Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-11-03
ALEXANDRIA CORRESPONDENCE.
ALEXANDRIA. Nov. 3, 1856.

ALEXANDRIA, Nov. 3, 1855.
public meeting of our people to consider
the subject of allowing the Alexandria and
Washington railroad to come within our cor
pOrate limits, was held at Liberty Hall last
night. The assemblage was large. j. H. Nc
Weigh, esq, presided. B. H. Berry opened
the discussion in half hours advocacy Of the
plan. He was in favor Of the Alexandria and
Washington road as an original proposition |;
but the question was not now whether we wo uld
have a road the road was built, and Why
should we not take advantage Of the travelling
facilities afforded by it. With narrow con-
tracted views the people of Virginia had no
sympathy, and how could the people Of Alex.
andria ask aid for railroads to bring people
into the city, when they themselves threw OBJ
stacles in the way Of travel.
Mr. 7. 7. Hill followed, taking the same
views.
Mr.. W. l.. Penn opposed the admission.
The read came in on a graded street that cost
the city seven thousand dollars. 1t was not
too late for the sovereign people Of Alexandria
to refuse the admission. The road was al
ready too far, and unless next Monday the
people decided to admit them, he would take
up the road himself-hc had no axe to grind.
Mr.. w. ID. Massey responded. He believed
that no one there had an axe to grind in this
matter The people meet to consider this SUBJ
ject calmly. and differing opinions might be
entertained honestly. This road formed one
of the strongest arguments before the Congress
bridge Alexandria could not dam up the
stream of travol-it was madness to try it.
Mr.. l.. Mckenzie merely wished to state
the position of matters in reference to this
company He believed that the charter had
not been carried out in good faith There was
no company concerned in it. The whole road
was mortgaged, and We should soon see the
affair bought out by the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company. lie wished the matter
delayed till Congress should make some deci,
sion in regard to q permanent structure at the
Long Bridge. He was in favor of a railroad
TO Washington-a particular scheme-but it
was not one that would spoil the turnpike.
f, Mr.. c. E. Stuart wanted to ask one ques-
, ton Did not the Loudoun and Hampshire
branch propose to spoil the turnpike beyond
the Four Mile Run, and'u the BERNIE bank
of the canal on this side Of it? He was no
friend to the managers Of the railroads in this
section, but he would cheerfully vote to ad-
NIT this road
Mr.. French said that Mr.. Mckenzie had
surprised him many times before, but he had
been more than surprised to hear the remarks
! that fell from him that evening. He (Mr F. }
was a Virginian born and bred, and the honor
of the Commonwealth was as dear to him as
life. He knew that the road was constructed
| according to tho provisions of the charter His
life had been devoted to railroads and ell he
had in the world was staked in this enterprise.
As to the road being sold, it was a chinera.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
were its warmest opposers, and even now had
an opposing scheme.
Mr.. Penn here rose, the people did likewise,
and left the hall. AMI.