Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-02-02

Ippshe EegiHsisstongrs sJor t6yNS oH' ~"
:. Turnsiks Read frsm Fsuqaier Court
: ,Hssss to Alexandria. -.
* SOME two o. three years ago Ia"
pa.sea the, Virginia Assembly for turn
bike road froha Fauquisr Court house, to-
ward, the. Town Of Alexandria; to fall mo
the Liile River tsrnPiks road at some H.
definite point, to.the writer unknown. @We
who live at and about the Coart House.
much want this road, hut<antik the point
where il will interseos the ssid Little t'ver
turnpike road is defined, the stock Will coz
,inue 20 90 off heavily, fer those who sub
scribe 10 such an undertaking, and pay their
money, wish it TO yield ,hem~as good an
interest or better than 10 vest It in bank or
other stock the income from which seems to
be pretty well defined. Another object
find us farmers Of money and enterprise
have in view il, the shortening their distance
70 market, and am increase OF the quantity
which can be carried upon turnpike. And
q third stimulous TO the purchase Of such
stock. would be, 70 have q choice Of as ma
nv markets a. possible, without adding any
shinx 70 the distance to the principal mar.
ket. In order then to effect this last great
object, ! must contend, that the nearer the
Fsuquier road gets to Alexandra, before it
in,ersecss the Little River turnpike road,
(prsy iasa always that our road could be
90, upon ssrsight line the naere we short
en- our distance. This will on oil hands 90
agreed to but for the object above men
tionsd, We should like 70 pass by AZ many
markets 40 possible, without losing TOO
wsueb distance. - Lex Us examine then, what
we should lose from astraight line, it We
should pass our road from the little tewn
and mills Of; -0cecquan, a.place which has
been. Our reasral ,whsaenzhzrket Tor many
years !: and b place, too,- where we could
deposit our -four free, md from whence we
could ship itao Alexandria fsrehsapss than
haul'it 80 = -. :;
From rasquier Court House to Alexsn-
dria, upon straight line, is forsy-one miles
and $40 poles; and from Fauqoier Court
House TO the little town and mills OF Deco
uuan, upon a straight line, is tweusy.nine
miles ami twenty polesi from Occoqaan to
Alsxand,ia, upon a straight line, is thirteen
miles and one hundred and ninety poles
making together, BY the town Of Occoquan,
~ miles alo poles, being bu, one mile and
thirty poles longer than straight line. We
wi.h too, a. above stated, to receive from
our stock as much profit as Psssiblr, that
being q principal stimuIous With Us here.
By passing Oecoquan, there would be upi-
ted With our road, the contemplated turn-
nike from Alexaudria to Fredericksburg
the contemplated road TOO, (and which BY
she way will be of immense utility to Alex
dria) FROM Alexandra towards rCulpeppsr
Cosrs House, as far as Norman's ford up.
On the Rappahannock, which would fall
unto the Fsuquier road at OF near Mrs.
Adams tavern, or about ten miles to the
westward Of Occoquan, that spot being
about one and half miles to N. w. Of a
s,raishs line from Alexandria't to Norman,s
ford, and Immediately upon straight line
from Oceaquan to Fauquier Coart Hsuse.
Those are acme Of the advantages to be
obtained by going the lowey route. Sup.
pose ysu should attempt to carry the Eau
quier road upon q straight line, you will
have to cross three principal branches OF
Occoquan River, viz. Cedar Rua, Broad
Run, and Ball Run. Al Bull Run, the
hills are insurmoun,able, and the ford .
ba6 one and it 10 understood bridges can
not be buils upon cheese runs 10 ssand.--
This straight Inc will cross Bull Hun six
miles shove the town Of Occoquars, and will
pass Fairfax Court House southwardly sc.
ven miles and ten poles. Suppose you
should detsrmine 20 deviate from the
straight line 90 far % 81 ipss the Little
River tprnpike, ~ 'or sScse fSisfax Court
House, the distance, aPos straight
line, from Fauquier c. House, to Fairfax
Court House, 10 80 miles frsm Fairfax c.
House 10 Alexandfia, upona straight line
Is IS miles, making - miles from Fau-
uuier Cours- House % Alsx.ndria, by Fair
lax c: H6use, differ nee 10 favor OF the
lower route by 0esoaaaa 81 eas Rsss ana
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