Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1803-11-30

20 the Consr House notwithstanding that shs
law declares, in pointed terms, that they snail
commence their work at the Colutnoia INC, arg
progress toward tie terminating POM, Inc ksIo
OF Li1tle River. To the Stockholders OF Alex
andsla, two views Of interest naturally prss-nt
themselves, ia LAYING out tie route of the ROAD
Isr. KS drawiag large DIVIDENDS upon the shates
of stock he'd respectively. And 2dy--As r.
viting to tie trade Of the town, customers who
would be led either, only by the accommodation
held eus. The experience Of nisn, ADD The &c
neral understanding IF theworld, IN the decided
preference that Is a ways gtyensto Water catrage,
rather shan tEat b. lapd IN tie transportation OF
heavy ard bulky aielcles, where that BY the wa
ter IS rrntefla ssi ana esrsaa, are so Clearly ana
undeBiabN exlsa}!ed, rlat it would be id,e e.
nyet tir s5rdioary arguments that hays.
Deer. pgcdi Sd 10 tsc Contra y, IL any other Way,
thar 81 'oiiie inndss-f be Stockholders the
opiIisoa s ss 30 esps at the Potomac lonlF?a-
ny--tnag " sleft tine, the navigation OF the
SheasndeaA znsi Potcrac rivers will be- rendered
safe ana certaia n alssasors of the year This
beiyg admitted. ay.a ate the persons most likely
10 rake adesass 81 ms boon Of nature and
ART The peeps Saf apper part Of Loudqun,
III tie euaee. sos, Berkeley AID F.ede
rick. sre tAN SIS themselves as the
princinal. are peos situaed, tobe caieu
sdtre on 40 gfaeeiic nr Turnpike ROAD
The ansWer Is olreso9 rbaG hey are not. But
sdnattiag, ia! e9asl2ly & ~ uie OF econony
or eonyenieecc. d eY sta'tiersss On Preference
for Ill. tediels r>pr stvr hablt Of lana carr
age, the copeannlcagi9n 5y tlie G'g Rod IS the
giatufef aEe yeopet cla 4cl, t5Fp US. ShGh these
peoeie all &c tail nN tIe Turnpike boaa, IS IT
70 Be peesunl- 4 tlat i p4ud naTcsi2liy affect
thrif .at-rcst,. wi}csH tbtY entefed the same,
Ilssge aBqye shs az tiguss Oh the nalgh route,
OF by passing 4 l',Ne ioNe's ON one 81 the best
naturai.rasus q Fairfax, gei mo the Turnpike on
the south al Ears, 81 thetsabout? his also viii
be answered IN the negative. AS customers TO
the trade IL your town, they ever nave been and
wilt IN al prob bllty continue TO be such; their
si,ustion, AID the 82uniies Of nature, improved
by art, .hiod them MUCH more strongly 10 yeu,
than the wonderful spell of 'ayiag out the Tam
pike by Fairfax C7uss House. The Directors
tell YOU OF a Turnpike Road, chat will be made
from Potomac Bulge to the Blue Ridge Noun.
tam, and socab al IL with as little ceremony, and
beng as muaH a matter of course, as farmer
would talk Of plougbing and sewing twenty
ace field. Let the Stockholders view their work
dane on the Turnpike Road this year, and they
WILDE readily convinced Of the absusdity of the
suggestion. t. project is one thing, but to ex
ecute IS very different.
Let US pew turn sur attention to the counties
south and west Of Centerylle, OF which let it be
re naked, that they are extensive, populous, fer
tile and likely to become, in very short time,
rot behind any counties OF the same namber IN
Virginia, either in the extent or value of their
apricultnra predictions. The situation OF q great
part OF the counties Of Prince William, Fauquier
and CulpePper, IS generally considered by their
ihabitsnts, 10 be equally convenient to Aexan
dsia, as % Fredericksburg, Falmouth or Dunn,
frl.s aothipg is wanting but goad and con-
yenen3 road. The people from SHENANDOAH,
Rockingham ard Augusta, who are in the habit
attssdi4g with your town, come also by the Red
House, and fail into the Old Turnpike ar Cen
teryiiie Who, let me ask, are TIC continue per /.
lnanentiy, the stayellersof your TcrnPake Road
The people who from their natural SITUATION never
can avail themselves OF inland navigation, VIZ. III
tie COUNTIES south west of Censesvle. These
are the men whsm it is good ard wise policy to.
encourage aud draw TO you bg artificial means, to
raise the amount of your tolls, and to make mart
Of your town, not only for the present, bat pro-
baby for ages to come. Aexandriaos be upon
Your guard, your most important Interests AZ
Stockholders and inhabitants ofthe town, are a
bout 10 be disqosed of; the issue rests with the
next tlettson--the axing 90 the route the Tun-
pike Road, is work that Is not only TO affect
the people Of our day, bat to descend to posteriy
Be I'm, be determined to establish the southern
souse, which you have heretofore for the oesr
reasons. resolved on. To conclude. will you make
| read at an immense cost, 20 suit the conven-,
hence cf an inconsidefable number Of people, whs
will.not in any evear, long be in the Wait oft
| Or will.you so dispose your road as to accommo-
date great number who viii be Obliged forever