| Confederate States of America |
| To Nashville & Chattanooga Rail Road Company |
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| 1862 |
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For furnishing material and
building Trestle Bridge at Cowan in Sept. 1862 |
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12 |
Days work Carpenter (Foreman) @
$3.50 |
42 |
00 |
| 3 1/2 |
"
"
"
" 3.00 |
10 |
50 |
| 84 |
"
"
"
" 2.50 |
210 |
00 |
| 42 |
"
"
"
" 2.00 |
84 |
00 |
| 67 1/2 |
"
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Laborers
" 1.50 |
101 |
25 |
| 22 |
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" 1.25 |
27 |
50 |
| 13 |
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" 1.00 |
13 |
00 |
| 19 1/2 |
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Hauling
" 3.00 |
58 |
50 |
| 24 |
Trees for bridge
lumber
" 1.50 |
36 |
00 |
| 1280 |
ft B. M. Lumber cross
ties
" 20.00 |
25 |
60 |
| 210 |
lbs Rail Road
Spikes
" 15 cts |
31 |
50 |
| 405 |
Bolts
" 18 " |
72 |
90 |
| 88 |
Cast
washers
" 10 " |
8 |
80 |
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$ 721 |
55 |
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| I certify on honor that the above is a
correct account of the expenses for material furnished and labor done
rebuilding Trestle Bridge (destroyed by the army at Cowan), in
compliance with an order of Majr. Genl. Saml. Jones to rebuild such
Bridges as had been destroyed on the Nashville & Chattanooga Rail
Road, so as to pass trains over them, and that the material furnished
and work done was necessary for the passage of trains over the Bridge. |
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Office N&C R. R. Co |
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Chattanooga Febry 2, 1863 |
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R. C. Morris |
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Rest. Engr |