| Tallahassee Mch 25th 1861 |
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| To the Board of Trustees of the Internal
Improvement Fund |
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| Gentlemen, |
| In accordance with an order
from your Secretary, I have "examined the last section of the
Florida Railroad on the cedar Key branch beginning at the 145 1/4 mile
point from Fernandina and proceeding to (toward) Cedar Key" and
find the track laid in the manner prescribed by the "Act to
encourage a liberal system of internal improvements in this
State" approved Jany 5, 1855 and the amendments and modifications
thereto. According to the statement of Mr. Koevner, Resident Engineer
of the Florida Railroad, the distance from the "145 1/4 mile
point from Fernandina" to the western terminus of the track which
is on the west end of the wharf at Way Key is nine miles and two
hundred and eighty four feet (9 miles 284 ft) = 9.054 = 9/1/18 mile. |
| your Secretary also
instructed me to "report if the said Road is now completed to
Cedar Key and when it was completed." I have said above that it
is completed to Way Key which I believe is considered and intended to
be the terminus of the Road (or branch). As to when it was completed,
from the best information I could obtain I learn that the track was
laid to within about a hundred yards of the wharf on Way Key at the
time of the storm in August 1860, but was not finished down to the
wharf and on the wharf until on or about March 16, 1861. |
| Most respectfully |
| Jno. Bradford |
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