anticipated they woul voute id 1 this we ft e think is is owing to the general impression among the people i arid and also among the contractors conn actors themselves 0 of f the impropriety of the routes selected sel e acted arid and their want of permanency ema nency should a aline line bp be established ablis hed by the most direct course through the settlements of the kansas gold mines camp floyd flod and carson valley valle to placerville erville such a confidence ill in its stability would would obtain b that every available spot of ground where here v a home could be made would soon be occupied by thrifty farmers fan ners arid and a chain of settlements wol v iha an additional support to such line atri A tn belly mail from placerville erville to any railroad terminus in in missouri could be run profitably for a less amount than now paid for a feehly upon ithe the southern souther ali line lie during the past summer a stage for passengers and express ex ress has been running from V es estern t ern missouri to the ricly mountains without ii a subsidy 1 from gov ern ment upon taj this sye side a tri weekly stage line ia is in successful operation crossin crossing athe the sierra nevada receiving only a nomina nominal sum from the P 0 department upon on this the trai travel el is is so great that its necessities require ire the establishment of a daily giue thus it will be seen seel that upon the central route sta stage lines tire are required from place to place place arid and run with ith or witti without out the aid of government governa nt and that the central is is the route best adapted by nature and circumstances for quick cheap and safe overland communication be tween tv een the states or of the atlantic e an and the pacific we long lon since ince me mentioned tho the route via vu the kansas cansas gold old mines mines ind and t camp flod to ca carson rs n valley and placerville erville this being the one now usually referred to as the central it is is the shortest passes through the most important settlements and the best agricultural lands the most feasible passes in in the mountains avoids the hostile and untamable indians and is is the route rouie chosen by the people odilie of ahe pacific coast a the line of the pacific railroad with ill alt these advantages a stage line could not fail of success if properly established observer placer ville cal |
