| Feby 13th 1865 |
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| T. J. Sumner Esq |
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Eng & Supt. {North Carolina RR}
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| Company Shops N. C. |
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| Dear Sir, |
| We intend reconstructing govt station, at
Charlotte on the same ground before occupied, but a better arrangement of
turnouts is desirable. What we want is your track on one side and the C & SC RR {Charlotte & South
Carolina RR} track on the other, and I desire to lease your
eastern track to convert it into a five foot guage. If you grant this
a narrow guage track can be run east of our building without any heavy
work, whilst if you decline it, your track will remain where it is and
we will have to construct a connection from the Columbia road to some
east of our building, which will cause some heavy trestling across a
ravine. |
| Trusting that I have made myself
understood and asking an early reply. |
| Very respy |
| F W Sims |
| Lt Col & Q. M. |
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