Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-09-14
COMMUNICATION.
Ms. SNoWpEN.


tometimcs obliged TO ford rivers in danger Of my
life, at other times TO break through iacIofares,
in danger of the law land having lately TO pafs
from Dnmtriss to Fairfax, ana recouutini. my
+" hair breadth 'icspes from bod and GeId,p 4
was Directed to try new road then ua opened
by the Occcquan Mills, which did---ar1d what
was my furpsize wheo found hsndlome. foa.
cious road made aimof entirely new for lo miles,
absolutely the belt road / ever faw, turnpike
roads excepted: l thee thoaght, iIlthe fimpIiei
ty OF my heart, tha the maker of this new road
. had done the Rate tome iefvice, and II he
could not be remunerated, he mipht al leaf he.
innoccntly eulogizcd: This accounts for the
/" CoNiMtNt CATION" IN your paper Of The roth
ultino. It is however, proper ilcre to correa
fnlaa EliAake that ctept into that communica.
tion. /, was there faid, that tilt new road AS
" fomewhat ihortcr - Upon enquiry the w,iler
oil this has been Gnce informed, thae the rcsg
road is foncwhst longer BY Involvement, hus 70
much better, that fron, point &c point, The ifags
drives it fooner by thrse-Quarters Of an hour.
did rot fuppohc sbat any individual would Elk
pend fcveral shodiaud dollars in opening new
road, without having fo,ne lnte,ef in 70 doing
but this ] knew, thar was benefited, and was
willing to Thew my gratitude by pointing cut
the Object go Others. WFas then, Sir, do you
shink was my furprize TO find in your paper of
the 4th, mott violent attack en- my poor little
s. Communication. The writer, who figures
sway under the hgnatare Of 1" One of the Com
muni,y," attacks me en- mTitaitye, horle and
foot, font and flank and with his mill road,
and ColcbeRcr road, his aicrtions and deniala,
his poft,rnaaer. general, fss= drivers and mail
carriers, with dozen other suxijiaries that he
has preGed into his iervice, thinks he lays me
profrate. Let us however examine bis poGti
ems, to do which we will PATS over his firit pa.
ragraph as entirely irrelevant to the fubjce. IL
the fccond, with a>good deal Of extraneous ma,
ter, he fays," any map ofthe counsry will flew
that fraight line from Alexandiz to Dumfries
will cros the Cccoquan below Colchefer." D
Now this happens to have juf as much 20 do
with the nbje6i in difpuse, as if was to fay
THAI ftraight line from Warrington to AIexan.
dr;a could not politely be made to go by Ma
fon's ferry at George Town. No, Sir. Alex.
andria and Ddmffies in this queRior. have nc.
thing to do; but draw ftraight line from the d.
verging point at pohic church, to where the
roads meet at Ncabfco, and fay where will that
line crois the Occaduan However even this is
not a fair argument-Gbe Only proper thing to
ateafurt roads ~ is TIE ti~te it takes t6e iraVtGer
10 pe/s them.
Or writer proceeds to fay, that the perfon
VINO made this new road, ha. made it fpacious
and lmooth at It's entrance, to invite the travel
Ter into hills. morales and difficulties to this
sacrtion, let rhoic who travel each road anfwer.
But by che writer Of this il is denied to be the
truth; the new road is clear through, as good,
and in mof places better, than at the entrance
at each end. Ii the new road is nos 70 gdod as
the old one, and is farther. few will be found to
travel it; if, on The contrary, the new road is
found better, ard can be travelled fooner ard
with more cafe, las is the cafe) the traveller vii!
furely enter il, more Especially when he reflects
on the genteeI reception he will meet witt at
Mr.. Gordon's tavern, at Occoquan; il, by the
bye, he has not frf to obtain leave from the
ptcpfictors Of the Colchester bridge and tavern.
The writer further proceeds TO aver ON pedon.
a! npeetion, t" that for the extent Of half mile
it is impoRible for carriages TO pats each other
without taking the ho:fcs cut, and even then
nSt Witnout great dangers No"t OF, Inc
truth is, that there is not 40 feet together in
any part of the road, in which carriages cannot |
pats earh other in perfect fatety, and il the wri-
ter will make little further enquiry he will
End his Cory about the wood Wagon rattle, en-
belJ@ed.
Whether the mail ffage is driven over Col.
cheaer bridge or Occoquan bridge, it matters !
believe very little ts the public, and certainly
none TO me; but permit me to ak this writer
what makes pof road Is it any aa of con-
grcfs: Is it any act of fate Legislature or
county court? No; it is neither, but any road |
is poR road that poR-ride or mail carrier |
chooies to travel from one poR Office Co another:
neither does the poamafer general ever force bis !
carriers TO go any particular road, but leaves
them at liberty TO travel what road they chooie,
and while the mails are delivered in order, and |