| From the Knoxville Daily Register |
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| May 12, 1863 |
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| Knoxville & Kentucky Railroad |
| The following are the Reports which were
submitted to the Stockholders at their annual meeting held on the 25th
of March. |
| Report of the president |
| Office of the Knoxville & Kentucky RR. Co. |
| Knoxville, Tenn., March 25, 1863 |
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| To the Stockholders of the Knoxville &
Kentucky Railroad Company: |
| The President and Directors deem it
unnecessary to submit more than a brief report of the present
condition of the Company and its operations during the past year. The
grading from the present terminus of the track near Beaver Creek {which
is 10 miles from the Knoxville Depot} to
Clinch River has been completed. Several efforts have been made
through the aid offered by the military authorities in this
Department, to procure iron to extend the track to Clinton. These
efforts, however, have all been unavailing. At present we can see no
????? The manner in which the road has been operated during the past
year -- the condition of your property -- the earnings and
disbursements of the Company, and the present state of the treasury
will all appear fully in the reports of the Engineer and
Superintendent and the Secretary and Treasurer, which your attention
is respectfully directed. |
| Jos. A. Mabry, Pres't |
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| Report of the Engineer and Superintendent |
| Office of the Knoxville & KY. Railroad Co. |
| Knoxville, Tenn., March 25th, 1863 |
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| To the President and Board of Directors: |
| Gentlemen: The finished portion of your
road has been conducted during the past year with due regard to
economy and, so far as lay in my power, to the best interests of the
Company. |
| I have the satisfaction again to report
that no accident has occurred in running the road since it was opened. |
| The Secretary's and Treasurer's report, to
whom the accounts have been returned, will exhibit the receipts and
expenditures of transportation. |
| The contract for the grading to Copper
Ridge was considered complete on the 1st of Oct., 1862. There being
some prospect of obtaining iron, and the cut being likely to suffer
from slides, notwithstanding it was taken out flatter than the usual
slope in the county, it was thought proper to have the track laid
through it and continue to take off additional from the sides. The
same force has also repaired some of the embankments that had settled
on adjoining sections. |
| Before the track can be laid to Clinton,
there still remains a small amount of work to be done in Section 15,
where the contractor has a small force at work, and a piece of trestle
work to be built on Section 12 which can be done in two weeks as the
timber are already delivered. It is best to let the embankment on
which it is to be placed a ??? until the trestlework is needed. There
are also cross ties fo?? ??? cat six miles to be procured, some of
which are under contract, and a few of them being delivered. |
| Respectfully, |
| C. A. Mee |
| Chief Eng'r and Sup't |
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| [The report of the Secretary and the Treasurer will be
given in a future number. -- ED] |