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Office of the Southern Pacific Rail Road Company
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| Marshall |
| Aug. 31st 1861 |
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| His Excellency |
| Edward Clark |
| Governor of the State of Texas |
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| Sir, |
| In conformity with the existing laws of
the State, we herewith submit a Report of the affairs of this Company,
from May 1st 1860, (the limit of our last report,) to June 1st 1861. |
| Owing to the present unsettled conditions
of our Southern Confederacy, several of the officers of this Company
have been absent from the State for several months. Our President, V.
K. Stevenson has been called upon to serve as Quarter Master General
of Tennessee Militia. Our General Financial Agent, Jeptha Fowlkes, has
been also absent in Tennessee and Virginia. Our Vice President, J. S.
Holman, has been devoting his entire time to the business of the
Company, and the construction of the road. He has been obliged to make
several visits to New Orleans and to other places in furtherance of
this object, and performing his various duties in the face of
obstacles that would be deemed insurmountable. Our Chief Engineer, E.
A. Blanch, while temporarily absent in Virginia, felt called upon to
assist in mounting our Texas troops, and performing other important
services, demanded by surrounding circumstances. Our Secretary and
Treasurer, D. C. Wilder, temporarily absent in Tennessee upon
important business. The General Superintendent, C. G. Hynson, being
the only officer present during the whole time to contend with almost
impossibilities. |
| The above is our excuse for the delay in
making our Report. |
| Answer to First Interrogatory |
| (Capital Stock, and amount actually
paid in) |
| The Capital Stock of the Company as
fixed by the Board of Directors, is Three Million five
hundred thousand Dollars, ($3,500,000). The amount
actually paid in, (exclusive of One Million twenty
thousand Dollars, to be returned and cancelled), is
Two Million five hundred and thirty two thousand ten
Dollard ($2,532,010). |
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| Answer to Second Interrogatory |
| (Amount expended) |
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| For Purchase of Lands |
Nothing |
| For Construction of the Road |
$68,625.13 |
| For Buildings |
1,500.00 |
| For Engines |
Nothing |
| For Cars |
1,000.00 |
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| Answer to Third Interrogatory |
| (Amount of Indebtedness) |
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| For Construction of the
Road, but not due till 25 miles are graded |
$68,625.13 |
| For Track Repairs |
6,818.84 |
| For Running Expenses |
4,684.88 |
| For Salaries |
25,212.00 |
| For Land Damages |
7,427.00 |
| For All other purposes |
12,264.00 |
| (Amount due the Corporation) |
|
| For Transportation of
Freight &c |
$4,233.73 |
| For Stock charged, but to be
returned as in first answer |
1,020,000.00 |
| For All other purposes |
1,159,938.24 |
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| Answer to Fourth Interrogatory |
| (Amount Received for all purposes) |
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| Amount received for transportation of
passengers, of property, of the mails, and from all
other sources |
$14,270.36 |
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| Answer to Fifth Interrogatory |
| (Amount of Freight in tons) |
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| Product of the Forest |
Nothing |
| Of Animals |
Nothing |
| Of Vegetable food, including about 33,000 sacks of
corn |
2,158 Tons |
| Of Other Agricultural products, including 4,274 Bales
of Cotton, & Wool |
1,068 Tons |
| Of Manufactured articles |
2 Tons |
| Of Merchandise & other articles |
2,214 Tons |
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| Answer to Sixth Interrogatory |
| (Amount Paid out) |
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| For Repairs |
$6,476.00 |
| For Engines |
0.00 |
| For Cars |
1,000.00 |
| For Buildings |
1,500.00 |
| For Salaries |
2,997.67 |
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| Answer to Seventh Interrogatory |
| (Dividends) |
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| No Dividend has as yet been declared |
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| Answer to Eighth Interrogatory |
| (Number of Engine-houses, Shops, Engines,
Cars, &c.) |
| Engine Houses (in good condition) |
Two |
| Shops (in good condition) |
One |
| Engines |
Three |
| The character of the Engines is as follows:
One Engine of 20 tons capacity, about one year old, (Baldwin's
manufacture,) in constant and efficient use. One Engine of 20 tons
capacity, and One Engine of 18 tons capacity, but both somewhat out of
repair; the two latter Engines are not immediately needed for purposes
of the Company. |
| Freight & Box Cars (3 nearly new, others in good
condition) |
Five |
| Passenger Cars (nearly new) |
One |
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| Answer to Ninth Interrogatory |
| (Number of Miles run by trains) |
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| Number of Miles run by Freight and Passenger trains |
12,150 |
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| Answer to Tenth Interrogatory |
| (Number of Men employed) |
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1 |
Locomotive Governor |
| 1 |
Fireman |
| 6 |
Train hands |
| 12 |
Warehouse hands |
| 25 |
Repair hands |
| 400 |
Construction hands |
| 2 |
Overseers of Repairs |
| 6 |
Overseers of Construction |
| 2 |
Teamsters |
| 4 |
Carpenters |
| 3 |
Blacksmiths |
| 1 |
Machinist |
| 1 |
Conductor |
| 4 |
Depot Masters |
| 2 |
Deport Clerks |
| 2 |
Office Clerks |
| 1 |
Commissary |
| 473 |
Total employed |
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| Answer to Eleventh Interrogatory |
| (Number of persons injured in life or limb) |
| One of the men, at work for the Company, was
accidently killed, in attempting to get upon the train while it was
in motion. He was intoxicated at the time; and it being in the
night, he missed his foothold, fell, and the train passed over him,
killing him almost instantly. |
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| Answer to Twelfth Interrogatory |
| (Accidents from carelessness of employee) |
| No accident has arisen from carelessness or
negligence on the part of persons in the employ of the Company,
except the one related in the previous answer, who paid the forfeit
of his life for his own carelessness |
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| Answer to Thirteenth Interrogatory |
| (Sales of Lands donated by State, and remaining
unsold) |
| Of the Lands donated to this Company by the State of
Texas, none have been sold. Of the 256,000 Acres of land donated by
the State all remain unsold. |
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| C. E. Hynson |
| Genl Supt S. P. R. R. Co. |
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| The State of Texas |
| Harrison County |
| Before me, George L. Hill, a Notary Public in and for
said County and State, personally appear C. E. Hynson, Genel. Supt. S.
P. R. R. Cp. and A. T. Smith Treasurer pro tem of said Company, and
whose signatures appear to the foregoing instrument, and who are to me
well known, and who being by me duly sworn and on oath, that the
foregoing report and statement is true, to the best of their knowledge
and belief. |
| To certify which, I hereunto set my hand & official
seal, at my office in Marshall, this the 2ndSept. 1861. |
| Geo. L. Hill |
| Not. Pub. H. C. |
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