Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-12-30

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jladelphia 10 the river Ohio, nor southwark
of that leading from Richmond, because
| they suppose the roads TO By laid out must
strike the river Ohio on some point CONT
puou. TO the state of Ohio, ii order to sa-
tisfy the words of the law making the ap-
preparation: the words are !" leading from
the navigable waters emptying into the Al
lan,ic to the liver Ohio, TO the said state,
and fhro' the same.
The mercantile intercourse OF the citi.
gems of Ohio with those of the Atlantic
states, i.schieAy IMP Philadelphia and Baiti-
more not very extensive in the towns on
the Potomac within the districtof Coluisa-
bia.: and still less with Rjohmondin Vir-
ginia. At present the greatest portion OF
their trade is wish Philadelphia; but it is be-
lieved their trade is rapidly increasing with
Baltimore, owing tothe difference OF dis
lance In favor Of Baltimore, and 10 the
advantage of boating down the Mononga-
hala river, from the point where theft DAD
strikes it, about Fo'rtiles by water, and SO
by land, above Pittsburg.
eThe sun, appropriated for laying cut.and
making roadsis SO small, that the Commit
tee have thought it expedient 70 d.
rect an expenditureSe enc route only they
have therefore endeavoured tohx en- that
which for the present will be most accom-
modating to the citizens OF the state OF o.
hio leaving 10 the, future beacvolenee and
policy OF congress an extention OF their o.
nerations en- this or other routes, and I'D
increase of the requisite fund as the dis
coyeries Of experience may point out their
sexpediency and neccssiiy-Ihe coniialttee
being fully convinced that wise govern
ment can never lose sigh, OF an object SO
important as that of connecting anumerous
and rapidly increasing population. spread
upon fertile and e2tenslse. country, with
the Atlantic states, now separated ~irom
them by mountains, which, by industry,
and an expense moderate in comparison
with the advantages, can be rendered passa-
Bile.
The route from Richmond must neces-
sarily approach the state OF Ohio, IN part
thinly inhabited, and which from the ma
tnre of the soil, and other circumstances,
must remaines at least fora considerable
time and from the billy and rough con-
,dition of the country, no roadsare nor can
be conveniently made, leading TO the prn.
cipal population Of the state OF Chic. -.
These considerations have induced the
committee to postpone forfthe present,sny
further consideration Of that route.
SThe.spirit and perseverance Penney
vsnia, are such in the article of road max
ing, thalino,doubt can remain but they VIII
in little time compkata road from PHI
ladelphia to Pittsburg, as good as the ma
ture of the ground Will permit, They are.
so particularly interested so.facilitale she
intercourse between their trading capital,
Philadelphia, not only TO Fis'sburg, but al
so to the extensive country, within that
state, on the western waters, that they will
of course surmount the difficulties pre-.
sented by the Allegheny mountain, Ches-
nut Ridge and Laurel Hill, the three great
and almost exclusive it pedlments, which.
now exist on the route.
The state Of Maryland, with no less.
spirit and perseverance, are ebga6eaf ~
making roads from Baltimore, and from
the western boundary Of the cistric.of CO.
lumbia, through Frederick Town TO Wli.
Transport. Were the governments Ct the
United States to direct the expenditure Of
the fund in contemplation upon enher o.
these routes for the present, 10 Pennsylva-
vania or MARYLAND, it would probably SO
far interfere with the operations OF the res
pectiye states, as to produce much mischief
instead of heoe6t, especial!y-as the snHto
be laid out by the United States is too m
considerable alone to affect objects Ut such
magnitude. But as The state OF Maryland
has no particular interests TO eAteni her.
road across the mountains, and ii they hai,
it would be impracticable, because The state
does not estend so far; s,ie committee