Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1803-11-17

company at TIC llOSioG " j Jill N'esdooy, ~
the town of Alexandria, Nov. 8, 18o3--it
was insisted on by a part Of The Board, that
the President and Directors, should on that
day determine the course Of the road from
the top Of the Trough Hill to the ford at
Little River. A decision on this inlpor-
tant question was objected to, and a petit
on wassisanded in, signed BY majority OF
the Stockholders who held AZ shares,
being more than one half Of the then sub
scribed shares; this petltlonrequested that
the Board would not then determine the
course the intended Turnpike Road should
take, that furtheriniormatlon might be had,
and the interest Of the subscribers fully UNI
derstood.
On motion for postponement, which
was seconded, the questlonwas put and lost.
Three Of the member voted against the mo-
ton and two in favor; against this decision
James Keith and myselt-entered our pro-
test, and filed our reasons with the clerk,
who holds the companies papers. The
question was then put and decided--three
ofthe Board voted for the rout by Fairfax
Courthouse, and two by enterville. A.
gainst this decision James Keith and the
subscriber entered their dissent, and do,
for the following reasons, protest against
the decision:
First, Because in the year
the legislature of Virginia passed law and
appointed commissioners who were en-
powered to survey and lay out a Turnpike
Road from Snikers's Gap. In the Blue
Mountains, to Alexandria. The commits
sioners under the above law made several
surveys, and majority of them determine
ed that a road should be laid out from the
ford of Little River to Newgate (now Cen
terville)iu the streightest and bestrout, and
gs 1r1 20 Alexandria.
u iie roadE from Little River to Newgate
w;SS sald OUT and Strengthened, and laDour
and n1sIaeeY tbs very. considerable amount
was expt3ed,q on that part ofthe road
Since Whictish,me, and N faith OF the per-
manency offs tes road, town has been laid
oat by Act cGssAssembly, at Centerville-
many lots haves been purchased and houses
built thereon. If the road is changed as
determined on above it will destroy the
value of the property in said village.
Second. Because the Stockholders who
have ventured their money in the fund for
improving this road ought to have the best
interest for their money possible, this
will notbe the case if the road is not carri-
ed through or near to Centerville; from
this point road would, at period not ve-
ry distant, be extended to the head waters
Of the Shenandoah and the South Branch Of
the Potomac, and receive in its way the Sc
veral roads which pass the different Gaps,
and by that means bring to the Alexandra
market that produce which, is now sent to
Falmouth and Fredericksburgh, for want
of a proper road to Alexandria; and the
road from the ford Of Little River may be
brought into this road, in the same directi-
on it has heretofore bad, and Join at Cen
terville and when the intended road has been
improved as far on in the Centerviile rout
as ten miles it will be in or very near the
present road, which leads from Centelville
to Alexandria, down which a great quanti-
ty Of property passes, which will every day
furnish tolls to aid the subscriptions and
when twenty miles is gained, a second gate
will give further assistance, and the people
who use the road will soon be encouraged
to assistin extending it. But ifthe road is
taken byt Court House / have good rea-
sons to believe that the owners of q great
part Of the land will oppose It's passage all
IN their power, and large sums VIII be ex-
pended IN that way; aud the first ten miles
Will end where no considerable road will In
tersectsit, and little or no toll can be col
lected, and the second likewise, ii the funds
Fail before the road is extended more than
twenty miles, little or no toll can or will be
collected, and the Stockholders loose their
money, therefore, for the interest Of the