| Annual Report of the Orange &
Alexandria RR |
| as of September 30, 1862, |
| Superintendent's Report |
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| General Superintendent's Report |
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| General Superintendent's Office, Orange
& Alexandria Railroad Co. |
| Lynchburg, October 1st, 1862 |
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John S. Barbour, Esq.
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| President O. & A. R. R. Co. |
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Sir,
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The annual report of the year ending September 30th,
1862, is respectfully submitted.
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The revenue earned in the several months of the year is
as follows:
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| Months |
Passengers |
Gov't Troops |
Gov't Freight |
Ind'l Freight |
| 1861 |
October |
9,469.42 |
37,428.13 |
33,950.19 |
5,567.37 |
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November |
15,903.78 |
9,087.20 |
29,695.23 |
9,666.13 |
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December |
19,218.22 |
8,068.27 |
28,681.26 |
13,591.82 |
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January |
20,184.66 |
22,896.62 |
29,246.34 |
8,318.28 |
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February |
16,636.41 |
29,729.50 |
20,819.29 |
6,961.35 |
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March |
5,908.04 |
13,488.22 |
57,496.79 |
1,316.48 |
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April |
3,472.45 |
13,268.74 |
28,979.45 |
1,092.24 |
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May |
5,947.42 |
6,818.14 |
6,009.55 |
3,367.87 |
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June |
7,469.93 |
20,757.78 |
6,470.79 |
1,485.91 |
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July |
7,385.30 |
4,104.08 |
7,669.72 |
1,597.40 |
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August |
14,581.90 |
32,291.14 |
19,711.61 |
2,473.92 |
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September |
16,451.32 |
26,495.49 |
17,851.78 |
5,523.28 |
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Total |
142,628.85 |
224,433.31 |
286,582.00 |
60,962.00 |
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| Months |
Express |
Mail |
Telegraph |
Total |
| 1861 |
October |
2,408.40 |
1,562.27 |
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90,385.73 |
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November |
1,963.02 |
1,537.50 |
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67,852.86 |
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December |
2,676.16 |
1,537.50 |
114.47 |
73,887.70 |
| 1862 |
January |
2,649.14 |
1,537.50 |
51.75 |
84,884.29 |
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February |
2,720.25 |
1,537.50 |
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78,404.30 |
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March |
473.45 |
1,537.50 |
56.68 |
80,277.16 |
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April |
351.32 |
887.92 |
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48,052.12 |
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May |
703.34 |
887.91 |
11.30 |
23,745.53 |
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June |
485.72 |
887.92 |
146.18 |
37,704.23 |
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July |
793.32 |
887.91 |
9.43 |
22,447.16 |
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August |
907.16 |
887.92 |
1.44 |
70,855.09 |
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September |
870.65 |
887.92 |
670.51 |
68,750.95 |
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Total |
17,001.93 |
14,577.27 |
1,092.06 |
747,247.12 |
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The revenue of this year is $143,221.68 more than that of
last year.
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The expenses of working and maintaining the road for the
same time, have been:
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| For maintenance of Road |
$36,058.50 |
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Motive Power |
64,469.00 |
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Cars |
12,067.03 |
| For Transportation expenses |
82,733.24 |
| " Salaries, rent,
taxes, &c. |
25,385.37 |
| Total |
$220,713.14 |
| Total Revenue |
$747,247.12 |
| Total Expenses |
220,713.14 |
| Net Revenue |
$526,533.98 |
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Ratio of expenses to revenue, 29 1/2 per cent.
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Construction and new work by the Company, during the year ending
September 30th, 1862
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| Buildings at Lynchburg Depot |
$2,528.39 |
| Ice
house
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320.42 |
| Siding
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136.64 |
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" at New Glasgow |
11.40 |
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" at Tye River |
18.24 |
| Sloping Cuts on Extension |
2,795.71 |
| Engine House, Shops, and Siding at Gordonsville |
884.35 |
| Repairsman's house at Rapidan |
92,66 |
| Buildings at Manassas |
1,608.34 |
| Turn-table at Culpeper |
703.60 |
| Total |
$9,099.63 |
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Chargeable to Confederate States
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Labor |
Material and Bills |
Total |
| Switches at Manassas, Culpeper and Rapid Ann |
219.85 |
203.21 |
423.06 |
| Trestle-bridges east of Manassas |
134.17 |
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134.17 |
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at Rapid Ann, Cedar Run Rapp'k |
387.06 |
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387.06 |
| Gathering machinery near Bristol |
75.98 |
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75.98 |
| Total |
817.06 |
203.21 |
1,020.27 |
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Road Department
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| Repairs of Road-bed and Railway |
$33,350.62 |
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" Bridges |
2,707.88 |
| Total |
$36,058.50 |
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Early in March, the road was used from Manassas Station
west. After that time, it was used from Culpeper Court-house west,
with the exception of about two months, during which time the road
east of Orange Court-house was in the possession of the enemy. In
September, the Rapid Ann and Cedar run streams were crossed by trestle
bridges, which are strong structures, but liable to be washed away by
heavy freshets. The track between Culpeper and Gordonsville is in a
very fair condition; and as new cross-ties are being put in the track,
it will be kept in safe running order. The road between
Charlottesville and Lynchburg is in admirable order in every respect.
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Machinery Department
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The report of last year showed thirteen locomotives in
actual use and available outside of the enemy's lines. During the
year, the engine Warrenton blew up at Gordonsville, from an
over-pressure of steam, while standing, causing an injury to the
engineman and fireman.
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A temporary machine shop has been erected at Lynchburg,
where the engines are overhauled and kept in tolerably good order.
Several of them, however, require extensive repairs.
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| Expenses under the head of Repairs of Engines, for
labor and material |
$17,617.95 |
| Construction of machine shop, attendance of
stationary engine, coal, oil, and watchmen |
6,716.43 |
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Other expenses for the maintenance of motive power have
been incurred, as follows:
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| Repairs of engine house, coal, oil, and lights |
$156.21 |
| Repairs of water stations, coal, oil, and hose |
1,355.39 |
| For pumping and wooding |
9,071.68 |
| For oil, tallow, and waste |
6,322.16 |
| Total |
$16,905.44 |
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The fuel used for all the engines amounts to 9,639 1/2
cords of wood, costing, prepared for use, $22,802.03, and coal,
costing $427.17, making $23,229.13.
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There are 1,211 3/4 cords of wood on hand, valued at
$2,872.03.
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For the maintenance of cars, the following expenditures
have been made:
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| Repairs and oil for passenger cars |
$4,861.67 |
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" freight cars |
7,205.36 |
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In the matter of cars, we have greatly suffered by the
system of interchanging, and other causes, made necessary by the state
of affairs. At the commencement of the war, we had sixteen passenger
cars; at present, we have but twelve, one having been left in
Alexandria, undergoing repairs, at the time of the invasion of that
place, and three injured and still unreturned by the Virginia Central
Railroad Company.
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We also had one hundred and fifty freight cars, and have
now only one hundred and fifteen. The deficiency is explained by the
destruction and burning on the Manassas Gap and Centreville Railroads,
while under control of Government, and burned at Bristoe, Catlett's,
and Rappahannock stations; also, a number taken by the Government to
points south of Richmond, with several destroyed on the Virginia
Central Railroad. The balance of our car equipment consists of five
baggage and four mail cars.
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We are experiencing considerable difficulty in procuring
good wheels, and without some relief, a number of our cars will be
obliged to be taken out of service.
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Transportation Department
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The expenses for conducting this service have been:
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| For salaries, labor, fuel, lights, &c., at
stations |
$26,161.61 |
| " Repairs of
stations |
319.56 |
| " Conductors,
enginemen, &c., passenger trains |
14,923.26 |
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freight and troop trains |
24,946.71 |
| " Use of Virginia
Central R. R. |
13,997.10 |
| Total |
$80,348.24 |
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There has been carried, during the year, an immense
amount of freight; but it is impossible to report the tonnage, as a
large amount of it was army freight.
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There have been transported 34,230 passengers westwardly,
and 33,799 passenger eastwardly, making the total number of regular
passengers 68,029. During the same time, 167,437 military passengers
have been carried, and part of the time, the sick were carried by an
ambulance train, under contract with the Government, by the car, and
the number was not reported.
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This department has been taxed to its uttermost, and the
work been performed without the breaking of a single car, or an injury
to a single person, except from their own carelessness.
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For general management and miscellaneous expenses, the
sum amounts to $25,385.37, including salaries, taxes, losses and rent.
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I can only say, in conclusion, that the result of the
past year's operation is gratifying in its net revenue. In its freedom
from accident in the working department, great credit is due to the
officers and men, to whom, by their energy, faithfulness and care,
this result is mainly attributable.
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Respectfully,
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H. W. Vandegrift
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Chief Eng'r and Gen'l Super'dt
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