Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-12-24
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE.
ROAD BETWEEN ALEXANDRIA AND
FREDERICKSBURG.
To The Editor OF the .AleImdria Gazette.

To me Editor OF the .HleIaadrta Laeeie.
S,,-S,nc. the lat session Il tie Legislature
,f V,r,,n,a. the Redmond and Fredericksburg
n.,sp,p.rs have abound ID IN statements 'atend-
inc tn shew the unity ct Railroad from the 'a'
Ter place to Potomac Creek
Without wishing 10 contravene those STATE
ment.. or TO interfere with the plan OF that route
/ cannot avoid setting forth aud showing 10 .ne
n,hhc the falIacy of such an undertaking. ue
Chit of which il avoued TO be, the certain
RECOMMENDATION through the year OF the On'teu
States Mail, bv competing the said route WIN
.,a.mhoat 70 " ashinston Citv. Every one VINO
has wait, i Potomac Greek IN the steamnoa' KNOWS
!, IN he extremely diff ult to land the ooat al any
po,nt after entering VI. owing Z" the s"oa'ness VI
M water. and experience proves II anhuahy get
fing wors-. by the washing of the a'iuS'on from
,h, h;,hI,,ds. To remedy this, an almost meal.
.,I,hIs .,nsnse must be incs rred.-not less,
am sure thar, would make IS miles OF Railroad
On oood ground. In the winter, and especially
in tune of war, the insignihcance Of the ROAD ana
;,s want of utitity would be experienced oy all
whose business caused them 10 travei that way
The navigation OF the river being c'ssen oy ice'
their direction must be changed To that uegiect-
ed SCI tiun of road between hiexanorta an" r'e'
der,c sburg. once called III debate. oy '"e eeee"'
trio Me- john Randolph, the SirbonIan Bog
Tn. .,nn,l expense of the delays of the Great
Sop,h Mai, bv the distractions OF this road, IN
Eve wears would nave it throughout; and the IN
convenience and disappointment To all parts "i
tbs country south aud southwest OF the Kappa
b,nnock River il intolerabie. Every b"dy Is
cursing the Dad during the winter, and mere "
mn oaftiny around it. The stage drivers anc
Messengers are ouarrelling and lighting. the iat'
fer swearing thew had paid for riding iR the stage
and would not walk, the former refusing 10 go
an inch he ad unless the passengers would get
out: finally, the poor passengers are oo'iseu u
succumb. and, up to their knees IN muu. traverse
the slnshes of the Sirb0hian Bog distance OF
5o rifles This hardship would not be 50 severe
lift were not for the enormouse passage OF seven
dollars TO be paid. and the delay OF 4o h"oes' AL
the time enduring the periIs OF darkness, extreme
cold. rain. snow, and almost imPassao'e water
courses. At,
This section of road is the broken INK IN the
grand chain Of mail transportation from the N"fth
10 the South and the defect IS 'e't To the re"o'-
est outhern bounds OF the Union: Per example.
the great Northern Mail (stutfed TO IONS "e'Sn'
With old newspapers and old reports and pamph'
let's, like flies 10 catch gudgeons, from NJ u 70
t.eir saDient constituents. fails to arrive IN time
a, Orcoouan or Dunfries;-otf drives the carr or
carriage intended to convey it EDWARDS TO tne
Sonth.-a few hours Afterwards the North Na'l
arrives-tne driver states he could not cross &C
cot,nk Creek. or that he got stalled near nay.
wood Foote'S. Here. then. lies the Ma'i. ana
before II oets "A snu,hwardlv, another mass OF
constituent but, in the form Of Old ne"spapers'
comes wacgine along: and perhaps before 'nese
nord.rons hur,hens OF Washington printing OF
fees can b. disposed Of. thrd. and sometimes
a rou. tn, ia piled up in the Post Office.
Nav, Mr. Snowden. saw let them nave
Railroad to Potomac Geek. il thew can; but as
Ia pernan-nce and a,llitv. the announcement OF
The road between Alexandria and Fredericksburg
bears no comparison. and say merits the co"s',
.darar,an OF the public at large. A the STATE "l
V,rgInu. To- the last so wears. has land Is yet
dome -, bestowed all her surplus funds on her
psf Jamrs River. no relief can be expected from
that quarter II is, therefore, respectfully snS
pss.od tina, (as the Post Office Department Is ~
faiclv ,nteresredJ some of the Southern mem
ba,s ot Congress would take the subject IN hand:
and ak an Appropriation. to be at the disposal OF
III. Pns, Master General, for the Improvement Of
the said road
A Friend to Internal H,prou emenfs:
Dumfries Prince william Co. Va, hec' if' 1875