| From the Yorkville (S. C.) Enquirer |
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| January 20, 1864 |
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| Railroad Transportation |
| The principal railroads in the
Confederacy are now sedulously engaged in endeavoring to increase
their stocks, and to provide for the contingencies of future service
or loss. Under the delusive expectation of an early termination of the
war, the railroad companies have, heretofore, relied almost wholly on
their existing stock, and made but few efforts at supply or
reparation, scarcely husbanding their resources, which, under the
exhausting demands made upon the, have become greatly diminished. Of
late, with more experience, a wiser prescience seems to guide their
management. In different parts of the Confederacy iron is now being
provided and rolled for machinery, and the construction and repair of
locomotives and rolling stock. The Secretary of War has recommended
that skilled mechanics be furnished from the army for some of the more
delicate machinery needed by the railroads. The railroad
transportation is of incalculable importance to the Confederacy. Shut
off from the sea, and with command of very few of its rivers, the
Confederacy is dependant, almost wholly, on the railroads for
communication and transportation. |
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