I enclose you approved for payment the
account for $95,418.60 in favor of the Cahaba Marion & Greensboro
R. Road Compy. I recommended to the Secy of War was that the claim
should be paid by this Department and the amount thereof charged
against the transportation account of the Selma & Meridian Road {Alabama
& Mississippi Rivers RR}, in its
future earnings. I return the power of Atty: enclosed by you. &
Lt. Colo: L. Smith, on Bank Street, will pay the account. |