Statement of Expenditures of the Texas & N. Orleans
Railroad Co from Jany 1st to Novr 30th 1863, in renewing track,
bridges & embankments destroyed by freshets, and Buildings,
Machine Shop &c &c &c, rendering their road safe for
public traffic. |
|
1st |
Building roadway across Neches Bottom |
|
2,169.58 |
2d |
Repairing roadway at San Jacinto, destroyed by
freshet in Feby |
|
7,906.42 |
3d |
Ditching, raising track & embankment &
filling trestle work |
|
46,392.00 |
4th |
89,628 Oak ties delivered at roadway (for'st cost) |
|
71,510.35 |
5th |
Hauling, distributing & placing cross ties in
track |
|
58,257.40 |
6th |
140 Piles for Trinity river Bridge |
3,720.00 |
|
7th |
Carpenters framing, driving piles, raising Bridge,
removing drift & Hire of Steam Pile driver |
19,306.97 |
|
8th |
Rope for Trinity Bridge |
2,097.50 |
|
9th |
Cost of reclaiming Bridge timber |
397.50 |
|
10th |
Lumber for same |
1,018.10 |
26,540.07 |
11th |
Digging well at Houston |
|
500.00 |
12th |
Cost of Labor, Lumber & Shingles for New Shop |
6,430.00 |
|
13th |
Nails Hose & pipe for same |
1,231.25 |
7,661.25 |
14 |
Stationery Engine for Shop |
|
2,088.22 |
16 |
(#15 is not on the document)
Tools & Machinery for Shop |
|
16,747.44 |
17 |
Negroes grading & building Shop |
|
720.-- |
18 |
Patterns for Casting & hire of Lathe |
|
1,120.-- |
19 |
Canvass for Covering Cars & tarpaulins |
|
4,090.-- |
20 |
Rope for various purposes |
|
4,329.-- |
21 |
Lead Pipe for Water Tanks |
459.29 |
|
22 |
Lumber
for
" " |
1,039.86 |
1,499.15 |
23d |
Chairs, Spikes &c purchased |
|
3,500.-- |
24th |
Shovels, Axes & other tools |
|
11,812.75 |
25th |
Lumber purchased |
|
6,360.-- |
|
Cost of Track connecting {Houston
& Texas} Central R Road |
|
|
1st |
Grading & laying track |
750.00 |
|
2d |
1000 cross ties for same |
1,250.00 |
|
3d |
25 kegs Spikes |
7,500.-- |
|
4th |
250 Chairs @2$ |
500.-- |
|
5th |
44 Tons rails @ 300$ |
13,200.-- |
|
6th |
Spikes & Bolts for Bridge |
1,460.-- |
|
7th |
Carpenters repairing " |
900.-- |
25,620.00 |
|
|
|
298,823.63 |
|
December Estimated 12,884 ties, cost in track |
|
18,681.80 |
|
|
|
317.505.43 |
|
Estimate for 1862, as stated in Contract |
|
22,957.78 |
|
|
|
$340,463.21 |
|
|
W. W. Morris |
Chf Eng & Sup't T&NORR |
Houston Texas |
Jany 8th 1864 |
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