| Contractors |
| Spratt Callahan have been
engaged with mechanics & negro force in getting
crossties and laying track on the Florida end of
Live Oar & Lawton Railroad, and in raising piers
& superstructure of Suwanee bridge on said Road. |
| Another force of impressed &
hired negroes under the general direction of Lt.
Fairbanks and the immediate superintendence of J. H.
Bucus has been employed in rebuilding bridges and
track destroyed by Yankee raiders on the Florida
Atlantic & Gulf Central R. Rd near Baldwin Fla.
and in removing iron from the Florida Road for
purpose of building Live Oak & Lawton Road |
|
| Contractor |
A. L. Maxwell, with a force of detailed
mechanics & hired negroes employed in construction of
crib work for draw pier Tombigbee bridge, framing piers and
operating two saw mills, cutting lumber for the bridge |
| 3 Asst Engineers |
Employed on construction Live Oak & Lawton
Railroad, laying track from either end & bridging
Suwanee River |
|
Probable Operations for the Month of
December 1864 |
| Contractors |
Spratt & Callahan with force will be
employed in completing Suwanee bridge & laying track
from Live Oak to Georgia line |
| Contractor |
A. L. Maxwell with his force will be employed
on pier & superstructure of Tombigbee bridge &
sawing lumber |
| Genl. Agents |
Employed in collecting material &
forwarding same for rebuilding Atlanta & West Point Road |