Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-05-13

good roads through country remotely situated from
navigation, bcng their only outlet to marke and also
the great importance of having those roads located
the best ground, & highest routes once, struck with
the great advantages and facilities that would be afford
the public generally by the establishment of road
from point tincastlo passing through Giles ra-
Jewell X Russell TO point i'll Scott countyas above
slated this meeting believes (and think it will not DE de-
MED by any that this route is considerably higher than
other route Is, be made, leading FROM the
said two points to witt Fincastlc and Scos and as to
the ground which said road would run, there is
certainly other route to be compared with II. From
Scott TO Tlzcwell Courthouse the country is gene
rally level and unbroken, and finely situated for
road, directly after passing farewell Courthouse
the road would have to enter either upon the
East River Wolf Creek VaSssy, and follow the
said Valley New River, and no place believed
the ascent, descent, would be more than three or
four degrees at tarbes, it would then run near New
River, to sinking Creek-up Sinking and down Craigs
Greeks and from thence point near Fincastle
the ascent or descent ofany part of which would sell
dom never be greater than that of the Wolf Creek
or East River Valleys. There ure no streams in
the Western part of Virginia, that run as straight
make few windngs East River, Wolf
Creek and Sinking Creek, and by casting eye the
map of Virginia it will be that they lie in direct
line between the two points of Scott and Encastle or
Fincastc and Cumberland Gap, where Company is
Incorporated to construct Turnpike road. Indeed
the whole route would be very nearly straight and
most upon perfect level and seems to have been form
by nature tor the very purpose ola road must be
apparent to the most casual observer that this route
would be much higher than any other along which
road could be made to pass The country, too along
TINS whole fertile, thlckly settled
intelligent and enterprising inhabitants, therefore the
saving OF time the saving of distance, and the advan
tage of firm and level road would be any consdera-
ton with travellers, all the travelling through Cumber-
land Cap and from tho southern part of the State
kentucky would ofnecesssity pass this route through
Scott RUSSELL FAREWELL Giles &c: therefore it would
be general advantage to the community well to
the particular sections of the country through which it
would pass. When this meeting considers that there
have been hundreds of thousands dollors laid out bv
the State of Virginia for the purposes of Internal I'm
I n nt nJ1nS
pended upon any improvement in the south western
pdr of Virginia if Justice and all laudable feelings are
not dead they would feel entire confidence of success
when asking the State of Virginia make the aforesaid
Improvement Therefore
Rcsolccd. unanimously, That in the opinion of th;
meeting, road from SOM point Fincasle in
Botetourt county, passing through Giles, razeW ell and
RUSSELL to some point Scott c. H., nersecting
the Turnpike road to be made by Company incor
porated by the last Legislature of Virginia for the
purpose, would be of great puzzle benefit and utility
tit being considerably and much level than
any other route from Cumberland Gap to Fincastle
and ought to be made by the State,
Resolved, That David French, Henry Chairman
Thomas Kirk, William Chapman, and David Hall ;r
Esqrs be ard they are hereby appointed delegates tc
meet delegates from other counties at Tazewel
Courthouse. on Thursday the 21st day of Juy ney,
for the purpose of Petitionng the Legislature OF
Virginia for the road above stated, in such manner
and from such points, the said meeting or conven
ton at IaGewell Court house may deem most advisable
| feSotced That the counties of Lee, Scott Russell
Iazewell and Boteourt, and all other counties that
may deem themselves nteresed, be, and are hereby
invited and requested to appoint delegates to meet
the delegates from this country, the time and place
above stated
Resozped, That Alexander Stuart, Andrew Johnson.
Guy D. French, John II. Rutter, and James Hector
be appointed committee to correspond with other COM
mtteeS that may be appointed in the different counties
upon the subject of the foregoing resolutions.
ReSotoed, That these proceedings be signed by the
Chairman and Secretary, and published in the Fncas
tie Patriot the Palladium of Virginia, and the Abingdon
paper DAVID FRENCH Chairman
AUGUSTUS a. CHAPMAN, Secretary.