Northeast & Southwest Alabama Construction Effort

Return of Days' Work and Cost of Work

On Divisions No. 1 & 2 N.-E. and S.-W. A. R. R. for Quarter ending April 1st 1861
No. of Section Contractors' Names Overseers Total No. Men Shovellers Pickers Boys Women Mules Carts Cars Wagons Oxen Cooks Smiths Carpenters Masons Quarrymen No. Kegs Powder Rainy Days, Holidays, etc. Working Days Cost for Working Days Cost for Month Total Cost for Working Days Total Cost from Beginning Remarks
Dollars Cents Dollars Cents Dollars Cents Dollars Cents
1 to 7 B. Harten 40 235     40 35 90 90                     35 538 25 602 00 16911 48 18408 58 Completed
14 to 19 L. C. Spear 50 300         150 150                     50 557 50 571 16 17725 69 21404 63  
27 & 28 R. F. Houston    180     44   80 80                     22 302 00 338 00 4761 88 5764 81 Completed
29 to 31 D. H. Trott 15 90          45 45                     15 167 25 178 00 5168 81 6161 59  
45 & 46 M. C. Houston 70 700     210   270   270                 20 20 1371 00 1620 00         I have no means of determining total cost of work on 45 & 46
G. W. Robertson
Asst. Engr.

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