The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-06-20

Seeing thai resolution hath been nerrt j
! 10 rs both houses OF Tie General A sembiy,
on JdunHry lth, 1870, directing the Board 81
Public Nurks 10 enquire into he ekpedicnoy
II directing tho Public Engineer to survey
aud mhrE way Tor n road by tho shortest
practical route from the north end 81 the
bridge across Dan river, nj DanNillel in the
county OF PatsylYanla Ia Nyhe eouH house,
We subioin below lhc Memorial oil the titi2cns
ii Patrick 10 the Bonrd Of Public WORKS, IN
telatlon 10 this road
Al n meeting ol the citizens OF Patrick, nj
HE store house ot John A. un,tston, To. on
re aOlb OF April, 1928, for the purpose oi In.
ling into consideration The rEprdi,uey Of nd.
Ores. ing to the Board of Public works n Me.
mould Oh the subject OF tue road eunlemIlh.
fe3 10 be opened from thc north eud OF the
bridge nj DanyiIe TO Hythe courthouse,
John \ linirston uns called Ia the chair.
aud William Lyon named us secretary
Nhrreupnn the following resolutions were
snbmsttrd Ia aud adopted BY the meeting
Br,oifed, That Il Memorial be addressed 10
the Board al Public Works. traying that n
route be surveyed from snid bridge nj Dan.
vile rs Henry Couft-housc mud Ohm A Hairs.
tom, store, ia Patrick, and ncross Tie Blue
B,iec al iuRsie cor MnLerry y Gap, thence
10 Poplar Camp Furnace, aud so on 10 Wythe
u
sfidroad from Danville 10 " ythc court house,
&tbat the many advantages be forth tat A.
Memorial,
Et.oit,A That lohn a l1airstor, Iewis
Pedigo, 1bomas Harbour, Nm Ayrrs ~
Nm. Lon he II committee Tor Drafting
the said Memorial aud lhelt5ey immea ,aieiy
forward it 20 the Bonrd Of Public Works
Resoleed, / hat the proceedings frhia mcr.
ting aud The Memorial he published 10 IL .
Lyuchbnrg papers aud The Dnnyi1lr ScnnreI
air Lyon, from the committee npIioif ,pd Ia
prepare Memorial 10 The Boar1 OF Public
Works, reported Inv follow nv, which. mon
bring read, was adopted by i'c committee
m uEN0RL9L qJtbc C,iistps nj Poi,i,t
toU9lB IoPtna, 10 ne Board oC PUGhc
b0rh'. fcpscYapy rtpre5eatS--
Tint thqy feel II deep intereat in the e-tab.
llahmeni OF rpad from DaAyiin to y ytle
cohri-h9u'c-ihry consider n jndieious seIre.
ton OF rqdte for that road Of the highest i'm.
poftOnco 10 the Union nj large, and they feel
tlrlr individual interest deeply involved in
The selection which inay b. nihde.
Your Mcmorialistscnuuol antterfhcmselye
that any thing they can urge ALI infect in the
slightest dcsfec the locatio1 oil rord so en-.
tifey useful, mud IN which The Whole onion
will he more OF less interested But residing.
rs they do, IN what they consider The mod d.
reel and best route ron the town 81 Dansile
10 Nythr court hou,c, your Nrmoflatisls feel
impellcd by 5cuse OF duty 20 themselves ava
their pos.friiy, to my before your honorable
board the suprIlor advantages possessed by
the route We have pointed ont through the
conuties Of Henry aud Patrick over nny olher
which can be selected Tor the contemplated
roal.
Your Memoriaists cannot but indulge IA
hope tbni, n thr above described route pos
ecsse5, in their opinion, every fncilify for con-
strurtHg road, passing over country pre-
seniiug but few u,struclIous 10 rs course, and
IS the nearest practicable route from Danvi le
10 w The court house, and crossing the Blne
Ridge AT one Of the best gaps within our
knowledge, yonr honorable bphrd will cnuse
il to be snrVete with view to the location
OF the contemplated road
BY reference TO the mpp Of Virginia, You
viii al once discover that direct line drawn
from DanyiI'e 10 Wylhe courthouse will pass
about two& haifmiics NORTH ofpdtfick court
house, route which, from the mountains Is.
ing in the WAY, would he entirely imprneiica.
tie. You viii also discover that a route from
Dauville, ny Henry court house and John 4
Iisirston's store, ~ Patrick 10 ruggle' s ,or
Maberry'sj Cap, is direct line, aud thence
MAKE asnaIl bend to the west passes direct
line by Poplar-Camp Furnace TO Wythe court
house
JOHN A. HAIRSTON, I COMMITTEE in |
LEWIS PEDlGO, behGiCOf the /
THOMAS HARBOUR, ! CftictHS Of,
WILLIAM AYHES, ie CoHniy0I
a. J.