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Atlanta Ga Decr 13, 1862
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| Col A. C. Myers QMG |
| Richmond |
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| Sir, |
| I had the honor of writing to
you some weeks since asking that the Nashville & Chattanooga RR Company
be allowed four cents a mile for passengers & the same for freight
allowed to other roads by he Government. The same reasons consisting to
a greater extent now than existed when you allowed that charge for July
March & probably Apl. last. The road will not now be fully used until
the enemy are driven from Nashville where our shops and power was all
left we now have to use hand machinery and have other roads shops to
repair for us ours. Bridges great and small were all burnt but one and
have only one been rebuilt by the Government. The Tenn R Bridge is only
just now finished opening the road to Murfreesboro 32 miles short of
Nashville. We have no side roads of consequence at Murfreesboro & have
to do business at great cost & delay. Our Road was taken in last ten
months since and we ask only to be allowed our old through rate for
passengers & the half rate for freight paid by govt for freight. |
| I would not trouble you so
soon to decide this question but the road having to work above for
Government must be kept in funds by the Government or stop running &
they are nearly out of funds so I ask that you take a moment from your
labors to decide this matter. |
| The Nashville & Chattanooga
Railroad Company while under the orders of the State of Tennessee and
before that state turned over her troops to the Confederacy took from
the Louisville Road {Louisville & Nashville RR}
a part of their machinery some seventy cars and four locomotives
all in bad order. The Chattanooga Road brought this machinery away into
the South misappreciating this case you have ordered three of these
locomotives to Augusta & I have since been told you have agreed to sell
them or a part of them to other roads. The N & Chattanooga R Road lost
more locomotives under the Government orders than the recovered power
this road the Government prevents the same road to send her cars to the
number of 130 and nearly all taken from the Louisville Road into Miss &
when Corinth was lost these cars went & have been lost to this Road. I
ask in view of these facts and the fact that the road has lost in this
way two hundred of her cars & has not half enough to do the business
that you want these three engines ??? to us from Augusta and our cars so
fast as they can be recovered. |
| It is hard to loose the use of
our Road have its bridges over forty in number burned & then give its
machinery to roads that have been making money in security with all
their engines and rolling stock even that we can just forgoing to make
some thing. |
| Please consider these matters
and oblige. |
| Most Truly |
| VK Stevenson Prest |