Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-01-01

III 1919 ,.hor t,,o f-st .,c,mb,ot onnoorod
-, +l,o p,.oo. i.;,co pru.oy,, IN 1-sN
,rbo, :, was carried down tIc river -. at nrc-
sam, ,I.xar1r;, !. 20, On fine GREAT mail
rto and roxt rc,r rho oro,t l. : Mail
from Now Work and North 70 Now Orleans.
&C., will 90 by the Alexandria and Lynch
burg Railroad. In the year 1891. a work of
internal improyement WAS commenced by
Alexandria. which. considering the condition
of thc reonlc undertaking. it. is the greatest
in thc country The Alexandria Canal cost
over Il million and Il quarter of dollars the
aoueduct alone, Il work of the kind unriyallcd
in the United States. cost half million
The United States aided the town by grant
or donation of four hundred thousand dollars.
The town. after struggle of many wears at
last finished the work. and the coal boats from
Cumberland commenced running.
Alexandria has not been behind the age in
Railroad enterprise. She started the Orange
and Alexandria Railroad at the time of Retro
cession. and the Manassas Gap Railroad
shortly after both Of which are expected. in
time. to add largely to the trade of the city.
For the Lynchhurg Extension of the Orange
and Alexandria Railroad. six hundred tons
of American iron have already been received.
Seven or eight hundred tons are now on the
way from Europe: the remainder now being
rolled. will be delivered in the coming Spring
or early Summer. Some twelve hundred
hands will soon he at work on the road. which
is expected to be finished about the first of
September next. when the ears will run
through direct 10 Lynchburg. About one
hundred and forty miles Will thus be saved
to the through passengers and mail, and the
Great stream of travel may then be expected
to set in. Already. it is understood. that 4
contract has been entered into here 10 build
some ten or twenty thousand dollars worth Of
Cars for some of our railroads other con-
tracts no doubt. will soon follow. The Ma
nassaS Gap Railroad has Just received elght
hundred tons Of iron, and will be ready Tor
business. a. far Is Mount jackson, twelve
miles beyond Woodstock. in Shenandoah
county. Ito which place the road is now fin
ishcd.) about the middle of this month
From that point to Ilarrisonburg. in Rocking
ham. is about twenty-five miles. which dis
lance. we trust and believe. will soon be over
come by the Company, on the return of gene
raj business confidence and prosperity. At
Mount Jackson however, the road will open
a Great trade with Il very rich and populous
region. and in ordinary times would. ut once,
dryclope it. extensive and valuable mineral
resources.
One Of the most energetic and experienced
.op,roctors in tbe country. il is said has con-
troctcJ 70 buld the Alexandria. Loudoun. and
U,pnsh;rc Railroad to Winchester. Wehayc
already noted ,bc fact that the COMPANY have
r,rcboscJ rails cnouoh to Law some forty
n,;,,s of this ocL.-the rails are now being
laid In Gc,v dovs weather ncrmittiur the
.,,.,, I'LL -, ~, ord noxt Sum-
49,, o,,,ooto1 70 No rrrpiug 70
,ho ho,r,;f,l town Of Leeshur.. ut which
ou o;.,. will b,ro railway connection
with rho bc,rt of tbc fertile County Of Lou
dam, Wber tba road cets 10 Winchester.
and Mr. Miller will have it there in due time,
if he lives. it will be but Il question of time
,yhcr il shall reach the great coal fields of
IIompshirc County. and to ii final completion,
Tins cnsur;ro the shortest route to the West.
Inv some forty miles. Last. the Alexandria
and WASHINGTON Railroad is finished as far as
the south end of the Long Bridge over the
Potomac. and the Company have an applica-
ton before Congress for leave to extend their
road across the bridge to the Baltimore depot,
in Washington city. \ permanent Aqueduct
for the Canal, over the Potomac at George
town. would ensure 10 Alexandria a large and
annually increasing coal trade, which, iii
time. hv canal and railroads, will, no doubt,
he counted by miHio"S, instead of thousands.
of tons: and should no other expectation be
realized, this alone should make growing
city here. Machinery Is still manufactured
here. The sound Of the loom and the spindle