| From the Daily Bulletin (Charlotte, N.
C.) |
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| January 18, 1864 |
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| News Items |
| The principal railroads in the
Confederacy are now sedulously engaged in endeavoring to increase their
stocks, and to provide for the contingencies of future services or loss.
In different parts of the Confederacy iron is now being provided and
rolled for machinery and the construction and repair of locomotives and
rolling stock. The Secretary of War has recommended that skilled
mechanics be furnished from the army for some of the more delicate
machinery needed by the railroads. The railroad transportation is of
incalculable importance to the Confederacy. Shut off from the sea, and
with command of very few of its rivers, the Confederacy is dependent,
almost wholly, on the railroads for communication and transportation. |
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