Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-12-31
Extract of letter from tie Hon. II. S
6. Tucker, dated
WASHINGTON, Dec. "a.


G The great want of interest in thc'
nroceedinss of CONGRESS-. at the com
,noncement. of session, united TO the
duties. Which have pressed upon me a.
ame,uber of several committees, have
canspired TO prevent my making any
concentrations to MY Fellow Citizens
Hitherto. through your paper. Having,
however, reported all tAe bank bills. |
have now leisure to give you some &C.
connt of what is going OF. anti shall as
heretofore, G9ail iayselt of year paper as
the medium of cnnye ting information, a.
it's impossible for me to write to all, and.
as all have equal claims upon any atten-
tephOn.
In this letter | propose giving some
account of the measures in progress pc
culiarIy interesting TO our part OF the
country. These relate to the reads and
the river navigation.
Having been again paced on the Com
mittee Cor this District, have had the
uetitions Of the Unchartered Bank be
tore US: and bills for cha tering them
and Tor extending the CHAR ters Of the
other District Banks. have beea renor CO
As however. great privileges and adean
tages arc conferred. BY these Charters.
has been deemed reasonable tnat thce
should iuyest or emrloya part OF thelt
stock IN the improvement OF the Shenah-
doah and Potcmoc navigation, aud II
making roads, It's contemplated to re
quife nice per cent on their Capital q
be devoted. 20 the latter and two ?.
ceatto the former. The nine per cea
on the capital oi all these banks wilhue
meuntto me sum Of 6509G0 ,loIlar-, sui
icient to make $50 miles OF turnplke, At
about 5000 dolsrs per mile and viii 1r
psOpOltIonaiiy divided for the purpose Of
making the following roads.
The road rom Georgetown
to Fredericktown say As niles
From Washington 70 Mont
gomery Court House. IA
The road from Alexandria
to Wiley's, thence to
Leesbarg thence to S.iek
ers Gap aud thence 10
Winchester, i the road
from Georgetown to VII
iey's the whole cstiaiatl
edat ah,pt IS mile,
49,
Making with the two other
reads aforementioned ia
all 40 miles
These viii give to oUr country Eve
roads to either Of the three markets fol
taelr produce, Georgetown, Alexandria,
or Washington We wished indeed to
have added the road to Chesters or
iaort"ns Gap, but after the subject bad
been several DAYS before the committee.
we were nYerruled.
The mae per cent for the reads is pro.
posed to be taken by the banks in road
STOCK as Companies shall be incorpo-
fatea tor the roads respectively.
Inc two per cent proposed to be set
apaft Tor the benefit OF the rivers. is con
'e'nplatsd to be lent to them il. equal
Proportions by the banks atau interest OF
OH Pe' cent, As the river stock is al.
3 ,osu5 taken up, no other arrangement
was practicable. Should this feature OF
vac ol'i prevail, there win be about sixty
a. seventy thousand dollars to be lent on
N pany.
81 5o asvs are our plans in relation to these
n nes,. objects :-objects of great i'm
ra 'alce to US. but equally essential to
~ pVsherIty Ct this district. Whether
t;ms s' s1 succeed in getting them through
NJ aione can determne.
IA ). "Vn respect to the Cumberland road;
| eos SoOa as the subject was referred to !he
| t "a"S on roads and canals. | wrote
V; SGs senator and Representatives, in ths
& pers su'a legislature asking taelr co-e.
N so" q.'on, | have and snail receive il
6 a, .S as far as possible, | perceive
laadv v"e Ooard OF Pubic Works has al
Expressed to the Legislature thel.