Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-04-14
Letter from LoudOun 90.

Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette.
LrE>RRu. Va. April l%.--On Monday
night heavy storm cloud passed 10 the north
Of Ieesburg and | understand from persons
from the I.ovettsve neighborhood that there
was good deal Of rain with SOME hail in the
neighborhood Of Waterford Here there Wa,
little else than wind which lore of i shutter
or two. II has. however, dispersed To I more
convenient season the sWelterlng heat OF Sun
day and Monday.
Linen coats began 10 be iii demand but the
fashions have suddenly changed to any thing
else
Hamilton accused Of the recent theft Of the
quarter box Of tobacco on the Washington i
Ohio Rail Road, was acquitted: in the case Of
Mlbourn the Commonwealth entered ! moi.
pros and in the case Of Cole there Was hung
jury for acquittal and / for conviction.
Our farmers are about 70 begin TO plant corn
and the ground is in iilic condition Garden
ing will be carried on quite extensively here
this season by supdry persons Is il has been
found to he profitable
The new road Law for Ltdoun is gong into
HAPPY effect in Mt. GIead and jefferson
Townships, and the others are near y ready.
1t recognizes the contract system and looks TO
the grading. draining and bridging Of the road.
and | thinl; will lead to the capitaliz;ng Of
the lerias for roads 50 H.; to make them do
twice the work that they low do
4 writer in massachusetts, report Qn roads
Says that in Eneland it is considered cheaper
to make nile Of good road than it is to
keen horse. | presume horse can hardly
be kent here for less than SS4 per innum and
and 1 liberal allowance for I sinking fund:
There are in Loudoun about 800 miles Of road
and $40, 600 spent on them would result inthc
saving of at least 50uI horses worth about SlnI
each and costing each year S42.Wni. the inter
est Of S1QONQ
And what would ba the gain Of land holders
and the travelling public from thes- good roads
in such county IS Loudoun?
[ hope some Of the townships will avail
themselves Of the law allowing them to sub
scribe to works Of internal improvement and
that they will make their means tell upon
local improvements and At terminal cities and
capitalists look Ia The main arteries nt COM
mercc.
This law allows ali authorities from those OF
counties down to townships ~ subscribe to
works of internal Improvement Il sum not ex-
cecding one fifth Of the capital or such 4 sum
as will not require for Il sinking fund and IN
terest greater tax than - OF one per Ct or
~ Cts. III SlWl.
4 majority of all the registered votes must
vote aye and that majority must be three iitthS
Of all the votes cast and of those three tltths
= majority must be treeh olders; thirty days
notice must be given of the opening of the
polls and each of the tickets must be endorsed
with the name of the voter so is TO ascertain
the facts hcreinbefore recired Bonds to be
taken at par.
Among signs of county progress | notice
the opening Of Il town site at Farmwell station.
Several lots of Il quarter Of an acre have been
applied for and as the tendency of our people
is to aggregation it is thought that quite 4
village will spring up there. ALIoIs.