Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-03-18

Absut Real Estate -Cemuunioatien with
the Capital, 40.

the CAPITAL, 40.
Especial ccfrsapsudsaes Of ne RspublleAn.l
FALIa oHun1H. va, March a. is7a.
The severe winter through which We have
weather Of the frst spring month, following
a. they do the unprecedented drought aud
failure Of The grass and other cropa cause
the farmer = nhudder every time he feeds his
stock lest bis scanty hoard may not hold out
until the green grass appears. But every
sloud has la silver lining" and We hope ere
long 10 enjoy all the blessings and privileges
Of an early spring.
Real sstats transactions are lively. Among
those which have transpired within a few
days are the following Mr.. A. K. Lounsbury
has purchased OF Mr.. ID. 8. Mooney cottage
with two acres Of ground, together with a
brick building and one quarter acre Mr..
Fow,er, Of Georgetown. has purchased OF
Levi Parker, ESQ, forty acres, including tho
beautiful grove near the depot on which ]
understand be contemplates erecting hne
country residence. Mr.. George B. Whiting
has also purchased eve acres adjoining, on
which he expects 70 build. The large and
elegant manslon, with Mansard roof, Of the
Duryee brothern, now nearly completed, pre-
scnB most commanding appearance, and
our new neighbor, Mr.. Augustus Raymond,
IL sularging and beantifying the dwelling re-
Gently purchased BY him Il Il reported that
.
ID soon 10 take possession OF his farm here,
and contemplates cutting Il up Into village
lots and placing them In market
Tho obstacles which have, for three or
four years past, hlndered the growth OF our
village are gradually being removed and
now that We shall very soon have easy and
rapid communication with the capital both
BY rail and turnpike, we are congratulat lng
ourselves on the prospect Of being able, In
less than q decade, 70 count our citizens by
the thousand rather than by the hundred.
Your readers are aware that the difficulty
which has, for some time, existed in the
Fairfax and Georgetown Turnpike Company
has been amicably settled, and It Is encour-
aging 10 know that At a meeting Of the dlrec.
Instructions were given 10 Meears. Phillips,
Wonder and Febrlg TO proceed and open up
the route 10 Falls Church as soon as the
weather would permit II Ia hoped that
those who are In arears will payup promptly,
so that the work may be prosecuted a.
speedily as possible, and the road opened TO
travel BY May I. .. 81
In speaking OF the Obstacles which hinder
the growth Of our village, and indeed this
section Of Virginia, one Ia thewant Of spirit Of
enterprise and accommodation on the part OF
the W. q o. X. II. Co, and these facts have
opened tho project OF the Piedmont a. a
competing road. AZ to the enterprise OF this
road, We would state that the fare 10 four
cents per mile, while On tho A. w. 4 a. road
Il is trIhe over one cent The accommoda-
ton train on the former has one car usually
half filled; on the latter four cars full. Now
the expense Of running these two trains Il
about the same, yet the receipts Of the latter Il
Ave o. slx times ~ great a. the former. As 10
the spirit Of accommodation, the Alexandria
Washington aud Georgetown will atop their
train at any point along the line where one
passenger may Wish 10 get on or on, while Il
u With reluctance thar the Washington and
Ohio Company stops more than once In going
distance Of ten miles. The former would
willingly al its baggage car with freight
while the latter would refuse TO take on hoard
q window sash or q ten BY twelve box. While
these facts illustrate our point we cannot
forego mentioning another still more pointed.
Some tlme since seven gentlemen, who Walt
your city daily, sent In petition requesting
TO have the accommodation ~ train stop al
point nearer the village than the depot, and
thus save them much time and exercise,
Imagine their surprise when, after some days.
they received Q reply from the honorable
president that The must decline" Why, they
were not surprised In tho least. Now, We en-
poet 10 sec what We did see last summer, q
stage running In succesafnl composition with
a great railroad company, And all this In
old Virginia and Ia this nineteenth century.