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Southern Telegraph Form |
| Received at Rich'd June 0?, 1862
at
o'clock
minutes.
By telegraph from Charlottesville To Col. A C Myers |
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| A branch track to the {Virginia}
Central
Road four miles east of Charlottesville of less than one mile will
reach the Rivannah River at a point where canal boats can take three
hundred (300) BBls flour at extreme low water & five hundred bbls
at ordinary water. There is a tow path from this point by the James
River Canal.. The grading will be light & the grades no heavier
than those on the Central at this point the grading will probably cost
less than five thousand dollars. The work can be done in one weeks
time by one hundred & fifty (150) men with the necessary tools. No
powder required or if so not more than one hundred pounds will be
needed. I will supply the iron & ties & give every facility to
have the work speedily done at the cost of the Govt. As the bridges on
both roads north of James River are burned this will offer a cheap
& reliable means of transportation and I respectfully call your
attention to it. If it is approved the necessary instructions should
be issued at once that no time may be lost. |
| E. Fontaine |
| Prest |
| Va. C R R |
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