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Domestic News
January 11, 1823
Herald Of The Valley
Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia
What is this article about?
Washington report on Dec. 31 details the Cumberland Road's dilapidated, nearly impassable condition due to neglect by states and counties. Urges Congress to fund repairs via mail contractors to prevent mail disruptions.
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THE CUMBERLAND ROAD.
Washington, Dec. 31.—From gentlemen who have recently arrived in this city, after passing over the Cumberland Road, we learn that it is in such a state of dilapidation as to be nearly impassible. On the ground that the road belongs to the United States, neither the states nor the counties through which it passes will take any heed to it. They say, it is none of their business. It follows that the road is going to ruin; and that the United States will have to do indirectly what they have so far forborne to do directly, by paying the mail contractors for making repairs, which would be more economically and efficiently made under the direct authority of Congress. Unless this be done, we understand that the road will, before many months, be in such a condition that the Mail cannot travel upon it. This, so far from being a cause for surprise, must have been a matter of calculation from the first projection of the road. It was doubtless expected that Congress would make all needful provisions for its repair and preservation.
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Washington, Dec. 31.—From gentlemen who have recently arrived in this city, after passing over the Cumberland Road, we learn that it is in such a state of dilapidation as to be nearly impassible. On the ground that the road belongs to the United States, neither the states nor the counties through which it passes will take any heed to it. They say, it is none of their business. It follows that the road is going to ruin; and that the United States will have to do indirectly what they have so far forborne to do directly, by paying the mail contractors for making repairs, which would be more economically and efficiently made under the direct authority of Congress. Unless this be done, we understand that the road will, before many months, be in such a condition that the Mail cannot travel upon it. This, so far from being a cause for surprise, must have been a matter of calculation from the first projection of the road. It was doubtless expected that Congress would make all needful provisions for its repair and preservation.
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What sub-type of article is it?
Infrastructure
Transportation
What keywords are associated?
Cumberland Road
Dilapidation
Repairs
Mail Travel
Congress
Where did it happen?
Cumberland Road
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Cumberland Road
Event Date
Dec. 31
Outcome
road going to ruin; mail travel may soon be impossible without repairs
Event Details
Gentlemen report the Cumberland Road is nearly impassable due to dilapidation. States and counties refuse maintenance as it belongs to the United States. Suggests Congress should directly authorize repairs, possibly via mail contractors, as expected from the road's inception.