Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1803-11-21

sc east sils OF
means the south
= ..5 mol 4sde to Colchester, Dam-
~ s,.lericksburg, cannot he benefited by
t'ss - nor does he seem to think that then
'e lys .soee oaght TO- be Attended 70. From the
i'as'ps, ,romsc 70 the Rappahannock IS space ef
Ts' City miles or nearly IN extent, Of this
''0Dny tbir.y miles viii BE found 50 situated as
f's,s3 ,beir intercourse with Alexandra can be
sa only BY. a communication with the Cen.
.s,Il. road independent Of that body on the
..',rn side Of the Rappahannoek, considerable
Oh" on the western side Of that river, wi,
',eurc similar interccusss oY the same means /;
s.body Of people which may be thus iauted 70
5. alsxandSa market are, speaking within
l.. three times as numerous as the vince
s,lvof bauioa and FuIf4x conntles, who FF'li
ne Tnrapike road, whatever she direction Of
bs /: 10 a .consiltrablespart ef this tract ot
cao,ry, iii. distance is about ten miss further
:. Alexandria, than 70 Fredericksburg Or Dunn
81 THIS they Will cheetfuay encounter, pro
.;IsJ GOOD road s. formed 10 Genteryllle; thfY
m,ahl III that. case open, ia proper directions, d.
- r,aas 70 intessecf that at convenient points.
:. thinss now stand they are compslled, IN The
! uagss 81 the . DirettorRlahl his elegant publ
,,ags. 10 box the compass sto ger TO The AjeNsn-
ia msfkes1 From Smoker Gap 70 the Poto-
mac IS only sixteen miles, ana enc halt OF that
,,,te will pass down the Leesburg road--then how
,mall portion OF the ceRnsry, iyng between
p0,omac and Raposhannock Will use the 1nfn-
keRoad. The great body coming by the 9sed
H,use. when they touch the turnpike Roa,
raapct depart from II. Those in Loudoua hav-
ipc o.her roads open leading to Alesapdria, vii,
n rood weather. avail themselves st them to
,,o.d tie toll. From tie DESCRIPTION Of the eeun-
nv herein given, and no person acquainted Wi b
4, geography of it will deny the correctness q
i IT'S evident that whether the Navigation Of
ne river be used or not, that the great mass Of
r.ooe 10 the westward Of Alexandra Will DC
more benefited by taking the road to Cenieryliie
Than by the Court House, and of course better
uosoea If interest to TIE Stockholders for Their
Money, aid Of extension of trade to Alexandr'a,
The Alexandriaa then observes that G@orge-
Tosn Is three miles nearer the counuy west Of
Little River, than Alexaneria (this calculation
presume is founded upon the present. rours to Ell
ther place y he says it will BE- impolitic to give
tbe paved road cireuitous route, as thereby
he distance viii be augmented 70 six niles.
/ am at loss to discover how that can
BE made out, or for what purpose that o5ser.
yston is made. Does he thereby mean that the
peope about Little River, will open direct
r0ad to that place, and transfer their trade TO i,
ifthey CANE give what direction they please 70
III. lurppne Road Examine facts, and sse
what is the prospect of this threat beng executed.
From ire establishment OF. Geege Town and A
exandria, It was we'll known thar the distance
through Keys Gap. was less to George Town
than Alexandra. Within these few years 3
bridge has been thrown over the Potomac, by the
people Of George Town, under an expectation
thar from the shortness OF distance, aud conye-
ulence of using the river, the whole trade comics
down that road would be diverted to George
Town. Whar has been the effect he TRACE
alIcontinues its course 10 Aiexandria, and 50 I
would wee a road open 70 :, Lttle River TO The
Bulge, whatever eff Els shach measures migh5
have pro 5uced tweRtyyears go, when Aexan
dIia was weak, and struggling under oppressive
SAFE regulations, NV that she has acquires
aepg q AID IN mercantile capital exceeds her
arigAbar aud supposed rival nothing of che kind IS
y DC apPsekenaed.
AN ALExANBRIAN STOCKHOLDERS.
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