Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-27
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Co. dependence OF tic Alexandria GAG ,t:2.
LEEsBURG, Va, Ju1c 2i.-Ao uncx!Mcic:.
call carried inc yesterday over ;5icp.oo ILL; to
Mountsvie, Pct iiv,ls:. ua0a I'll; Bloomfield.
Said Stcptoc's Hill is The ;ia Of a r.'2,i which!
was located at tic t.uo vi iii; d;usc, ~ ne
dividing ridge 6ctwecn Coos: 70, ok and Beaver
dam so as to avoi! what WaS ;i2u Supposed 10
be an upusuai swri!iG.. III t..Vae two atrcJul>,
and as our people Of Old rarciy changed their
Congressman so their sJns STICK Ey their Old
roads.
But lately souc cntcrp,i,ing cit!z.ns from
the north have penetrated deep latu tie i'Dw,;!s
Of the earth la search Il ln;r!'c, attd III the
course OF thor Xr!Gra;l"ii, Eavt. struck vcic
of as good marble as ever cr>!" ,:iio ii;e un.ei
the touch OF the saiuniy' cAIa:L lilcy can
not afford to haul it ovri Il i','I VIII gra'its OF
one in eight aud oTtr 8 T.: AZ aJ,Gt w:jc "a nSA
for pig to avoid, by dcxasf'.u, Gou Gig, tns
wheels of the vciiicle, il, ~ tnu arrest g'dd
luck, he shall have csc.Ird The hn SIS t.rt, ne
being in no danger irniE tnc dr;vcr, Wio, per
force, must be Oh his horse 10 prevent himself
from being crushed. Ai;cr IA 81; Cus cII,nh ct
milo or more came the ,Iu:i;y truut.lSunl1
and dangerous descent 70 the l.u ;ici;aEc nvl3 d
borhood Of the ,narbl2 quarry. ln,:rcnss pL lis
Of marble lie around hulc III tic srrua! My
feet deep and one hup'Irrd ;.nt TWeGt| ave (1r
more) feet square. il nr . I:l:S fia!h.e 10
market at Lcc>';uric, a - ";tr Is AYR .aai
Is i'll course Of 0rs,.ls'i!n, ."! :: nv rod has
been laid out and pat IL, III DE-, Y"ica Va! DC
down hill all The way f. IL Tie u ~" q's'Try
TO the LoesburS aud Aid'. ta"D:..k: ~ | ,aitcra
bridge, aud this Gcw Fad WI, IL: hal Tiic
80, met: -.u
Muunsvllie, q lD.ic ilon tho quarry, |" a Ii"n
grade to that p;'.Ii! ov,:r a s'n!'us road viii
abundance Of exc, il,ui in;i;.tl fer ',t:'',.iIp
within few hundred (splnetin.F.' w!::.:.! tiit,)
feet Of the road iri
Mountsvi|lc is small Ila'nlc! and rOst"tti>.:
equi-distant from Lr,csi.lIrg and llauion, Oh
the w. Il .. Il. H., aud Thu: ia'ns % the
Manassas branch of the rnad, with Inc s@>qul-
pedalian ctgaoulcn, AMI SAG l. nl!as IRON
each. To The Pains tn! ruil II good '.iii
with choppng grades, and that lna:kc, Is h;y
two miles from Alexandra. 10 liarl Ipn thr
road is good one, passing sn:uc ;tltl:nlS al
Goose Greek, but is necessarily up and down
hill, and the market is III milua ltom Aux III
dra with no competition lrum III; other point.
I'urcellvlc, the next station On tue W. 4
0. Il. r., will bc II milci ir'n A.c1'ndc':s,
aud II from Mountsv,e. The road Is sl,..li;.r
to that to Hamilton station.
Lcesburg, 81 miles from Alexandria, can be
reached over road much better than to either
Of the other points, aud Is 4 pretty iair market
for the lighter productions ot the Country,
and has this great a;iyanag. over dc ati,cr ~
calitics, in that the C. 4 .. ca.I. Is ua;y FUR
miles distant at Whites ler7;, where there IS
rope ferry, and where Georgetown cym?ates
with Alexandria for the grain VI tic country
south of Lccsburg; even hrypg full mjicty
CT the wheat aud u good d>a! o1' c1In, ;iluust.
for the latter pTudlc; Alexandria is the best
market south OF New York.
ln addition TO the marble, Which would be
source of revenue to 4 turnpike couipnry, there
is an immcusc quantity OF sand stone vastly
superior to any yet found in Virginia, and Il
slate which will make excellent flag stones a1d
passabc curb stones. understand also, that
some speciments Of grind stone have been found
equal to that brought from Ohio to Alexandria
at cost OF l2U dollars per car load There
are besides in tho region this side OF the mar.
bic quarry large bodies Of very fine timber,
some Of which Mr. B. &. Carter is saving into
very fine lumber. He has sent several car loads
of sycamore plank to Baltimore to be made
into tobacco boxes.