Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-12-30
In Senate of the United States.
DECEMBER 10Th.

Mr.. Tracy from the committee 10 Wioin
was referred the examinationoI the act,
entitled. 6 An act TO enable the people
of af,r eastern division of the territory
northwest of the river Ohio, to form
constitution and state government; and
for the admission of such state into the
union. on an equal footing with the ORR
ginal state, and for other purposes -
Aud TO report the manner, in their Cpl
MON, the money appropriated by SAID
act, ought toibe applied,
REPORT,
THAT,guponsexa examination or the act
aforesaid. they 6nd S the one twentieth
part Of S per, cent. of the nett proceeds Of
the lands lying within the state OF Ohio,
and sold bv congress from and after the
3osh day of June, / so2,S IS appropriated
for the laying cut andemakng public roads,
leading from the navigahle waters empty
ING into the Atlantic, to the river Ohio, to
said state, and through the same; such
roads 10 be laid out under the authority or
congress, with the consent OF the several
states through which the roadssshall pass"
They find that by subsequent law'pass-
ed onthesSd dayof March, 1903, congress
appropriated 8 per cent. of the said per.
cent. to laying out and making roads with.
IN the state of Ohio, Leaving 2 per cent
of the appropriation contained IN the first
mentioned law, uuexpended; which now
remains for Sc the laying ostt and MAKING
roads from the napigable zvaters employing
into the Atlantic, to The riUer Ohio, to saaa
state"
They ind, that the nett proceeds OF sales
of land in the state of Ohio, from July
1st. 1902, GO June Soth, 1908, both inclu-
siye. was dollars 1874, 400 90
From 1st July, 1908, 10
June 3oth, 1904, ssl7o,1oo 80
From 1ss July, 1904, TO
June aOth, 1905, 1860
From 1st July, 1905, to
sosh Sept. 1905, 90 ooo
Amounting in the whole to 6S2,6o4 q
Two per cent. on which sum, amounts
10 la, $50 dollars.
Twelve thousand six hundred and fifty.
two dollars were therefore, on the 1st day
of October last, subject TO the use directed
bv law. as mentioned 10 this report And
r. will be discerned that the funds are con-
stansly accommodating. and will probably, oy
the time regular preparations can be made
for its expenditure, amount toseighseensor
twenty thousand dollars.
The committee have examined, as far
az their limited time, and the scanty sour.
cea Of facts within their reach would per-
mil. the various routes which have been
contemplated for laying out roads Pnrsu'.
ant 10 the provisions of The act hrss men
toned in this report.
They find, that the distance from PHI
Iadelphia to Pittsburg is S14 miles by the
usual route, and on a straight line about
27e.
From Philadelphia to the nearest point
on the river Ohio, contiguous to the state
of Ohio, which is probably between Stu
benyille au9 the mouth of Grave Greek,
the distance by the usual route IS 500
miles. and on a straight line about sos.
From Baltimore to the river OHIO, De.
tween the same points and by the usual
route is 275 miles, and on straight line
224.
From this city fWashington) to the same
point on the river Ohio, the distance is
nearly the same as from Baltimore; pro-
baby the difference Is not plurality OF
miles.
From Richmond iu.Virginia to the near
est point on the river Ohio, the distance
,by the usual route is S77 miles; but new
roads are opening which will shorten the
d;s,ance so or6O miles-247 miles OF the
contemplated road. from Richmond norsh-
westerly, will be9as good as the roads usu-
ally are ia that country, but the remaining
20 or SO miles are bad, for the present,
and probably will remain so-for length OF
time. as there seems TO be no existing IN
dueemsnt for the state of Virginia to incur