Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-03-02
|COMAIUNICATED.

COMMUNICATED.
Phase publish the following from the Rich
moa1 Dispatch, in relation TO a subject, which
has been and will continue TO be of interest and
;myort,ance to Alexandria.
SEVERAL CITIZENS.
ALEXANDRIA AND THROUGH TRANspoRTA-
r,S The city Of AIeyandr, Is lighting over
,bc 6eht which cities have oecn so much IN
,hc habit of making against any through con
,ectons by railroads within their corporate
l;n;ts We believe that this city has not made
a fsht on this suhject, but would at any time
b,g, Welded to such communications had the
rs;lroad companies sought them. But what
cvr, cities may have struggled against the
nr!,!je accommodation in this way, we believe
there are few now of any importance where
such connections are not complete Alexan-
dra is the only one in this State.
From Alexandria to Washington Is about
e;rht miles, including the very long bridge
across the Potomac That distance is straversed
Ivan independent railroad and all the business
and travel upon roads coming from the south
AMI west. and touching Alexandria, 1t Is con
tended must be transferred to this little road,
which has thus become the single conduit for
them all. Now, with all due respect to Alex
audria everybody knows that nearly all tie
travel at least, taking those roads tending to-
wards Alexandria, is destined for cities farther
north, and is bound for the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad depot. That point is really,
therefore, the proper point or connection Tor
the roads which convey this travel. 1t is,
therefore, a hardship imposed upon these roads
TO compel them TO stop within eight miles of
ILeir point of connection, and submit their
passengers and freight to the petty corporation
which boasts of little more than seven
miles of railroad. The spirit that thus sub
ordinates long lines Of railway conducted
upon an enlarged and vigorous system Of
administration, to this little monopoly, IS cx-
eeedingly narrow and contracIed That little
concern should be mere horse railway-and
could hardly be considered more than "one-
horse" concern at that. 1t should be left to
is local business, with which no large corpora
ton would at all desire to Interfere and the
longer lines, with their large through business,
should be allowed to extend their roads to the
popt of real connection with the next great
line in order, which is the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, and such other railroads as may here
alter terminate in Washington
The seven-mile road can never Duld bridge
Of proper strength and magnitude for the busl-
ness that will likely be thrown upon It. That
must be the work OF some great railroad cor
poration-possibly OF two or more combined.
The public interests demand there bridge OF
very superior character, both in design and
construction Two OF three large railroad cor
norations might erect such bridge but we
uannot expect it from Il corporation with its
seven miles OF track.
The mere statement of the fact that all the
business and travel destined to pass to or
through Washington via Alexandria must be
crowded upon this one short track at Alexan-
dria makes the proposition so absurd that 1t
would seem supererogatory TO attempt to show
it's impractical, illiberal, and unaccommodating
character. tits one Of those ObstructOns to
commerce and the public convenience which,
though maintained for Years. must finally give
way 10 reason and justice. 1t cannot and will
not be endured The community that sustain 1t
never profit from it. The traveller is preiu-
diced against them, and shakes the dust OF
their city from his feet as he departs from 1t.
We hope that Alexandria, since she IS the last
city in the State that has not given tree transls
to railroads through her limits, will generously
follow the example of the others. -
ADVANTAGES OF LATIN "A very good mem
ber of the General Assembly Of Rhode Island
once moved to translate all the Latin phrases
in the statute so that the common people
conld understand them.
The exquisite folly of such measure was by
no means obvious to the great body of the
Assembly. 1t was quite as likely to pass as
not A good solid argument against 1t would
probably have carried it through. The late
Mr.. Opdike took the ground that 1t was no
advantage to have the people understand the
laws. They were not afraid OF anything which
,lo.., T. nt,,, .rTJ,
they were afraid ot ''hlr. Speaker, there was
aman in South kingstown about twenty years
ago, perfect nuisance, and nobody knew how
to get rid of him. One day he was hoelng
corr and he saw the sheriff coming with pa
per, and he asked what it was Nowit he had
told him it was writ what would he have
cared but he told him it was capias at sat
iydciend,un, and the man dropped his noe and
ran, and has not been heard OF since. Nor
has the proposition to translate the Latin
words In the statutes.
A Picked BARY,-'rhe Salt Lake Tele-
graph tells the folowipg story: \ little four
Year old, living in neighboring ward, has
habit OF getting into babyhood Scrapes every
day Mamma little pet got into a very
bad Scrape the other day, whereby he got badly
plcSled Having made bis way to the pantry
and observing large jar Of pickles, the little
fellow thought he would have at least what big
folks call a square meal, so in went the head in
the jar of pickles, but out the head cou'dn
get, and as consequence, the ''darlin' ;, set up
very lively and interesting noise, which at
tracted the frightened mother, who found the
young hopeful just in the fix descrlbed.-,
Amidst screams and cries the jar had to he
broken before the baby's head could be extr,
Gated, which having been done. little pickle
as he is now called, cast sly looks at his Ma,
and then at the pickles, exclalming,. 20,
Mamma, l'see never DOWN to Diet picked
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