Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-07-27
ALEXANDRIA:
SATURDAY. JuLs 81.

To the pollsencss -
Ind for the following important
' ss',y,rIsll Ylzv 0fthe Town Of Alex
.1,;s. which We with pleasure lay before
our readers
The Town Of Alexandria on the
n...mae River, according to late CEN
:, contains 1927 inhabitants, to which
= {, bs added at least 500, who reside
,,r,ud the corporate limits, bat are daily
..l0,ed in town, which will make the
r 'r ssopalatlon Nine Thousand.
RI, census taken in 1871, amounted
.aS,5 il 1850, to 544S and in 1910, 10
r4s,
qss town was laid out by act Of as
,,nbly in the year i749. The Riverruns
\. North aud Souta, and the streets run
,ioe sihtae River, vary only 10 degrees
rom lie same course, and are all Pafal-
ii, and are IA IN number and a strand,
and are 66feet wide, except Wasting
az. which is 100 feet, and Water. 50.--
Those running East and West cross at
usht Eues, and are OF the same widta ex-
,eDt Franklin, which is l0G feei, and are
sOia number. The squares contain 2
,cres each, and are laid of into Il build
ug lot; Of half an acre each. Those lets
said at the commencement for an average
ofhoa s 80 to 20 each. The town runs
rom tie River Westward few feet
short d one mile, aud ends Gu the river
s4i4 feet, or one and a half miles, GA.
feet The streets are generally paved.
King street, which is the centre street.
East and West, meets the great wsstern1
and othOr transportation reads, AMI is
Pared from the river to its extremity
Washington street is the ceatre street,
North and South. and meets at its ex-l
telites The great United States mail
fnd, passing North .nd South, SO that the
two great transportation and sail roads
GSsseach ether intae centre Of Tie town
The river is bold and stea;gbt for same
distance above and besow tae town. and
hsue@ mile wide. The range OF RharvesI
which form line a5reat to the channel
aAe river is ASA feet from North to-
South. The channel is 1900 feet wide
sldaverases from s - to :, 8 and 81
ht5Oas, and fram % 70 s6 feet Of water
isbought to the end Of tie wharves
where ships are made fast.
The town is surrounded b. q range of
bills aaoat l50 feet above its level, in the
shape of crescent. about { miles be-
tween its points, which terminate on the
nver. The greund below the hills, forms
Two inclined plans with a siadaal curvi.
'are IN tie middle; o0e leads to the ri
'r,snd TIE otheF to the foot Of the rangs
dhelshts, which are swept at their ter
anatioaby small rivulets les ding intel
tfeat Hunting Greek, and -Four MileI
Epn, two streams whose sources rise to
ae eastward, and enter tde Potomac, the
l0'ner below aud the latter above the
Town. The tide flows two miles up each.
70 their falls, on one of WHICH is erected
large cotton factory, and some griat
nils, and On the other a range Of mer-I
Giant mills.
iAe price of building lots fronting cn|
paved streets, is from 25 to70 dollars per-
"0' ivont, and lots in the unimPrcsed
N's IrOm 1000 to 1900 dollars each, and
aaas adjoining the town are from 900 toI
w dollars per acre ; the price Of bui'd-I
freI
10y uoV averages per foot front thel
pce Of half an acre at the commence
bent
'M town was Incorporated in iT79,I
s%sne chatter amended in 1904, compe- |
WY 70 all purposes of Police. The town
Sn'alps 26S merchants and shop keep |
~ 8 licensed taverns, l65 drays ard