Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1803-11-21
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snt snd practicable gseuaa'' ,Lerets ,hfos,a. xe.
to tbs background and kergpg eatile,v oa, 81
s'ght, the other Injunction ii tGe act, &C All
tier circumstances, @hlch prfbaps upon ) I'll
Investigation et the snbjstt mghs be fonoa 81
| such weight as 70 cvtr5aance 2 shorrness of II;
taace." t'ie PLAIN ard evident intent il o;v;n..
lbs gloss totthc act, appears TO be no otbsr
TO pprss upon The Euo!il IN Opinion. thar ,Ia
mpsny ard directors ~ere bound by the Iaoo,,,o.
Of the act, toc4uy the ROAD b. thar roat Via
would conb.oe saortleasot dislarce with ii. ,,n.,
convenient practicable grousd, * t!.atw5,tsvs.
Circumstances mghr appear on d FIJI cxaooa,;o.
OF rhe suajett WI h w5uid tend ts dis,pass ,y;eh
shortness oidstapce, shry cvu!I no, nav anv >.
teiat'9n to, Or be II aay lEaaael governed b..
them.
When tie writer comes to touch unon -. rc
tance laysd 10 ing by the Couft Hose h. cs VII
/" hat from he rraosa III . tat F,nl, h. -, ~
/" Court Houfe AMI 0lm SJiing (ic hoalI b,a.
(aid Gum SpIiag R9ai, tog it Paa'.s 10 the r,n,b
ward Of The Sipflog) 6 The dittan1c i, lomeybas
/" lrls than thury m;Ies oar by Centerviila
/" along he pEeicn road, the diitlnce is up,ya-5s
/" OF thirty two mics and an half, He,.
again, there is an Implication that the road w.
insended 70 go altoge her upon the old traf bot
THAI IS TOT the iatt. A deviation from The Oh
trace was inleaded, ana by 70 doing, III, 5;f
tance wopld De lcG-aed. By the flrvsys made !.
aPf cared By The report ct one fnrveyor, that n
going by the C9un iioute 70 the Ford, two miles
Licking thirieen poics, were l4ved by the re-.
port Of tbs o;her, thar one mile, ami f5mslbioo
more dian on naf, were faved. This WIS by
the Directors, on The fit day of The meeting,
Communicated 10 f-9erai perfons mixing the en-.
quiry, particularly BY Col Powell. do noe
mean TO enquiie which Of the lurYeyors is NOR
Correct, Only to, le.a ,hatin this, The writer has
evidently endeavonred TO milead The pubic mind.
The writer then defcribes the country which will
be benefited BY and make ufa Of The road. He
fys, that az the Ford The road forks, one branch
OF it leading through Alhby's Gap, and from
thence into Frederic K, Shenandoah, Rockingham,
Hardy and HaElptfire counties, which through
that Gap will convey their products 10 the Little
River Ford, and 70 into lie Turnpike; the other
branch leadiog lhrough Smokers Gap ,llo into
the county OF Frederick, aud the counties of Iee-
fefi3n and Berkeley, through which they viii con-
veytFelr products, mike manner, by the Ford
into the Turnpike. Here the writer dicover,
that he is either unacQuanted with the geogra
ply of The wettern country, CT wilhes TO with
hold that information from The public which he is
able so give. The fact is, thar the whole Of the
counties Of Shenandoah, Rockingham, Augu&a
AID Hardy, or lach part OF hem as chute to come
20 The Alexandria market, together with Part OF
frederick, VIII crols the B.ae Ridge at Manalseh's
Gap, from whence there is road Which iuter-
feels the road from A.hby's Gap TO the Red
HOMIE, about eleven miles below the road,
diyergiog alto from Alnby's road at the foot OF
the Ridge, and running from ihence TO the Little
NveftoFd, conlequentiy that tbofe ION that diff
trict OF Country can neyer touch The Little River
ford or the Turnpike at that point; the remain
ing part Of Frederick will be divided between
the two Gaps of ABBY and Smokers, of which
country tuli three fourths will be as convenenty
or more 70, to Alloys ana Manafs's Gaps as 10
Smokers, as viii the whole county OF lamp
hire, and circumstances alone will determine
whether thofc equally convenient to Smoker and
Abby Gaps, will make ne of The one or the
c herrouic. At pgeGnt, ftom WincheRer and
tAdt hsiSdD2lsaood, lAey As Hequchily Ciols o.
Athby's as at Snicke:'s; and thoie who crols a!
Ahby's, on accouat of the fuPeriority Of the ode
ro2a over the other, more generally 60 down ny
tbs Red us than BIZ Little River, though the
didance is greater, and no proper way bas as yess
been opened into the Centervilie read. The ROAD
from ahby's Gap TO the Red Houie was calcr"
Ia Ell 10 firm a connettion with DJmf,ies-AleIo
2ndIia WIS nor At thar time contemplated. It's
however believed that dirett road, over as gooa
ground rs The prcicns road paiI.s, may be mace
sfcm Ahby's road, either from the Red ifon's
or icne poms above i, TO inte,ietf the Center"
vile road TWO or three mics below il, by ~ncA
The dittance 70 alexandria vii be nearly tlletam'
on eithcr route; the remaining part OF fteteticK'
fjnsll part Of Jefcffon AID Berkeley VII oe conc