Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-11-25

tf;;bution from liberal I'D public SPIRITED
individuals, will aecoglish sae oSslfao1s
cbjscs.
Fertile purpose Of pening and extend
ing Maryland Avrnusts'm the caPsses 80
the river, an aaequats Iuia has already
been appropriated by ,e corporation, Of
Washington. A numbr of respectable
geh,lsnnea in thc city has suoscrioed iaigs-
ly for the object OF bu!dlng boats oo sns
Susquehasna cons,ruc,on. win the ln'en-
ton Of plying them constantly between me
island aud the city, until that grand no.
t!oaal accommodation, a bridge over poso-
mack, shall render . ferry unnecessary.
The inhabitants Of Gesrge-1own have,
in the last tweiys months, rebuilt tnciE
bridge al the Falls, and (to improve tnsir
labor) have, by a vast effort, e's on an
arm of ,hs Posomack! animated by
similar spifi. and emulous OF ;selaudsbis
example Displayed by a sister OVID, we
hope, 10 the enAuing year, TO opei a notais
avsaue, eonnsstpg Alexandria Intimately
with tbs metropolis of the union.
A SUBSCRIBER.
Learn to be wise from others harras."
Mar SNoWDEN,
ABOUT .kres months sincsI observed
10 your useful paper. an acfou7; OF ihe
blowiug up Of . Powder Housc At Erook.
lyn 90 Leog-lsland.
If ana correctly Informed the city Of N.
York although divided by the East River,
shook like an earthquake !; 10000 panes
Of glass were broken in diaeren, places -
soma Il The materials of the building were
thrown into the city, aud a rope walk IN
she neighbsrhoed Was raised ta the very
grouud-
While this unfortunate affair aud the
hosIid i~accousss from Naha published in
your paper of the 18Th Nevembsr) Is fresh
in our memories, will it not be prudentto
consider the situation of car c1tu PeHdes
house.
II stands within less than che hundred
yards ct g frame house, near 10 which arc
several smaller ones, and near to a rope.
walk. The aezs Building South Of il is a
pot house. The roof Of the powder house
is shipglea anil is without the projections
Of iightniagsfcds.
Suppose thar The powder house frc*a Ell.
Their of the ABOVE 'nestieaed bnlldiags tax.
ing FIRE, or from an %electris spark, sieuld
blow sp, what would prohssly be the coa.
sequence te The tcyn and It's inhabitants.
especially thar part Wrs,of Washiussoa or
St. Asaph- streets.
If any Of your readers a-s st loss &c
ssppass, BY reading the account rnn
Malta, and tbs following (Which was pua.
hshed rs a warning piece before the blow
ing up of the paaasr.house at Brook.vn)
.is will probably assist their imagination.
When it once blowsup, the question how
it cane to pass ? avails little towards IN
dempitv for the less. The houses remain
unroofsd, the windows shattered, the walls
thrown down, end the. a:ras and legs which
have been elected into the air seldom or
never return TO their owners.
However proper it might have been to
place the pawder house where it now stands
Cat the time IL was done from the increase
of the town SINCE, it is very unsafe, aud is
considered as a very dangerous nuisance:
Gu reflection shere san be but one OPT
MON among our fellow citizens, which is
that isouglt ,ebe iamsd. ately removed to-
a pIosefer place.
Z.
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