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{From the minutes of the
Directors' Meeting of the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac RR,
September 20, 1864} |
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| The President reported to the Board the
reconstruction of the North Anna Bridge by the Company with the aid of
the Government and which had been understood by both the officers of
the Company and by Col A L Rives of the C S Engineer Bureau (by whom
the work has been proposed on the part of the Government to the
Company) at the exclusive expense of the Government; and that upon the
temporary withdrawal by the Government of its force employed on this
work it was then first announced that the Secretary of War & Maj
Genl Gilmer Chief of the Engineer Bureau did not agree with Col Rives
& the officers of this Company in their understanding of the terms
on which this and the South Anna Bridge were to be rebuilt by the
force of the Government and of this Company but were willing only to
contribute assistance to the Company in the execution of the cost, but
not to defray the entire expense of it. The President referred to
correspondence & interviews between those officers & himself
upon this subject and submitted to the Board the question whether the
Company should proceed with the reconstruction of the South Anna
Bridge with the aid proposed by the Government, together with
estimates of the cost of the work, of the amt of tolls pr month which
without it would be paid by the Company for the use by its freight
trains of the Va Central Rail Road & other facts &
considerations affecting that question, whereupon on motion |
| Resolved, that although the Directory of
this Company considers that the reconstruction of its Bridges over the
North South Anna Rivers at the exclusive expense of the
Government, would be only just to this Company in view of its former
rebuilding of all its bridges at its own exclusive expense; yet
under existing circumstances they will not insist on such a condition,
but will proceed to finish this work with the assistance promised by
the Government in the correspondence & interviews with Col Rives
of the Engineer Bureau. |
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