| Central {(of Georgia)}
Rail Road Office |
| Savannah, Ga., Aug 9th 1862 |
|
Superintendent's Office |
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| Captn R M Cuyler |
| Ordnance Dept CS |
| Macon Ga |
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| DrSir, |
| Your favor of the 1? inst enclosing
vouchers &c and an account against this Company for iron delivered us by
you for use on gun carriages. |
| I find on investigation that you delivered
at three different periods as appears by both your account & ours 132
bars weight 6688 lbs of which we used 65 bars and
{char?}ged you with same, weighing 3639 lbs leaving due you 67
bars weighing 2797 1/2 lbs. |
| Mr Bur?? informed me and he is cooberated
by our Foreman of Smith Shop Thomson and by Mr Gleashen our clerk that
the iron re?? used to wit 67 bars was taken from our ??? by Mr Atkinson
and carried to Macon with your gun carriages &c were removed from our
Shops. If they are correct in their Statements and I have no reason to
doubt them then ??? got all the iron we received. |
| I enclose our Statement of the iron. |
| I shall be in Macon next week and will see
& confer with you on this Subject. |
| Yours very Truly |
| Geo W Adams |
| Genl Supt |
| |
| Iron received from the
Confederate States by the Central Rl. Rd. and used on Gun
Carriages |
| Kind of Iron |
No Bars |
Size |
Average Weight |
Total Weight |
No Bars Used |
Weight of Bars Used |
No Bars Returned |
Weight of Bars Retd |
Total Weight |
| Refnd |
20 |
1 1/2x1/2 |
43 lb |
860 |
14 |
602 lb |
6 |
258 |
860 lb |
| " |
6 |
2x1/2 |
53 |
318 |
3 |
159 |
3 |
159 |
318 |
| " |
6 |
1 1/2x3/8 |
27 1/2 |
165 |
5 |
137 1/2 |
1 |
27 1/2 |
165 |
| " |
4 |
1 3/4x3/8 |
35 |
140 |
|
|
4 |
140 |
140 |
| Smedes |
10 |
2x5/8 |
68 |
680 |
3 |
204 |
7 |
476 |
680 |
| " |
6 |
2 1/2x1/2 |
65 |
390 |
2 |
130 |
4 |
260 |
390 |
| " |
3 |
9x3/8 |
65 |
195 |
|
|
3 |
195 |
195 |
| Refind |
25 |
1 1/2x3/8 |
27 1/2 |
687 1/2 |
7 |
192 1/2 |
18 |
495 |
687 1/2 |
| " |
25 |
1 34x38 |
35 |
875 |
5 |
175 |
20 |
700 |
875 |
| Smede |
16 |
3x1/2 |
77 |
1232 |
16 |
1232 |
|
|
1232 |
| " |
9 |
3x5/8 |
87 |
783 |
8 |
696 |
1 |
87 |
783 |
| Refind |
21 |
1 7/8x1 1/8 |
55 1/2 |
111 |
2 |
111 |
|
|
111 |
| |
132 |
|
|
6436 |
65 |
3639 |
67 |
2477 1/2 |
6436 1/2 |
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