| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Richmond, March 18th 1863 |
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| Mr. C. Jordan, Jr. |
| Supt Mobile & Great N. R. R. {Superintendent,
Mobile & Great Northern RR} |
| Mobile, Ala. |
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| Sir, |
| Upon the receipt of your letter of the
14th of February, I called upon Major Le Baron for a report. |
| He states that for special reasons no
sugar is sent by your road; but that as to other supplies, he forwards
a fair proportion by it. I do not regard the Rail Road Conventions as
binding the Government to send all of its freight by the Companies
whose offer of rates may be accepted. It may be that the capacity of
the Road would be frequently over taxed; and it is certainly
desirable, at all times, to save the wear and tear of our Roads and
their rolling stock, by availing, when it is practicable, of River
Navigation. |
| A. C. Myers, Q. M. Genl. |
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