Show the sacramento valley railroad rall Eail road the first shove Lof earth in the construction of this road was raised in february wiry 1 53 55 but corn ively nothing was done towards the grading until april the first tie was wag delivered here hera early in may blay the first vessel laden with iron and nd material for the furniture of the road left boston Bo slonas as late as AT lreh and arrived the last of june on the ath of july last the ferst first work was done on a railroad car in this state in putting together the flon flor frame of one oae of tho the cars the first rail nil was laid on the oth august and on the I 1 ith the first canever propelled on a rail raili road was a hand cir over a leng ieng length 1 h of feet fent meirs judah robinson morie morle and carroll being obliged to carry it some distance for the ahe purpose the thi first platform car was placed on the track aug 14 and on the same day the sacramento made her debut on the levee on cie i nov the first bissenger pis car was placed on the track on ont the occasion of the annual meeting meet inq of the stockholders the time to 0 patterson s on this the girst first trip was made in 15 1 manutes nr Mn utes the company have now three first class clasi engines running 21 box freight cirs 27 2 platform cars 7 passenger cars and 2 baggage cars in running order today to day they commence the construction of turning tables and engine house and a passenger depoix depot at this point and a passenger pis genger sengen house at the alder aider creek station to which place the road is completed the road would have been opened much sooner had llad it not been for the monetary crisis of the past year but as it is more work hasteen done in the sime spice of time limp than is custo customary maiv malv even in the olde older r states stales every pound of rn lerial above the sleepers was brought a distance of miles rilles and placed upon the road bed in nine months our connection with other localities in cal forma has been facilitated greatly during daring the year and the extent of distant communication enlarged by the hie operations of the tile telegraph companies whose lines radiate in every oleo direction from frouz the city our application for the information havin having been denied we are gunabe to give the extent affine of line edby by the state line the alta california telegraph company have now completed and in operation lines iines connecting u with the following benecia mormon island diamond S p nerg nEra placerville erville coloma auburn gras valley nevada cami forest city downieville Downie ville georgetown yankee jims jima wisconsin hill iowa hill volcano jackson hill san andrear columbia sonora and stockton offices are now open in all the above named places excer ekcert k volcano jackson and mok luane hill the whole length of line of the complete comple teal teil and in operation is miles the only ony section of the proposed extension of the line ihie remaining inborn ia is from benecia Bp necia necla I 1 martinez miri Mirt inez and and oakland to san francisco which will wilbe be completed as soon aa as submarine rub sub marine wire can be obtain ed to sink across strait at benecia and across the bay from oakland to san francisco the whole length of the ohp alta line when completed as now proposed will be about miles connecting with twenty eight different places vao sao union jan jail 5 |