Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-01-24


be throwing obstacles in the way of through tT&'
vel. If it does no5 90 through it will so aronn'
He also favored granting permission for the Pas
sage through OF freight, and said that It "a
merchants here could not buy, it was but rGh
that the far2}ec5 should have the advantag
of other markets He expected TO live and dl
here, and wa very much concerned 5or To-
prosperity c6al7 city, which be thought voult
be advanced by the passage Of Railroads thEougt
it, and cited Wilmington and other cities be
tween Baltimore, New York and Boston; as II
stances of the growth Of places through which
railroads passed. With the Orange and Alex
audria, Loun0oun and Ham pshire, and SianaS
sas Gap Railroads, and the Canal, all te1mlna
ting here, he thought Alexandria must be {
great and prosperous city, unless it is attempt
ed to dam up the trade aud travel at this point
On motion, the bill was laid on the table un
till the next meeting.
Mr.. Massey then offered the following reso
luton:
Resolved, That the President Of the Alexan'
dria Canal Company, Reuben Johnston, Esq
be and he is hereby requested to inform the City
Council, at its next regular meeting, who are the
stockholders in said Canal, ard the amount o1
shares held by each; also as to the various loans
made to the Canal Company by the Corporation
and the terms and conditions Of such loans: also
as to any guaranty upon the part OF the SOrpo-
ration TO said Company for loans that sad Com,
Dany 1nav have made with other parties; and
Iurther what interest, if any, the Corporation l.
now paying upon such loan or guarantees.
Mr.. Massey wanted the Canal put in prcp2I
condition TO bring the Coal to the city. lie de-
clare1 shat in offering the resolution, he meant
rot!aing lnimical toward Mr.. Johnston. lie
was 10 favor of the Corporation getting posses
sion Of the work and leasing it cut to parties
who would put in navigable condition at once.
He had been written to ty parties trom tic west
OH the subject and thought that they mig be
induced te take control Of the Work-had heard
that Georgetown was endeavorlcg to buy up the
stock for the purpose Of getting contro! OF the
Canal, which he supposed they would fill ur
and then tear down the aqu5duct. Mr. heeler,
he understood, had been offered s. per snare
for his stock with this view lie was sorry tc
hear that there were persons in tie city, whose
names he had heard mentioned, who we're sell
ing out their stock in the Manassas Zap Ral!-
road Company in order that the 3: & .. Il. h:
might get control Of the road. The proxy OF
the city had not been admitted at the last meet
iug of the Canal Company, on the ground that
none of the gentlemen were stock hoiderS-h ne
conteuded that this decision was wrong, as he
considered the Corporation to be represented by
| its proxy in the first person.
NIr. Daw said that he had attended the cal
| for the meeting Of Stockholders Of the Cana
! COMPANY, but had been refused a vote because
Il l,o3 = jCoG
with two or three lawyers, who all thought thai
it was competent Tor hlin 70 represent the CITY,
He thought that from Mr. John>tOn's action
he was Georgetown man, or that he wou'd
rather the whole town should sink than he
| (.jonnston) lose the Presjdantslip auI Clerk
ship of the Canal Board
Mr.. Mckenzie thought Mr. Dag mistaken
| il his views of Mr.. Johnston, who he was sure
felt q deep interest il the welfare OF the work.
| Mr. Nick, was aware that there was some un
! kind feeling between Mr. j. and one OF his Mr.,
| Mex. ) colleagues The pltltul salary was Of
no account to Mr.. }. IN comparison with the
interest he telt in the work and in tie welfare
of the towu Mr.. j., as well as hlmsclf, had
been misrepresented here and at Richmond. -
The Government won't repair the Canal anC II
would require $50, 0O0 Where was it to come
from? He saw no hope OF getting It from this
Congress. The Canal already owes the Corpo
ration about $l25, 900. There was project tc
take down the piers Of the A.queduct and tow
the the boats down the river. MIR. Johnston die
not want to be kicked out of bis position, while
he was not particularly anxious to keep II.
Mr. Arnold seconded Mr.. Massey views
He did not want men looked at, but the inter
ests Of the town. He was in favor of somelm
mediate action. We should not stand idle; he
was afraid that already the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad was buying the stock Of the Manassa:
! Road, SO as to get control Of it. He was anx
;o,e n ~ thorn cbou},} he n)eeiDg of the stock