Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-10-21

be Judicious and practicable. vorr ~.
morlalists respectfully represent a..
The location of the road through the vi
ley, combines more inducements and al
vantages, than any other course or 4;
rection that could be selected. A roa
OF these advantages your memorials.
VIII ask leave TO present for your copsi-
deration.
Flrst-The superabundance Of IL.
materials necessary for the constructs
OF the road, TO be fonnd in the yallev
and the facility and cheapness win
which they may be procured. contras-
ted with their scarcity and the heavy
cost in procuring them east of the Blue
Ridge.
secondly-The town of Winchester.
through which the road would pass. ia
me largest town above Underwater. be-
tween me city Of Washington anG Or
leans, daily growing in wealth, con meta
clal Importance, and possessing inporl
tant manufacturing capacities.
Thirdly-There is already a turnn;ka,
road completed for fifty miles, along the
route your memorialists recommend.
and a spirit of enterprise promising q
completion ofthe present turnpike 10 the.
town of Winchester. ~
Fnurthh The face ofthe country a.
long the valley, presents few and incon-
siderable natural difficulties such as
mountains, morasses and water courses.
requiring expensive bridges The COM
mercial adran ages of locating tie road
along the valley, are striking. The dis
trlct OF Columbia is the present and ma
tenal market for large section Of coun-
try, extending from Harpersferry to the
county of Rockingham, distance of
eighty or ninety miles. To this section
Of country, and to the district of Column
bla, the advantages Of such a turnpike
road are greatand obvious in CONNER
cial point of view. If the road is con-
Quoted through the country below the
ridge, the comparative advantages
are few and inconsiderable To the
south of the county of FauquieI, the
natural markets are Fredericksburg and
Richmond. The vicinity of that section
of country to those markets the water
communications by James river, and
the advantages os good natural roads,
the national road could never divert
the trade from its old and established
channel.
Lastly, though not the less important,
is the consideration, the great national
roadto the west ought, Of right, when
congress sballin its wisdom complete tire
same from Cumberland to Washington,
pass through Winchester. The grounds
of this expectation ere obvious and de-
and the benefits of the juno
ton of those two great national roads
at point distant fromW ashington, must
be equally striking.
Your memorialist trust these views
and considerations may be sufficient
to induce the executive of the United
States to direct the route through the
valley, to be surveyed and examined.
If the result of such survey and exami-
nations should sustain the hopes and
wishes ofyour memorialists, they con-
fidentally rely upon their flAfilment.--
But if. on the other hand, considerations
Of national interest and national good
should require disappointment of their
hopes and wishes, they cheerfully Will
acquiesce.
RESOLUTIONS.
/. ResoiUed, That copy of the above
memorial, signed by the chairman and
secretary, be- transmitted to the presi-
lent of the U. S.
o Resoiued. That Hugh Holmes, A.
H. Powell, Jno. r.. Cooke, Charles
hagill, Richard w. Barton. John HE'S
lell, a &C. Smith, Lemuel Bent, John Nj.
Bronze and Samuel III. Davis, be cor
committee to promote the
'bjects ofthis meeting.
s. Rpsolred, That these proceedings
re publishedin the Winchester papers,
nd that The editors of the National In
elligencer, and OF those newspapers in
he valley, be also requested to publish
be same.
HUGH HOLMES, Chairman.
'AMUEL III. DAVIS, Secretary.
A NOVEL DISQUALIFIED.