AR, CG 12-1-61 S

AR, CG 12/1/1861 S

Annual Report of the Central (of Georgia) RR

as of December 1, 1861

Superintendent's Report

Superintendent's Office C. R. R.

Savannah, Dec. 1st, 1861

To R. R. Cuyler, Esq.

President

Sir,

I herewith submit my report of the operations of the Road for the fiscal year, ending November 30th, 1861.

Earnings of the Road for the Year
Up Freight (Westward)		$275,186.29
Down Freight (Eastward)		428,727.32
Total from Freight		$703,913.61
Through Passengers	$139,791.68
Way Passengers	136,715.58
Up and Down Passengers Gordon & E. R. R.	18,232.84
Total from Passengers		$294,740.10
Mails		34,472.90
Passenger Train and Express Freight		28,002.60
Incidental, Storage, &c.		2,510.72
Total Earnings		$1,063,639.93
Ordinary Expenses for the year have been	$581,881.85
Extraordinary Expenses have been	60,150.27
Total Expenditures		$642,032.12
Leaving actual net Earnings		$421,607.81
Current Expenditures
The expenditures for operating the Road have been as follows:
Transportation Expenses
Salaries and Labor	$118,101.72
Materials (including Gas bills Savannah and Macon,) Plank and Planking Cotton Yard at Savannah, and all incidental expenses in this department	6,444.53
Printing, Stationery, Postage & Advertising	4,750.11
Agents at Stations	8,886.92
Forwarding Department	7,483.78
Subsistence (in this is included Board of Conductors, Train Hands, &c., on the Road, and Food and Clothing for Negro Train Hands)	16,427.43
Total Transportation		$162,094.49
Maintenance of Motive Power
Salaries and Labor	$27,315.56
Materials	6,620.67
Engineers and Firemens' Wages	47,914.78
Printing, Books, Postage, &c.	70.95
Oil, Tallow and Waste	8,909.05
Subsistence of Firemen, &c.	8,236.32
Total Maintenance Motive Power		*$99,067.33
Fuel and Water
Fuel and Water		35,793.61
Maintenance of Cars
Salaries and Labor	$24,848.73
Materials	20,172.24
Printing, Postage, Books, &c.	29.00
Oil, Tallow and Waste	6,809.92
Total Maintenance Cars		$51,859.89
Damage
Paid for Stock Killed	$7,722.04
" " Goods Lost and Damaged	933.07
Total Damage		$8,655.11
Repairs of Road
Salaries and Labor	$78,334.28
Materials -- Lumber for Bridges, Stringers, Ties, Brick, Cement and Lime	63,018.11
Tools and Subsistence	22,429.79
Rails, Chairs and Spikes	46,065.39
Repairs of Buildings	10.20
Printing, Postage, Advertising, Books &c.	152.05
Total Repairs -- Road, Bridges, Culverts, and Buildings		$210,009.82
Incidental Expenses
Including Printing, Advertising, Books, Stationery, Postage, Attorneys Fees, Court Costs, Donations, Gratuities, Annuity City of Macon, Taxes, Expenses New York, Boston and other Agencies, and all contingent expenses not included under either of above heads		$14,401.60
Total Current Expenses		$581,881.85
Extraordinary Expenses
Passenger House and Sewer at Savannah	$43,173.13
New Freight House " "	632.33
" " " " Macon	1,000.00
Passenger House at Millen	580.76
Station House at Station No. 9	4,675.76
" " " " " 13	678.44
" " " Milledgeville	2,643.63
" " " Eatonton	4,128.75
New Bridge and Trestle across Ogeechee Canal at Savannah	1,437.47
Purchase of Land in Jefferson County	1,200.00
Total Extraordinary		$60,150.27
Total Amount Expended		$642,032.12

* On the 16th of September last I sold the Engine "Marietta" to the Mobile & Great Northern Railroad for $8,000, which was improperly accredited to this account, reducing cost of Maintenance of Motive Power by that amount less than it should be.

There is due us as follows for work done in our Shops the past year, which when collected will be credited to the proper accounts, and will reduce the Current Expenses of the year by the amounts stated below

Sav'h, Alb'y & G'lf R. R. To Motive Power	$23.05
Brunswick & Fl'a R. R. " " "	131.12
W. G. Gill " " "	59.80
J. W. McAlpin " " "	33.00
Confederate States [Wallace] " "	86.29
A. N. Miller " "	194.61
Confederate States [Capt. Cuyler] " "	2,620.71	$3,148.58
" " " " Cars		2,519.00
A. C. Pope, To Repairs of Road		45.00
Total Amount Due Dec. 1st, 1861		$5,712.58
Charleston & Savannah R. R. for Hire of Engines and Cars, 1860		$1,797.43
Confederate States Due for Two Locomotives	$15,050.00
" " " " Fifteen Box Cars	8,700.00	$23,750.00

The New Bridge across Ogeechee Canal is finished within the estimate in my last report.

Three iron cisterns at Stations No. 2 1/2, 9 and Milledgeville, have been put up the past year on brick foundations, and the small engine formerly used at Macon for pumping water has been removed to Gordon, and is now in use there for same purpose. The cost of putting up cistern and engine is included in Fuel and Water. We have three more iron cisterns paid for ready to be put up when needed.

During the past year the very convenient and commodious Station House for Passengers and Freight at Milledgeville, has been finished; also one at Eatonton, of same design and size, is in use, and nearly completed.

Station House at No. 9, of brick, same size and capacity as those above on main line, has been erected and is now in use. Wooden Station House at No. 4 1/2 has been finished: also plastering Passenger House at Millen has been completed.

In consequence of decreasing income, the work on new Passenger House at Savannah has been progressing very slowly. The shed portion is finished (except a part of the iron gates), and has been in use by our Trains and those of C. & S. Railroad for two months, very much to the comfort and convenience of passengers. The front building, for reception rooms and offices, is advancing slowly to completion.

A large portion of the Trestle Bridge adjoining the depot West of the Ogechee Canal, has been filled in during the past year by spare labor of Train Hands, the cost of which is included in Transportation Expenses, when it might very properly have been charged to Extraordinary.

Our Trains have run with great regularity during the past year, and the amount of income from Freight would have been much more, had not the major portion since April been for military stores transported for the Confederate States, and our own State, by agreement, at 50 per Cent. less than our regular rate of charge.

The following casualties have occurred during the year. December 18th, 1860, an unknown white man, sitting on the track, 93d mile (supposed drunk), was thrown off by Day Train and seriously injured.

June 5th, Day Train injured an old negro man at 6th mile, so as to cause his death. The man was sitting on a cross tie, supposed to have been asleep.

August 10th, Wm. Ferrell, aged 12 years, killed by jumping, or falling from Train in the City of Macon

Of Old Rails there has been re-rolled at Atlanta Mill 1,280 tons, cost, including freight		$40,024.54
Continuous Lipped Chairs, 6,721, cost		3,643.62
Total Cash paid for New Rails and Chairs		$43,668.16

We had on hand at the commencement of the year just closed 145 tons of new Rails. Re-rolled within the year, 1,280 tons, equal to 20 miles, which has all been put in the Track.

There have been received for use of Road during the year:

Cross Ties (Cypress) Central Road	3,811
" " [Pine] " "	61,027
" " " Eatonton "	12,915
Total		77,753
Feet Board measure Stringers		2,597,462
" " " Switch Stringers		8,848
" " " for Bridges and Culverts		483,441
" " " Ribbon		29,651
" " " for Buildings and other purposes		353,619
Total Lumber for all purposes	feet	3,473,021

We have on hand of above amount 760,174 feet, and Cross Ties 9,625.

We have on hand, Rails taken up to be used in repairs, about 390 tons; worn out, to be re-rolled, say 475 tons.

I have kept three Trains on the Road, with each about 20 hands, during the entire past year, hauling earth on the embankments, ditching and improving the Road bed, and I have no hesitation in reporting the Road in good order in every respect.

During nearly the entire year, both our Car and Machine Shops have been busily engaged on work for the Confederate States, and, as a consequence have done little in building new engines or Cars.

The 2 Passenger Cars partially finished at date of last Report have been completed at a cost of $3,000 and are now in use. We have also built 1 Baggage and Package Car.

There have been broken up during the year: 1 Box Car by collision, and 1 worn out: also, 1 Package and 6 Platforms wornout.

We sold on the 8th of October to the Confederate States for use on the Virginia Roads, 15 Box Cars for the sum of $8,700.

From the above causes the number of cars on the Road is now 21 less than at date of last Report, but still, with our diminished business sufficient for all demands.

Our Cars are in fair order.

During the year there has been expended on the 3 new Engines on the stocks at date of my last Report $6,970.74, charged to maintenance of motive power. The Andrew Low one of the three can be finished when needed in one month.

On the 8th of October last I sold to the Confederate Government for use in Virginia the Locomotives New York and New Jersey for the sum of $15,050: also, the Marietta to the Mobile & Great Northern Rail Road, September 16th, (as before stated) for $8,000.

Thus reducing the number of our Engines to 3 less than at date of last Report. Still leaving us motive power entirely sufficient to do our business promptly and efficiently. I report our Engines in good running order.

We have on hand Materials, provisions, &c., for Repairs of Road, worth	$14,500
Bricks burned and unburned 383,000	2,133	16,633
Mr. Charles C. Millar, Master Carpenter reports Materials on hand in his Department of the value of		45,414
Mr. William Burns, Master Machinist report in his Department, Materials on hand of the value of		13,327
Total value Materials on hand		$75,374

I am happy in being able to state that not one cent of indebtedness appears on our books as due to any one, for the past years business.

I take pleasure in bearing willing testimony to the faithfulness with which the officers and men in this service have performed their duties during the past year.

Respectfully submitted

George W. Adams

General Superintendent