Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-09-14
.nuafs el AIexausEria-Esurfh Series.

Ann;sfs CT acknowledgements Series.
BIZ WM. i. GAME.
Chapter AlA.-&leyaHdris Too small fer its
Population.
Tho GecaGe which began With 176O vas a
most prosperous cha throughout the British
Empire. The French power io Canada had
been CRUSHED; AID il Asia, Africa and America
The boundaries Of the Empire wero extending,
and Briti3h commercial adventure was reaping
hsrvcsta in every quarter of the world. Alex
andsis shared in the general we'll being, and
p1ospcTed as much as any part OF the empire.
lT6l. Charles Dieges was chosen trustee at
4 meeting Of The Town Board Oh the Cd of
February, l7Gl, 10 place cf Gerard Alexan-
der, deceased. Mr. Digges took no part 10 the
affairs CT the town. lie attended only one
moct0g CF The Board of Trustees, and some.
time afterwards left tho Colony. At this meet
ing all the sccouots of the town since its open
Ing, except that concerning the modelling scheme,
were laid before the Board add referred for ex.
animation to Messrs. Ramsay, Muir, Adam.
Carlyle aod Dalton, this being the Inception of
the lorg stapdiGg Finance Committee of the
City Council
On the 10Th of February tho trustees met
aea1 aul it appeared that after the SC ttement
of accounts tho town owed Carlyle & Dalton
SCI Us Ii ii On account OF money czpe nded for
tie warchoGs, This wa3 the first Tor poratioD
debt, aud it was "readjustcd" BY allowing Mr..
Carlyle to rtut cut the warehouse until the
debt waH paid. Ga The 18th Ct August lease
WA made 10 Ihomag Fleming, chip carpenter,
OF porIiou OF P0iut LuDley F!emiog shortly
afterwards obtained = lot ass south 0f Point
Luuicy, aud set up bis business there, lad
loinius the Pioneer Mills, and ne declined 10
make the lease. The Board, however, contract.
cd with him tic make an addition to tie wharf
sc Poiut Wcst ior he sum OF GlOO, SAID
wharf to b. tally c5mp;et2G aEd fGlahed III
woskmaEhkc manner, Is Gc5 wide, icom the
| outer end 10 the length OF TIC wharf 10 shore,
sni to be supported by the said Fleming 10
good repair during tho spaco Of seven years
John Muir was appointed ovcrseer OF the
streets and landings CT tic town lUr tWolVo
months, VIM. Ramsay engaging to assist hum.
! 17G2 The only business transacted by the
| trustees this eer was, at meeting held on the
81 Of July, to grant John Kirkpatrick the right
| to build vessel at Poi1t West, and to make
arrangements for adjusting ot boundaries.
! 10 tho fall Of this year every lot within the
|
lott. There were about 1860 houses within tho
lown, and Its population was estimated ct $50.
The time had come 10: an enlargement. The
prorrietors Of the lands adjoining wero willing
70 sell more lots by The same method used when
the town was first laid out, and accordingly the
L,g;s!a:u7e passed san act for euarglug the
town OF Alexandria 10 the county OF Fairfax,
i!,r main provisions Of which were as follows :
| 81. Whereas by IA act OF assembly made 10
| the swcnty second year OF the reign OF his late
majesty king George the second, entitled, ar
40, for establishing y town at Hunting Greek
warehouse, iG the c3uoty CT Fairfax, toTn
Was erected and established ou PotoWmack
river, By the name Of Alexandria, in the said
county, and it 10 represented to this present
gcncsat assembly that al! the lots by the said
act iccudcd within the Bounds CT the said town
arc already built upon, except such OF them as
are situated in low wet marsh, which will not
admit OF such Improvements and that divers
traders and others arc dcsrous of settling thorc,
| If sufficient quantity Of the lands Of Baldwin
| Dade, Sibcl West, John Alexander The elder,
and John Alexander the younger, which lie
contiguous to the said town. were laid oil into
lots & streets, and added to and made part
| thereof: BE il therefore cuac1d, That SO much
CT the said adjacent lands az arc Included with
| il the b0U1ds hCg&ll alter described shal! be
vested in the trustees Of the said t0%a, and
their cuccessours, for toe tlmo being, aud shall
! be added to aud made part OF the SAID town OF
A!egaadIia, 80 Wit : beginning at the corner OF
the lot denoted ia the plan OF the said town tY
The figures II (aejolniDg Pioneer Mills on the
south ca the said river PotoTnack, at the
lower end of tho said town, and to extend
thcnce down The said river the breadth of two
| ! bonl- J1to n
fields, by u line parallel to the loser lice OF
the said town, such distance as to include ten
| half acre lots end four streets; thence by line
parallel With the present back line of the said
town to the extent CT seventeen half acre lots
and eight streets, aud from thence by line at
right angles with the last to the river.
80 Thatthe directors and trustees oftho said
tcwo, or auy eight Of them, shall have full
power and authority to direct the surveyor OF
the said county Of Fairfax to survey aud Icy off
! the said additional land i1to streets and lots,
as they shall think fit, and shall sell the same
Wher laid off at public auction, SO that 20 per-
son shall have more than two lots.
''5. That the !reeho!ters and Inhabitants of
auch of the said lots as are not part of and lal'
cut upon the marsh Included With the said d
ditionaI lands, as soon as the same shall b.
| built upon also the oWDcrs Of the lots Q th,
marsh, as soon as they shall have complied with
the rules and orders respecting those hts shall
then enjoy all the privileges granted to the
| town.
VI That tie owners Of such marsh lots shall
not be obliged to build thereon, but that such
owners together with the purchasers OF sd-
! dtlonal lots on the marsh shall drain the same"
| Tho act gave general satisfaction. Already
| it was kpowo that The progress OF the town had
been delayed by the high price asked for build.
| ing lots by those who had bought the quarter
squares, and it was knoWn too, that number
| OF persons desired to purchase larger lots than
any which could be purchased CT private Own
els. Among those Who wanted let's was Col.
Geo. Washington, vino wished. cot only to
buy lot loc bis own USE, bat to make some
investments Ga speculation.
Some few years previously Francis Fauquer
had succeeded Dinwiddo IS Governor OF the
Colony, and was now the Kings representative
to the people ct Alexandria.
Tic wreck of the Potomac slave ship PE o.
uix, Capt. Nice achcr in latitude 81 N and lon.