Report of the President and Other Officers of the Cincinnati, Cumh'd Gap and Charleston Bailroad Company C&e Li&rarp of tije UmtotmtV of Jftortf) Carolina Collection of jRorti) Catoliniana fimtiotoeti bp 3o|m g>ptunt Wl of t|)e €Iaj30 of 1889 Cp385.I CS7 &o,y REPORT PRESIDENT AND OTHER OFFICERS Cincinnati, Cnmb'd Gap and Ufearleston RAILROAD COMPANY MAY 15, ISO?. MORRISTOWtf, TEXIn. : PRINTED AT THE GAZETTE OFFICE. 18G7. I Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill http://www.archive.org/details/reportofpresiden1867cinc op ■ . PRESIDENT'S REPORT. OFFICE C, C. G. AND C. RAILROAD COMPANY, T Morrtstown, Tenn., May 15th, 1867. } To the Stockholders of the Company : It is my duty as President of the Board of Direc- tors of your" Company, and in their behalf to submit to you the following report of the operation of the Company to this date ; It is known to you that the last meeting of the Stockholders, previous to this, was held on the 3d day of May, 1861, at the office of the Company in Mor- ristown. Owing to the existence of the war at that time, which continued for a long period, and the almost entire suspention of all the ordinary business of the country, and the presence of hostile armies in our midst, that no attempt was made to hold a meeting of the Stockholders for the election of Directors, or for the transaction of any other business connected w 7 ith interest of the Company down to the present meeting. At the time of your last meeting your road was in rapid progress of construction under a contract which had been entered into with Messrs. J.W. Patton & Co., of North Carolina ; gentlemen of large means, un- doubted credit, and great experience as Railroad builders, who had entered into a contract most auspi- O cious and favorable to the Company, and under which J3 they were pressing the work with a large force of hands *> *l 4 KEl'ORT. and ample means to insure -an early completion t)f the southern end of your road to the North Carolina line, to which part of your road their contract was confined, and there can be no doubt that they would have com- pleted the same in the time prescribed by their contract had it not been for the disaster? of the war. At the time this contract was entered into, the contractors, J. TV. Pattou & Co., executed a bond with ample and undoubted security for the faithful perform- ance of the contract, and win eh bond together with the original contract is on file with the Secretary of your Company. The contractors continued their work until the spring of the year 1 8 G 2 , at which time they had graded and had ready for the iron rails that part of yourlii e from Morristown to French Broad River, had the cross-ties and bridge timbers ready on We line to be put down. Tne bridge over Long Creek was completed in a most substantial and durable manner. The masonry for the bridge over the French Broad River was finished. The road bed from French Broad River to the Pigeon was nearly leady for the iron. A large amount of the ma- sonry on that part of the line was completed, and a considerable amount of work was done beyond Pigeon toward the North Carolina line, and the prospect then was most favorable for an early completion of the line from Morris town to the North Carolina line, when in April or May, 18G2, the contractors believing that they could not continue the work under the circumstances then existing in the country, withdrew their hands from the road and suspended all operations on the line. The contractors having abandoned the work, the Uoard of Directors, by a resolution, adopted on the 12th day of June, 18G2, determined to suspend all further operations for the time being. From that time down to the year 1SG0, a period of more than four years, ail attempts to prosecute the work was abandoned. In the meantime the work done 4 W REPORT. ' 9 on tho line Lad sustained great damage and loss. The cross-ties and timber on the line from Morristown to the French Broad River were almost entirely destroyed, in addition to the natural and inevitable decay inci- dent to such a length of time, a large number of the ties had been burned up and hauled off, the bridge over Long Creek had been torn down, the iron hauled off and the timber burned up and destroyed. A large amount of the timber for the bridge over French Broad River had been carried off, the road had also sustained injury from the effects of freshets and other ■causes. The section of your road from Morristown to French Broad River was ready for the iron rails on the 9th day of May, 18.62, and evidence of that fact as re- quired by law, was furnished to the Governor of the State, and application for the Iron Bonds to which the Cmryiany was entitled by existing laws was then made, but the bonds of the State was not obtained. The only aid received by your Company up to the time of the suspension of the work in 1802, from the State was tho sum of of $132,000 in Bonds, being the surplus of the appropriation for the bridges over the Holston and Clinch rivers, which was paid to Messrs., J. W. Patton & Co. on their contract. Thus stood the affairs of the Company, when in the month of February, 1866, it was 'determined to call a Meeting of the Board of Directors, and to address a ineamrial to the Legislature of the State, then in ses- sion, for additional- aid. The Legislature had with commendable liberality and wise statesmanship, in the month of January, 1806, passed an act granting addi- tional aid to the various Railroad Companies in the State by a loan of the credit of the State, to enable them to [tut their roads again in operation. The Board. of Directors of your Company believing that your line had claims on the State equal, if not superior, to any other lino in East Tennessee, dispatched My. Robert 6 REPORT. H. Armstrong, as an agent, to Nashviille, and ad- dressed a memorial to the Legislature, asking for a loan of the credit of the State to your Company. — Through the zeal and efficiency of Maj Armstrong, and the enlightened and patriotic liberality of the Legislature, an act was passed ou the 22d day of May, 1866, loaning the credit of the State to your Company to the extent of ($100,000)" one hundred thousand dol- lars, on the same terms and conditions that similar loans had been made to other Companies. Upon the passage of this act it was determined by the Board of Directors to take immediate steps to re- vive the work on the line and press the same to com- pletion so far as the means at the command of the Company would allow. Accordingly, at a meeting of the Board of Direc- tors, held on the loth day of June, 1866, it was de- termined to recall Maj. E. C. McCalla, the Chiefc En- gineer of your road. He was notified of the action of the Board, and signified his willingness to resume the duties of his office. It was deemed important to con- tinue the services of Maj. McCalla, from several con- siderations, among others, the fact of his previous con- nection with the work — his thorough acquaintance with the line — his zeal and efficiency, as well as his emi- nent qualifications and fitness for the faithful discharge of the duties of his? office. At the same meeting a resolution was adopted to notify the surviving partners of the firm of J. W. Pat- ton & Co., that they were required to resume the work under the provisions of their contract of 6th Septem- ber, 1860, and notice was accordingly given to them. On the 12th day of July, 1S66, the Board received notice from the surviving partners of the firm of J. W, Patton & Co. , : that they would not resume work on the road under their contract of 6th September, 1860, when accordingly a resolution was adopted by the Board, directing the Chief Engineer. R. C. McCalla, to REPORT, / . proceed at once to build the road under the contract of J. W. Patton & Co., as provided for in the following extract from the original contract with them, viz : "And if at any time the parties of the first part shall, refuse'or neg- lect to prosecute with a force sufficient, in the opinion of the Chief En- gineer, for its completion within the time specified in this agreement, then and iu that case, the Engineer in charge, or such other agent as the En- gineer may designate, may proceed to employ such a number of work- men, labourers and overseers as may iu the opinion of. the Chief Engi- neer, he necessary to insure the completion of the work within the time hereinafter mentioned, at such wages as ho may find it necessary or ex- pedient to give, pay all persons so employed and charge over the amount so paid to the party of the first part, as so much money paid to the said party of the first part on their contract. 1 ' The Chief Engineer under this resolution, of the Board, and the provisions of the contract of said J. W. Patton & Co., above referred to, has proceeded to employ workmen, hire laborours and mechanics, pur- chase materials and equipments for the work — has had the cross-ties replaced from Morristown to the French Broad River — has had the bridges on the line rebuilt — purchased iron for the section of the road to the river, 12i miles — has the iron laid down most of the distance, and it is believed by the 20th instant., the track will be completed to the French Broad Raver. For a more detailed account of the present state of the work on your road, as well as its prospective fu- ture, reference is made to the Report of the Engineer in Chief, presented herewith. At the time of the adoption of the resolution in- structing the Engineer in Chief, to proceed with the work on the 12th day of July, 1866, Gen. Alexander E. Smith, the former President of the Board of Direc- tors, tendered his resignation, which was accepted. General Smith has been connected with the enterprise from its inception, and perhaps as much is due to him for his untiring energy and industry and great liberality on behalf of this work as any other one man connected with the Company, and it was with profound regret that this Board felt constrained to accept his resigna- 5 REl'OBT. tion of the Presidency, as an act of justice to him, as his failing health and advancing age required some relaxation from the labours and anxieties of public po- sition. At this meeting of the Board, the subscriber was elected to the Presidency of the Board, and took upon himself the duties of the position, and has been actively engaged in the labours of the office up to the present time. Under the provisions of the charter the vacancies in the Board were supplied by the election of Hon. A. J. Fletcher, John F. Noe and Wm. MeFar-* land. Since the resumption of the work on your road, that part of the line frem French Broad River to Pigeon River, near Newport, a distance of about ten miles hnd been thoroughly repaired, and the grading finished ready for the timbers, the cross-ties contracted for, and principally delivered and ready to be laid down ; unfor- tunately, in the month of March, a sudden and unprece- dented freshet in the French Broad and Pigeon rivers, in common with all the water courses in East Tennes- see, and throughout this section of the country, swept away a large number of cross-ties on that part of the line, and to some extent, though not very seriously, in- jured the road bed, in addition to which the masonry at the French Broad River, was to a great extent, swept away, and some damage done to the masonry at the Pigeon River. This misfortune will cause some delay in the construction of the Bridge over the French Broad River, as it has become necessary to rebuild the piers in that river, as well as the abutments — which work is now in progress. This great flood, without any previous parallel in the history of the country, has made it necessary, in the opinion of the Chief Engineer, to raise the structure over that river eight feet higher than was contemplated, which will involve a very considerable additional ex- pense. For a more detailed statement of the work and its REPORT. 9 present condition on this part of the line T refer to the Report of the Chief Engineer herewith presented. In addition to the previous liberal provisions of the State to aid this Company in the completion of the work, it is my pleasant duty to inform you that on the 10th day of December, I860, that body passed an act loaning you the credit of the State of Tennessee to the extent of ($500,000) five hundred thousand dol- lars. This wise liberality on the part of the Legisla- ture of Tennessee to aid in the completion of this great work, fully demonstrates the interest manifested in the success of your road, and its vast importance to the future commercial, agricultural, manufacturing and mineral interests of East Tennessee, and will prove a lasting monument to the intelligence and disinterested patriotism of the Legislature of Tennessee which passed the law, and will, it is hoped, secure the completion of your road. In addition to this act, last referred to, the Legisla- ture, on the 8th day of March, 1867, passed an addi- tional act changing the scale of voting in elections by the Stockholders, and giving to each Stockholder one vote for each share of stock in the Company. The Stockholders will be called upon at your present meet- ing to take action in reference to this proposed amend- ment to } r our Charter. In addition to this, in the same act, it is provided that the Bonds of the State of Ten- nessee shall issue to this Company, for the bridge ap- propriation over the Ilolston River, whenever the track shall be graded from Morristown to the Ilolston River and ready lor the timbers, and that whenever that section of your road from Morristown to Bean's Station shall be graded and ready for the superstructure that the Bonds of the State issue to the extent of ten thousand dollars per mile to purchase the iron, as pro- vided for by existing laws, in addition to all of which, it is further provided,in eaid act, that in estimating the length of your road all side tracks, switches, etc., shall 10 RErOilT. be estimated, a provision, perhaps, more liberal than lias ever been made for any Railroad Company in the State. Under the provisions of these various acts of the Legislature of Tennessee, since my election to the Presidency of the Board, I have received from the Governor of the State the Bonds of the State as fol- lows • Under the act of the 22d of May, 1866, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, under the General Inter- nal Improvement Law of the State, the sum of one hundred and twenty-two thousand dollars, for the pur- chase of the iron to lay the track from Morristown to French Broad River, and also the further sum of one hundred thousand dollars for the purchase of the iron to lay the track from French Broad River to Pigeon, and also under the provisions of the act of the 10th day of December, 1806, the further sum of five hun- dred thousand dollars. • For a detailed statement of the expenditures made, and the means of the Company now on hand and avail- able, I refer you to the Report of the Secretary and Treasurer of the Company. On the 23d clay of November, 1806, a resolution was adopted to appoint a Master Machinist for the Company, and Major E. N. Underwood was elected to that position. On the 4th of January, 1867, it was resolved that a Machine Shop should be erected at Morristown, and a Stationary Engine and such additional machinery should be purchased, as would enable the Company to make their own repairs and to build their own flat and box cars. The Company having the frame of the requisite buildings already erected for that purpose, and believing as the Board did, that sound economy required that the Company should take steps at once to make their own repairs and build, their own flat and box cars, and accordingly the Engine and necessary machinery to put the shop in successful operation at an REPORT. 11 early day, lias been purchased under the direction and with the advice of Major E. N. Underwood, Master Machinist. For a more detailed account of this branch of the business of your Company, I refer to the Re- port of Major E. N. Underwood. Your Company having no Locomotive Engine up to that time, it was ordered by the Board at their meet- ing on the 2d day of March, 1867, that it was indis- pensable to the successful prosecution of the work, that an Engine should be purchased in accordance with the order of the Board. We have contracted for a first class Engine with the Rhode Island Locomotive Works, and which it is expected will be delivered in a very few clays. The Board determined to buy none but first class Engines — and to buy Engines of uni- form size and make. Up to the present time we have an Engine and such fiats as were indispensible hired from the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad Com- pany. Negotiations arc now pending for the purchase of the iron rails for the track from French Broad River to Pigeon, and it is hoped that a satisfactory contract will be closed at an early day, and the iron delivered promptly for that portion of the line. That portion of the line from Pigeon River to the North Carolina line has been resurveyed, and has been let to contract by R. C. McCalla, Chief' Engineer of the Company, on terms believed to be favorable to the Company, and the contractors are now T at work, and it is hoped and expected that the grade will be completed to the terminus of your road during the present year. By a resolution of the Board recently adopted, in reference to the line North of Morristown to Bean's Station, it was made the duty of the Engineer to re- survey the line and locate the same, with a view to let that part of the line north of Morristown to Bean's Station to contract at an early day. 12 REPORT: Owing to the great freshet and other causes over which the Engineer had no control, the survey was not commenced at as early a day as was expected, but a corps of Engineers is now on that part of the line, and will proceed at once to complete the survey as far as Bean's Station, and at an early day that part of your road will be ready to let to contract- Notwithstanding the great liberality, and the ample provision made by the Legislature of Tennessee to aid you in building your road, I deem it my duty to call the attention of the Stockholders and all other friends of this great enterprise, to the importance of obtaining additional subscribtions to the stock of the Company, both on the part of individuals and counties. Owing to the largely increased cost of iron and all material connected with railroad building — the high price of la- bour and provisions — in short, the great increase in the cost of every thing connected with the building of a railroad, what would have been deemed more than suf- ficient to complete the road previous to the war, will prove inadequate to that end now. Your Company has sustained heavy losses in the loss and destruction of timber and material, in interest and costs, in the loss and damage occasioned by the recent great flood, and from other causes over which the Company had no control. They have now, not only to build the road at largely increased cost — they have depots to erect — they have to provide for a heavy interest account and numerous other items of expense to meet, aside from the actual necessities of the Company for additional means to carry on the work. It is submitted to the people of East Tennessee, that this is a great public enterprise, in which the citizens in their individual ca- pacity, as well as their public relations as counties, are deeply and vitally interested. It may be safely as- sumed that no enterprise projected in our day, or likely to be projected, promises more auspicious results to the future prosperity and happiness of the people of East REPORT. IS Tennessee than this . Its northern connections extend- ing to the Ohio River, and to the great center of trade and wealth in the northwest, will afford us direct com- munication by the shortest line that can be built to the ffucat commercial centers and the vast and unbound- ed resources of the northwest. Its southern termini reaching the sea at Charleston, Beaufort and Wilming- ton, affords us direct communication with the whole commercial world abroad, by the shortest, cheapest and most direct line that can be built, and by a great natu- ral line, without a possibility of a rival, passing through East Tennessee, situated midway between the regions of the cold, frozen North and the scorching heats of the South, with a climate mild, heathful and a large part of the year as balmy as that of Italy, with a soil of unrivaled fertility, producing all the leading agricul- tural products, and fruits, common to both sections of the country, with mineral wealth of the value of which none, not even the most sanguine, have formed any conception, and which needs only capital and enterprise to develop, and which will ultimately invite the capital and industry of the world abroad, with facilities in the way of water power unequalecl in all the broad land, and with many other advantrges which cannot be enu- merated. Y\ T e can look forward to the future of East Tennessee with pride and pleasure. Indeed, the im- agination is bewildered in attempting to picture East Tennessee, when it shall become, what it is destined to be, and that not in the distant future. Under the inuueuce of this enterprise and others of a kindred character, we believe that in less than fifty years, your line of railroad will become a great national highway, with a double track, extending from the banks of the Ohio, through East Tennessee, down to the sea, passing through towns and cities, the seat of commerce, civilization, and an enlightened, happy peo- ple. With such an enterprise confided to us, with such 14 REPORT. mighty interests involved, I think I can safely appeal to the Stockholders, and to the country at large, to promptly give us such additional aid as will insure the early completion of this great work. I might well en- ter into a more extended discussion of the subject, hut as it is not a legitimate subject in a report of the char- acter I am now making, I desist from further remarks. We have assurances that the work, both on our northern border, through Kentucky, and our southern boundary, through North Carolina, will be prosecuted under the auspices of the States of Kentucky on the one hand, and North Carolina on the other, aided by the enterprise and liberality of private enterprise to completion at no distant clay. The space occupied in making this report forbids any attempt on my part to give you a detailed account of the efforts made, and the steps already taken on both our northern and southern borders, to complete this great work. I refer you to the correspondence with leading public men as well as the action of the Legislature of North Carolina and the published histo- ry of the times, as well as the Report of the Engineer in Chief for more accurate information on this subject —with the assurance, however, that there can be no doubt of the early completion of the connecting lines at both extremities of your road. In closing this report and also my brief official ca- reer as the President of the Board of Directors, I beg leave to return my sincere acknowledgment for the kind and gentlemanly manner in which I have uniform- ly been treated by each and every member of the Board of Directors and all other officers of the Com- pany, and although in my official acts I may have com- mitted errors, because to err is human, yet, I have the consolation of knowing that it has been my constant and earnest purpose to labour for the success of this great enterprise, in which all have so deep an interest, and that I may be permitted to express the hope that MirORT. 15 the future conduct and management of your road may be entrusted to more able and efficient hands, and to say in conclusion that I shall labour for the success of the work in the future as with sincere a desire fox its successful completion in private life as I have endeav- ored to do in my brief official carreer. C. E. CARRIGER, 1'resident. REPORT OP THE CHIEF ENGINEER. OFFICE C.j C G. AND C. RAILROAD COMPANY, > Morristwx, Tenn., May, 15th, 1867. \ To the President and Directors : Gentlemen:- — In July, 1SGG, after a suspension of four years in the construction of the Southern Division of your road, the work was resumed under the provis- ions of the contract made in August, 1860, with J. "W. Patton & Co. By reference to this contract and the records of the Company it will be seen that the work is being prosecu- ted b} r the Chief Engineer, and for information in re- gard to the disbursements connected with the discharge of this duty, reference will be made to the Report of M. Carriger, Secretary and Treasurer, who is also the acting Treasurer of the Engineer. It now becomes my duty, and affords me pleasure, to present for your information and consideration, the following statement of operations from that to the present date : The Legislature of 1865—6, had loaned the credit of the State to your Company, to the extent of $100,000 in bonds of the State of Tennessee. With this sum and the Iron Bonds due on the first twelve miles, the iron, chairs, spikes and cross-ties were provided in suf- ficient quantity to reach the French Broad River, and the work of repairing the road-bed and laying the track was commenced late in the fall of 1866, and, under un- REPOET. 17 favorable eirenmsta&ces prosecuted until the rigor of winter prevented further operations. In the meantime, a smail grading force had been or- ganized to finish the grading, (mainly completed,) of the second section of 10 miles, as well as a force to re- build a fallen pier of the French Broad Bridge which had been thrown down by the freshet of September 27th, 1SG1. About the 1st of March last, the laying of track was resumed under a contract entered into with Messrs. John. Pryde and R. W. Petty, who have prosecuted the work with commendable energy to its present ter- minus near the French Broad River. They have laid a superstructure that will compare favorably with the best in the Southern ^States. A substantial trustle has been erected at Long Creek, in lieu of the trussed bridge which formerly spanned that stream. The contract for building the superstructure of the French Broad Bridge was taken by A. L. Maxwell, of Macon Ga., formerly of Knoxville, Term. The timber and irons are all ready awaiting the completion of the track to the river and the rebuilding of three piers, which were thrown down by the immense drift and rapid current of the late great flood of March 6th, 1867, and which caused such destruction of life and property throughout a large section of our country. This great deluge stands without a precedent in our history, hav- ing risen at the site of the French Broad Bridge, eight feet higher than that of September, 1861, which was then believed to have been the highest within the recol- lection of the oldest inhabitant. The roadway from the French Broad to near the Pigeon Bridge, was almost entirely submerged, and many of the cross-ties for that section were carried away, but it may be some gratification to learn, that the road-bed received but little damage. One of the piers of Pigeon Bridge was partially destroyed by the heavy drift and great rise in the Pigeon. IS RKflofiT-. The resistance of ill's masonry io the large masses of drift, until the water reached the topmost points of the piers, under a current of such velocity, is sufficient demonstration of their; ility, to have withstood any former .freshet of which we have any correct record. The General Assembly of IS 56-7, acting in a spirit, of enlightened liberality, which should challenge the admiration of all the friends of an enlightened pro- gress in the developments of the material interests of this heautiful section of country, extended you further aid to the extent of fiive hundred thousand dollars, in the Bonds of the State of Tennessee. This princely donation on the part of the State, enabled you, in your judgment, to enter upon the prosecution of the work to the North Carolina State line., and in accordance with }mur instructions, the road was re-located to the "Rock," and the principal part of the grading sub-let to contract on the 1st day of March last, to be com- pleted within the present year. The contractors have generally commenced their work, raid doubtless will prosecute it with that degree of energy necessary to insure its completicn by the time stipulated in their contracts. It may be further stated that the work has been lei upon very favorable terms to the Company, and at such rates, it is hoped, as will fairly remunerate the contractors. As soon after the flood as practicable, steps were ta- ken to rebuild the piers at the Trench Broad, and a con- tract was made with Mr. George Croft to quarry, cut and deliver the additional stone required, lie has been engaged for near two months, in the prosecution of this work, (which by far is the most tedious,) and has now a considerable amount of storm ready for the mason, and is held firmly bound to supply the materi- als as fast as it can be placed into position in the piers. The mason work will be commenced as soon as the boats arc readyTand they wore contracted for soon af- ter the quarrying was commenced, and will be delivered REPORT. 19 about the 20th instant. It is contemplated to build this masonry by hired mechanics, working under the immediate eye of a supervisor, thereby guarding against every incentive that could induce the introduc- tion of defective work, and taking all steps which can be taken of insuring the best quality of work and a bridge of sufficient stability, to withstand the force of a similar freshet, although such an one may not again occur during the next century. The height of the bridge will have to be raised from eight to ten feet higher, involving considerable additional expense upon the approaches. A full estimate will put the damage to road from high water, at a sum not exceeding $10,000 Negotiations for the purchase of nine hundred and ten (910) tons of iron rail, for the purpose of laying the second section to the Pigeon depot, opposite the county site of Cocke, have recently been opened, and the purchase will be made at the earliest clay possible. Rails are selling at much higher prices than formerly, commanding in the New York market about $54 CO in gold per ton. The size and quality desired is frequently not to be obtained upon short notice in New York, and should an order have to go to England, it must necessarily, cause considerable delay. From all the information we have obtained upon the subject of rails, which is the large item of cost in our operations, we are satisfied that the rail of. American manufacture, similar in char- acter to the best English, will cost about $10 00 per ton more than the latter. If this be so, and such is the information obtained from different sources, it is unquestionably our interest to purchase the English in preference to the American rail, even should the trans- action require a little longer time. Eveiy exertion will be made to carry the products of Cocke county, the ensuing fail, from the Pigeon de- pot. 20 KEPOET. If we can accomplish this we shall have sufficient length of road to pay at least running expenses and maintenance of way. This course, with reference to Cocke country, is, in my judgment, a wise one. By car- rying this great improvement to the very heart of their county, you aid largely in the rapid development of one of the finest agricultural sections in East Tennes- see, and for such liberality upon the part of the Com- pany, we may reasonably expect a corresponding one on the part of her enterprising citizens, to the extent at least, a handsome county subscription, to aid you in your onward effort, to open up to her rich fields and fine manufacturing facilities the commercial marts of the south. The legislature at its late session, having also ex- tended material aid to the northern end of your road, and the Board having ordered the location and prepa- ration for contract of the first ten miles north, extend- ing from Morristown to Bean's Station, a corps of En- gineers in charge of Mr. J. S. Morrison, Assistant En- gineer, entered upon that duty the loth instant. - It is probable that this part of the line will be ready for contractors by the first day of July next, and should you concur, a notice of the same should soon be pub- lished. This determination of the Company to push forward the work north as. well as south, will surely not pass unheeded by the good people of Grainger and Clai- borne Counties. They too have sections of fine coun- try to develope, they too are deeply interested in open- ing an avenue to the southern markets, and they too should aid to the extent of their ability and doubtless will, when properly called upon, do all they can to strengthen the efforts of the State and present Stock- holders to complete at an early day .this very important line of railway. The Machine Shops, under the direction of Major E. X. Underwood, Master Mechanic, are beins pushed REPORT. 21 forward as rapidly as possible. For particulars in his department, reference will be had to his report. Before closing it may not be improper to add, that former reports from this department have so fully and elaborate!)' set forth the great importance of this en- terprise to all the country and interests, remotely or directly connected with it, that it would be a work of repetition to extend this communication further, and as such, not calculated to throw any new light upon the subject. That our efforts here on the Tennessee link of iron way that is to connect Louisville and Cincinnati with Charleston on the Atlantic, have been eminently condu- cive to a general forward movement in the States north and south of us is alone an ample reward for all your sacrifices. When you met the 11th day of July last, in the sol- itude and silence of those grand old mountains at the " Line" to confer with your contractors, and to pledge anew your devotion to the good work, you had no en- couragement from abroad and but a gloomy prospect at home. It was indeed the " day-spring " of your fu- ture success. You were then weak and feeble, now you are strong and able. You then had no cheering voice from Kentucky and all was despondency in the Carolinas. Nov/ they wish you all success and are no- bly nerving themselves to meet you at your termini. "Will you succeed ? Yes. Under such auspices how could you fail ? 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" r 2 • .2 ^ -K .T3 " 5 CO 03 ' "3 S" f" C3 r— CQ ;3 O • °c_3 p 08 a as Secretary expended in llowanoes, M ses oonnecte* f the work o3 oil "3 03 c .2 J -3 2 _g •£, 1 ' CO s --- ~ M £ a s ffi " & ™ =y - .2 •*> " co ^ ^ S _ &C 6 c c3 3 Opq '3 1^ ^3 cS CS P- 3 » g-OQ => P- l-H O or C or C: or T 'or e on f ash ] Con est, cide the Jh ry, 5^£w fefe !i "-^ f& O PS ^ ftn 03 j5 03 >-J Co cq S 2 3 • o ** r c ^ fl 3 "* .- & 3 „ op g - ° S ^ 3-t- CO ^ JO'S » CJ ,— 1 r- Cj 8 03-^^1 a -3 2 c? REPORT OF THE MASTER MECHANIC. MORPJSTOWX, TEXX., MAY 1st 18G7. To the l*residmt and Directors of tlie Ciucinnati r Cumberland Gap and Charleston Hailroad. Gentlemen : Since my connection with your Road as Master Mechanic, I have been engaged in getting materials and machinery for a shop of sufficient capa- city to build the cars for the Road, and to repair en- gines. I have not made as rapid progress as I wished, owing to the limited means of getting lumber. The Machine Shop is now undergoing repairs and will soon be completed. The Stationary House has been erected and is nearly ready for use. The Blacksmith's Shop is framed and will soon be put up. The machinery purchased for the Shop consists of one Stationary Engine and Boiler. One line of Shaft- ing, 80 feet long. One Wood Planning Machine. One Upright Drill. One Bolt Cutter. Two Saw Arbors for Cutting off and Spliting Saws. One Turning Lathe. All of which has arrived except the Stationary Engine and Turning Lathe. For expence of Machinery, &c, I refer you to appended list (A.) showing the prices in currency. This Machinery has been purchased at the best shops in the country, and is of approved con- struction and was purchased with a view to the great- est efficiency and economy. * The Stationary Engine wis purchased of the celo- RJSPOET. Zb brated shop of the Washington Iron Works, of New- burgh", New York, is now on the way hero with* the Turning Lathe. The Shops will soon be completed ■with the Machinery running ready for operations. — The Locomotive ordered from the Rhode Island Loco- motive Works is completed and is on the way here. — ■ The Engine is of large capacity, and will be adapted to either freight or passemrer Trains. The resolution of the Board naming the Engine after the Hon. DeWitt C. Center has been compled with. I have built one Turn Table for the road, and am getting materials for another for Hie Southern termi- nus of the Road. Respectfully submitted , E. N. UNDERWOOD, Master Mechanic, EXHIBIT A. One Stationery Engine and Boiler, complete, . . . $4,100 00 One Iron Turning Lathe, 500 00 One Bolt Cutting Machine, 750 00 One Upvmo'ht Drilling Machine, 450 00 One Wood Planing Machine, 1,050 00 One Line of Shafting, 240 50 Two Saw Arbors, " "74 00 Expense of Engineer and Fireman . 575 00 Expense of Engine Hire of the E. Tenn. and Va. Railroad Co. 1,550 91 Expense of Oil, Waste and Tallow, 71 00 Other Materials and Labor 455 90 Expense on Turn Table. . 1,083 89 Officers for tbe Ensnmg Year. PRESIDENT: DEWITT C. SENTER. CHIEF ENGINEER: R. C. McCALLA. SECRETARY AND TREASURER M. R. MURRELL, MASTER MECHANIC : E. N. UNDERWOOD. Microfilmed SOLINET/ASERL PROJECT UNIVERSITY OF N.C. AT CHAPEL HILL 00042071649 FOR USE ONLY IN THE NORTH CAROLINA COLLECTION