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

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terminating point, fixed 81 the statnt. ~ =.
IN a more cireultops route, forthe conyen;
ence OF those landholders on the east s;,.
OF Little River, who now % TO Colcbss -.
Dumfries and fredericksburg. The con,
jmlssioners, equally anxious TO discbaro.
their trust i'll the best and most satisfaetop,.
manner to themselves and their constit
ents, have obtained the most accurate IN
formation BY actual surveys OF officers oe
skill and integrity, and some or all OF them
have traced the lines OF the diferentroutee
and have made their own observations
Among them no diversity of opinion ex.
listed as to the beginning, which they Gxed
at the bridge where Duke street is inter
fsectedb by the south west line Of the Districs
Of Columbia, being the place described By
1.-THE law: nor did they differ in runninc-
from thence 10 the Trough Hill, about four
miles from town; but they differ concern,
ing tie route from the Trough Hill to the
.f6rd of little Ptver uhsre the Turnbi5s
/ l2oad nozu crosses, which is the terminat;nc.
point fixed by law. Two of the Commisoo
sioners we're Of opinion it should pass bv
Centerville, along the present road, or
nearly SO, and three were of opinion il
should pass by Fairfax Court House as de-
signated IN the survey of Simon Summers
10 enable Tie Stockholders 10 decide for Their,
selves Whether the minor, OF msj2r part of the
commissioners have been right, and what will b.
best for their own interest,", aud Tor the iDtere.r
of the town AID county in regard to tie road, a
statemenr of facts with some obscryatols, are
respectfully offered to their consideratioa:-
lst, Il has beenfHcd by Law where the road ia
TO begin and where il IS TO end. tits to begia
at the Bridge upn Duke Street, at the Columbia
hne, nj tits to terminate at the Ford upon Lii.
lie River, where she present turnpike Road
crosses that river. Neither tie Commissioners nor
the company can change, nor da either think Of
changing the beginning, or tic termination Of
he road. The beginning was fixed because she
entrance at the bnGge WAS the most convenienr
10 The town, as now built and Inhabited, and
there TIE Columbia line DIVORCES Northa eswardy
into the forest, leaving the town at distance,
The termination was 6xed at the Ford described.
because the passage there into the Bull Run, and
Goose Creek mountains is easy, and there the
roads separate which lead through Ashby's and
Smokers Gaps, INTO Frederick couaty towards
Steyensburg, and Winchester, IL rbe direct course
IN preduas, particularly Frederick, Shenandoah,
Hardy. Rockingham, Augusta and Hamp.hre,
counties, sc.
2dly. Il IS prescribed by law, that the road
shall be lald off 'hy such route, Or traa, as
sill cerahise e},oss.ae I5t9re rtt7 che most
convenient and practicable ground" By such
route it was intended to accommodate NOT only
the people Of the counties already named, but
also the people Of Loudon and Fairfax, and those
of Berkeley and !efferson counties, whose wag-
CONS coming tirough Keef's and Wornlcy's Gaps,
and passing by Lrcsbur5 might fall ino h Grand
Turnpike near the Gumspilngs, about six miles
eastward of the ultimate point of the road, that
is to say the ford.
As more than three fturtbs Of the Wagons
which trng Il products Of the land to Alexa0-
dris, come from the Westward Of Lttle River,
and Goose Creek, the law had il in view that TIE /
road should be so run, as by the nearest pTattI-
cable distance 70 accommodate, more especially,
the people of London, Berkeley, Frederick and
Shenandoah counties, in which counties and also
Fairfax, commissioners to receive subscriptions
were by name appointed. No such Commissioners
we're appointed IN Prince William, or Fauqnlet
counties, because only small parts Of those coaa-
ties have occ4sionto se9d their produce, winch 4
90 is not considerable to the Town Of Aiexar'
"a, and this produce might be conveniently +
br,ugst by the ordinary roads, INTO the Grand
T pike, which ,vas to be asstrait as the natptt 8
u Tie ground Admitted.
The following extracts from The statute place
these matters in the Plainesr light:
IN Act to Incorporate a Company TAR eStaS'
fishing a turnpike road fTom the ntef-
section At Dixie street in the to1Ongf Alex"
andria, Nth the south zoest line q the
D:otr.ct nFCnLtmhin to the f0rQ at kttE 81