Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-08-09

HE FREE BRIDGE QUESTION AGaIS--
WHAT AN OLD CITIZEN SAYS.-An cid Gil.
z:n, an original stock aoIGCr il The hltx lndrie
EEna!, Gao perfectly iaG.!.iar wish The u, ,o!.
~ oc'aS requested By The GaZ3;!os reporter,
thiS moroing, to furnish lin wit,i some lacte
10 ro2aid TO the Tree bridge" question, said
'ih9 "a: $ ioa is Que OF srest lmpoItauoo to
N'eXsndIla. It's way much 10 be regretted that
'ic lcssceS 0: the Alexandria canal did not fad
"f mako their bsrkgin Eiti The C,9al Coripe,y
;'Toh;ab.c, ioc thai: prosperity wau!G i;2v1 been
ours also. The charges 90 the shipment Of Goa!
at HeoigcioRn, wnil3 tho t0ucduC: was takcn
from Us ioE brtGg'. w3!o CX0rbitsDt. One
man 10 ECCrsotC%r was reported 10 get 80 QUO
year Tor Hh!rI1oDt from his WHAT. GcucrG
wells west 10 New York and got the canal tolls
raised IRON 20 $ cents. Whici was q savirg 10
the shippers; but GeacIal Wells did 20! gct
tho cool companies bound 10 Wr;luE. This
was unfortunate for botil lcssors nrl Ics3ccs. 50
GcorgotO"u lowered TIC charges for cal ship
pinR bclo" the Prices agreed ca With General
Wells, AMI Gsorcctowo kept the lar&ca! part
81 tho Goa! shipments. I:oioTo tbs late
wlT GcCTgeiOHn had scarcely ono third aEl GOV
s1e tea two thirds or more.
y Oh 'osl what General Wells said q !uw
days 81" IN regard 10 tho !n9cTtacoJ oi ice
bridge ~
'Ac s! The idea aad :yish Ter q free bri;g1 Is
49,, l.',,., e"'>i '''1N- H''"s h'nC'h
'l." .o'ViC ms Ic-"!:H hpiGaFlu on thG atGg0 st
81. bronGd @As broken Ga tie C!uHi on the
la Of .Iu.y, IS3l. aod nat Isn. th.r,.f.,r
tho difccols Of .hc Canal Cou,,pny, ilniLn,.
ri tho o!fy) rrope.r,i 10 the tic6rsctoworss a
20 10 COngtca4, cuy Nlsi,ie. Legislature. end
ask for an spp:n;,int,,7 /, b,:,Ii u. a,nnn
aQucduot mi Gporraia,,r s. -, ~. ir,,;,o T.,
iho piers. Gsofxc3u,ya ua, ,,;y refused b.,
cause Alex.a,l.is nigh. pr.,j, 10 The a;d ot
Congress, but sent O c,ciioiiico 10 i,nnr,n.. ;,
prevent us iro!a getting say AID e FL from cny
paicrDal gogeraIucGt. Il VIZ. eaiI At ,hn ,;,ur
iha; tho Committee Of .Go Ei.,r;at iri,d tn
Rhamo them. Il rusu. al Zen Ia,t mn a., m.
per rd, OF tbs ;.a:s vas ioli for g yn,;rn,I Tls
estors do no. OF let 10 g tree bridge 1T oIj ard
Il Che t. s. ,arr,un.cnt ,:tor!d ;nuh . hril~,
At Or Huy where ucGr fic Sr-!rts, vel End rant.
nut the Icasers :og!i not n,ujt Nv j.. .ob
Hlor:rca Itha eIu",!uc wouli sill 5ruia;a 81
Me t.in&'s Gaze -Gror2cloWr. J':o lessons
10 not ncau 10 aiya tho Igssccs aha riohi Il
indeed. they hay, it, aud M it iato lL,;r ,ov,
or or lh4t ol their DIV, Gso,r,tovn. tn,uir ,ho
luge6uct and canal tor ,i,o;r hap.fI C,n,on-
town has rissy, bcrn ac,ivn ND cr,rrnr;.;n,,
hat she made & yr.at mj-t,Eo - in,Id;.~,,
L tnsn ct % u,faynr.tlo :, cut Il ;.,cn.r,
20 E,,giDia. f!,o Than rrns, cn,,T abn ~,
rnaas true to her orisia II: her hostility 10 a.
cXand,u. Tho sgueducs cost >I75 900, tho
cana! cost 10 all !; 30 900 The II. S. at frs;
gave liz $lGO O1O for tee canal Dlslr.c; work.
There 70 htl, double tIsS tho 5000 U,O affair
wards gtautcd 10 1881, was a g,it, The i, =
government before that had takon OF tho Dis
i;ict cIuca the Holland debt contracted 10 jpid
tbs Ch,5. Dnd Ohio Ganal, namsly, 81 COO.
coo debt O! Washington and :25G UO0 each Of
tho GcotgotoSn nud AiexqHariG d,h!. Con
grcsa Afterwards bulls tour FREQ h.iircs over
tho PotoLntc tho ChGin tr,dsc. Long hriIgs
and two Others over tho i;sstcru ;ranch.'
Nv hat about tho clsIrn oi thr United G.airo
TO large amount ct stock IN tha hi'Xandil.
anal
Inc Corporation OF Alexandria conveyed
49, "no. being two l'tha OF The tSh0lo amount
81 tho S:IN stock, to INC Htair oi virgins" '7hrn
NeXahd7'a was TCirocHdcG 20 lrGiola by tho i,