Alexandria Gazette

Chain Bridge Road.—The Washington Republican says an application has been filed with the District Commissioners by a number of the residents on the Virginia side of the Chain bridge, asking that the road leading thereto, in the District, be put in repair. They state that from the time the road was purchased for District purposes by national funds, in 1833, until 1873 or until the consolidation of the old corporations of Washington, Georgetown and the county into one government, Georgetown kept that road in tolerable condition, and as by the consolidation the present District government acquired all the right, they are therefore responsible for all the duties of the absolved corporation of Georgetown. They ask:—"If the District Commissioners fail to keep the road in repair, to whom are the people to recur? No other corporation, State, county or township has any rights that extend over the road."