Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1803-12-03

tssgke3 way the Court FIaafe. CO. nc,;, 10
month. Were the Directors ALARMED. - ~
Londoun Director has iniinatsd 10 h;sl,.s
dsels, by the rcsions urged in fsv ,ot CD
erns routes WasIisle River cer;glsersl + D.
ger . But how, onder thsif conHrna;oo of ~.
raw, can they g" mic and a halt 10 the lon;b
OF a itrat lines Have the D:rctt5rs ever run !.
line, or examined The gfoiiai, wit;l yiev 70
.irait route ? The Lnudoun Director fsys rs IN.
F" viewed the country north OF the Conrt Houf. ),
& lie bad his " doebtsn whether il would NOT con
moe, 10 make a roaa there ihau woa,d be (aved
by dillance. Ii does nor appear thar be hsd the
means of, tracieg The Ire, as nooe was run: nor
should deu5ts hlse at ,t!pcnf.,I yilh what !.
coaid-red an ab!olute injuntteon ii the law. muck.
e!s lbonid The o.fes Directors have yic.ed an
angie OF mile and holt 70 the d,ubfs Of stEeys.
Bur Mr.. Sommero has fad in his report, that
nothing would &c f4yei by going north OF The
Court Eonf-. Were the u rtti9rs Untitled IN
making luch a departure from litlit line on this
intcrmations Had Mr.. Sommcs ever been re-
quyari TO examine fflr groand with this view
But pray The Stockholders 70 read this part f:
nay, the whole Of the addrefs Of the Loaaoon
Director and mark the eoajGgsney of the Direc.
to,s. ,Dirteors, il is faid, are authorized 10
lake INFO view no Other conGdcrayicns bur lhor,-
neis OF di0ance, ana the nature Of the ground +:
aud yet he aEignS two otbty reafons for depart.
ing from he ltrsit line,s and going TO the Cours
Hoaar. His words are shde---" 81 But there
were other rcaions in favor of that direction;
by bearing that far foutii, enabled lhofc com.
ing from the louth~ard, 70 join without any
Iofs in ditance; the road 100 from Alexandria to
the Court Houie, and that above, which leaves
the old road below Little River, and paacs By
the Gum Spring to the Court ffoule, mutt BE-
kept open, and II was Of fone conGouencc to
take in the(e roads, Now lieFe are she two
very considerations, to wt, the accommodation
Of the public, and the interef OF the Company,
which arc urged 10 favor Of ghe Centeviile route.
Can cne conaru6ton belong TO the Court Houfc
and Loudoun, aaofber 10 Cen;crviIie, and the
foutl, weAern cooa,ics Or how is it dfcoycr.
ed that this law was made Tor the former and rot
the latser' Again, why depart from erait line
in going TO the Court Fioufe1 Il is farther, and
the ground it is believed NOT better. The reafon
aligned is the aving to the Company, in the pur-
chaie of groand and this is not confederation
ofbey than thar of difance, or the nature of the
ground. The fame observations apply TO the
trait rcatc TO Centervle. IF then, neither the
letter, the fpnit, nor thc PRACTICAL Interpretation
OF The law, is sgainit the adoption of The outh.
cFn route, away with the objection which has
been urged with 70 much zeal, and 70 LITTLE con.
fltency, by the Directors AID their friends.
away, alto, with the idle threats of reyiGonary
tribunals, injunttions and Legislative interference
The whole apparatus Of law. with all its terrors,
have been brought into view 10 frighten and
alarm but the Stockholders are NOT the fools
they have been reprefen!ed; they have TOO much
ffmnefs and intelligence, 10 be diverted from
heir object by iuch fluff. IF the route BY Cen.
tervilc is &C miiuie" of the a,utc, as it has been
called, and therefore may be arrefed 70, for the
Zane rclfons, may that by the Court Houit. For
il has been iatcd, on good authority, thar better
ground may be had north Of the Court Hcuf,
than on the route ado ted.
But it fcems nothing is 10 be IeIt untTied;
every engine is 70 be fct in motion 10 dragoon
the Stockholders of Alexandra, into fuppor. OF
the prelent Directors. The lawyers have raifed
up raw head and bloody boa:s," to brighten
the poor, f;mpe Aex2adr!ans. and dePusaton
from Frederick ana Shenandoah are eoIlRed in
the fervce. Thefr gentlemen express great az
( nilhnent that The stockholders Of Aicxandna
AID It's neieh5orhood, which are a minority Of
the whole nu nber, Gh1uld viii, 10 give dc
retiion 10 tbs road, to fait their own conveal.
cree; that is, by goiag TO CrnterviI., toac,
commoaate a greater number O! people, toincfcalo
the toll Of the Company. and 70 extend 'heif
commercial Connection. It is nos believed thar
more tilan one thcfe gcnileman isa Stcckhold.
*. The Alexaodeaas then are to make road
tor them, tor Ffeder>k and Shenandoah, which
fhal Glorren their prcfept ditauce thee miles
nj, foy(ooti:, thy arc TO be threatened wl'hth'
indignation ans cpqoi:ion Of iheft counties, Be.
c@ufe they will not 4aake il Oh the uearca p2G5lr
route And pro1 the EaT1e nrinci2e they may,