Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-02-15
rhr Gap Railroad Il,

The Manasshs Uhp
What will the Legislature do for the Ma
na,s4s Gap Railroad The people OF our
county feel d deep interest 10 thus question.
Our reorle made a conditional su' scflplioh
of $50 COO 20 extend the Central Road 20 the
base # the Bluc Ridge at PoweIp- Gap, aud
med ,ed themselves .ur 100000 certain
from that pUi, t 70 uarrisonDurs. We were
d!s.ppoirt~l in that; and WHITTIER Il chmond
aud The Central c mpany have Jared better
hy going farther south, Is not our purpose 10
discuss. Oar next best chance Tor a hal'-
road was to Alexandria. Oar county, III
good faith. subscribed S~l5O,OOO t" that
scheme, and our citizens subscribed 1O,VU
The road is now at Woodstock, aud about
| $500 900 worth of work done on 1t sol'h OF
that point, besides the amount Il ln0a'y
paid for land damages and cn-lneerihe.-
Thirteen mi es OF rad are ready Tor tue
rail-, and the crO,s-;ies are provided. odd'l
this work stur and our people, VINO nave
SUI! scr.bed more literally tIan any county
10 the Sta,e, lose their money! "IIi not an
enlightened policy OF Internal Improvement
urge our Legislature TO tlnlsh what they
have begun? Shall We 20 backward or Tor
ward? That is the question. The Senate
Committee thinks the Safe Gao vote TWO
and a hall millions TO works Of internal I'M
proyemeut, and we CONCUR In that report
We learn, also, that the committee oil hAance
in the House will make a report IN acco'-
dance with that of the Senate. We, there
fore, urge upon our members to exert tneni-
I selves III behalf OF their constituents ana 70
pursue no nigsardly policy. We are "I!iihs
10 help all works VI merit. We w'Sh 10
have cd Nirgiula's resources developed as
fast as it can be done consistently with her
credit. But we have one word to say To our
eastern friends. TLey talk ot our road be
iny the way TO Baltimore. Our eastern
friends are considered, and justly SO, hi-hlY
intelligent; but we will here venture the as
%sertiOn, and challenge cUntradIctlJn, that The
east does more for B.ltlmOre Than the west
eru portion of our State. Oar tt'ur now
goes to Alexandra, Richmond, aud GEORGE
town, and our cattle to the eastern cites
generally. Our merchants here buy more IN
Richmond, Philadelphia, and New York
than they do in Baltimore. But our eastern
friends still say we want II build up BAIT
more. Now the truth l., We want to build
I'd ourselves, and if, in So doing, we help
others. WHY we are agreed to II. People
like {, trade where II can he done 10 the best
ADVANTAGE. All our bacon, lard, and gras>
seeds 90 east IF the Blue RiJge, ard our
wheat would 20 to Richmond 1t 1t could be
got there; but when you talk OF II connec-
ton between this point and Stanton, some
eastern man viii sing out, you want to 20
to Baltimore. The eastern people til m
selves look north for almost every thing,
even for bob-:ail horses. Many hundreds Of
our horses have been taken tr'm the mouU-
tains to Bal ignore and Pnll!deIphl. aud
trained M and sold frr northern hor-es.-
The name it's II adds to their value at once,
and yet they pratc to us about toe noEt1.
Oar people want to get their produce to mar
ket ~ cheap a. possible, aud We allow our
e~astern friends the same privilege.
The wheat annually shipped from the
james, R.puahannock, and York Rivers to
the north, would SUN w q large amount Ia
the course OF one year, u say hothlag OF t.
bncco, flour, &c. Then away with this cant
about trading north when the eastern section
If the State has teen engaged Tor years IN
buIldinC up the north. Flush our own
roads and let Us have q lluc Of steamers
from Norfolk to Europe and do cur own Im-
| portatIunS. The people Of this section Will
| stand BIZ their brethren III all parts OF the
| State in developing the resources OF the
Stare and es' aniIshing IA dlrec' trade to b.
rope. Oar works when completed Will JUST
fy it; hut left 10 thrir imperfect and lncom-
plete state, We shall he where We have heea
for years past, tributary to the north'-ho'N
juUhUu RP1ISfer,