| From the Richmond Daily Dispatch |
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| March 14, 1862 |
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| The Baltimore & Ohio railroad |
| A letter from Baltimore
announces that the above named railroad is
about to be reopened along its whole extent. The writer adds: |
| The recent operations of the railroad
company in the work of reconstruction have been confined to
that portion of the road between Harper's Ferry and Hancock, a
distance of about thirty miles. They had previously reconstructed that
portion between Cumberland
and Hancock, a distance of about forty miles. It was on this portion
of the road that the bridges had been destroyed over Patterson's
creek, the south branch of the Potomac, and the Great and Little Cacapon rivers, all of which were large and
costly structures, and all of which were promptly rebuilt by the
company as soon as the enemy had left them. The bridge over
Patterson's creek, one hundred and forty-four feet long, with high
trestle-work, was rebuilt in forty hours, at a time when the most
important military operations depended on the celerity with which the
bridge could be rendered passable. For this great service the officers
of the company received the hearty thanks of the War Department. |
| During the last two weeks the railroad
company have succeeded in making a complete and minute survey of the
whole road from Harper's Ferry to Hancock, which has never been
practicable before, owing to the presence of the enemy at and near
Martinsburg. |
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