The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-01-22

~stern waters by portage -rf belf Lg7 - the o
ther ard IN that relpett more efrc9u,y .,ecut.s
one cSIe Sy.nd decSses Of na,tfe w n efe;ned ,be
Potomac and sTonohs hela to be the sreas highway,
icr the internal commerce OF fhe nar,ou. !, win
therefore be Infinitely more ajtfI to the community
thar by Fort Cumberland
| The writer IS equally uafotuuate in aIertinc. tia,
- a'ro2d iouh of Fort Cumberland uofes towards the
Ohio through ap.yyL,atr4 ami ~. ,.;,
try. Wheeling - oppoite the centre ot-s Seven 5,p
ge', where lands telling from, o to 20 Dollars
per acre; and from whence, have been inform
ed bsShe P. M General in an oiical rp.,rou.,icati-
on to Congreis, line of Mail Faces Siil run in
few months to Chillicothc ard For ,,,o NJ
the foregoing fas, refer the map OF the United
States and TO the fuhjorsd extracts Of lette. from,
Col Deatns Whole memory will lorg he revered
by the citizens Of George town, as MI of ,vo-th
and integrity, and whole approximations aye entitled
to the higher credit. Mary Of them are Rated from
perfonal knowledge.
Ertra7 IF a letter -f,om Gel E Deaiiat
"Whcn Col Neville aud nyfele yas con,n,ifToned
by the ifstes Of Virginia and Maryland in 1856, 70
lay out road between the iad navigations THE uu
per navigation of Potoymac 20 the neareh v,eGern
navigation) in the lirft 'psce we examined the wa
tiers OF Petowmac above F. Cumberland: the Yotio
gany from the great falls below Turkeyfoot upwards
Cheat river, and the Monongahela a. d report.d
fate of thoie waters where we 7Uzs IN doubt 70 ,be
Potown,ac coripany--wc ALTO had rurysss made Of
the road from Cumberland to the mouth of Cheat and
Morgantown another from the mouth of New
Creek TO Savage, and from that to the 1earen part
Of Cheat river aud Monongalia Upon examination
Of which, the Board Of Directors adviged us 70 ft m
from the mouth Savage as tn place they expected
TO extend the navigation and take the be vay 70
Morgantown, which did as YOU nov, find tf.
itates road was again comni1ioned in 1887 to Ga,
perntend the fOrvey Of the folders lands IN M.ry-
land weitwar,i of Cumberland which flrnif "a
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thee navigations, 6 have no hefSaton 20 C,v
have no douH; unou fair examination by dGntercA
ed Judges Of the routes propo!ed that the one rom
New Greek and SAVAGE through the nelelh nurhood
OF Morgantown the Ohio Will he preferred. the
ground from the Potomac to the Mononqalia is
the belt and thortet it uits that navigation and
Cheat riv-r-she mouth of New-Creek is A. rrsf,nt
the principal head navigation. The offence rs the
road goes IS about 40 miles the drea line is los
miles & have doubt but goodroad MAJ, he
that by adding about Is 70 that dir.a line
the common route to Cumberland on tic MARYLAND
iide is 49 70 F. town, 10 Wiiansport o. Hancor,,
25, old town SIS, Fort Cumberland Is in all I47
miles, and tie ground which it goes much in e.
rior TO that in Virgisia-The river from F. Cum
berland to New-Creek, about s miles can be navi-
gated at any time better than the river from z Cum,
berlard TO the mouth of the fouth branch can-Tbe
navigation OF Potowlnac depends much on the fea.
TONS Il; &c, it boatabe rot eis than two third
Of the year.
Signed FRANCIS DEAKINs
prerume have already fhswn that Wei
srn port IS entitled TO a preference over For,
Cumberland. have ADDITIONAL reafpns which
viii nov be given, and tbs fcaIes Of public oprior
are, from the preceding explanations, even frpe,Jei
in e. .ilibrio what l4al now Hate, will qreatl, in
cline Shem in It's favor A. early rs in he year i786
as apPesrs Nv the letter Of Col Deakins; the leqic
latsres Of Virginia and Nisrylanjirponted commit
Inn toe sc. IL
portage road acrois the Aleehany mountains and az
ter the natureff delhc1aton, and conr,Itnr the %
tonlac company, who We're improving the 1avglti,n
OF that river ar great e1peIce and were hvLly in
t-reed in their deeilon, the comn,fiioners yed ON
WeiSern port in preference Fort Curlberlsnd and
s0y ofs-r fase. The public opinions of Virginia and
Maryland have !'nce (viz. in 1900 reer ey1reged in
It's favor. by the incorporation Of corDanv. 70 or
turnpike road from Wencrn port 10 the ne.rel
r Nefsrn nav;gstic7
Every Perfon who will coufult the map CT the IT
Srates nluit admit tfet what wll call the DOL teal
road, having reference to the communicate, rom RI.
ieat OF the national 'sgGatra to the capal OF Oio
to Vncennes on the Wabah and generally 20 ali The
weitern country, north Of 80 degrees So, the at;
tl;s 9; RI oitY ui siilisrou r-n!t 20 Far f..t 81
Wheeling i'felf. The mofi i.rea communication a,
this time IS by Wehern port and Marietta road
iouth OF this would encounter the neon vsnerc Of
country fpe riey ettled and indeed country 70 ufe
a
great proportion Of It fca5cey IRRITABLE" - pre-
TENT u!inhabited. 4 ou'd therefore PC nearly
miles IN conlunchen with the por'age road, and f,
Percede the necelity Of having tvo roads crofs the
Great barriers between the extremes Of our cosri
nent, which if we coniut economy IS a mott ;0b,,a
s1fobjeSt- This political ro7d points to country No,
IS the writer lnPPoles " fcr,cely habtable" but to
the flouriGiiug Of Marietta, which for its enter
PRIZE, and ezteriye dip building may be ufy conf
dered thr hyperion Of tho Ojio The ci,izc-, Of th,t
town Of all political ieferiptiors who are anorrf n.
m@a dir 9uhsd ia TIC fate Of Ohio, in = pri7ts-
circular le:ter dated 2h O6ober, Is64, have mad,
the following stions fps1.;rr C. the orc7:ar
road lesdn" from the naysabe waters Of the 4 In.
tic 70 The OHIO.
1T That no convenient rod cln b. had from, t',s
II City OF Warrington or It's vicipity, TO che Ohio rrcl
belo" Marietta, and that a road leading 20 ifqret.
or II. vicinity, will he found to be nearly or quite Al
mort ard so ras over better Ground. than road lead
~ TO Cbareion, Wheeling Grave Greek or to any
Other place on the River lboye Marietta
SLY. That road 'triiug ,h- river az or near Ma
rieta, would iurni.h q more direct, and convenient
communication, thar anv other from thc .eat OF n,
General government, to Chccthc the .eat of ,e Oil,
state Government; (bctweeu which place and Ma
ricta an excellent State road viii ioon be completed
competent FUN being appropriated for that ourport
as likewls by The navig4bie waters o. ne Rf1i,ur,
and Fockhocl;inE Rvers, and b. n-r, and prs q .cs
/ bc land IN 80, .rf 81, l.. d