| Annual Report of the Knoxville &
Kentucky RR |
| as of January 1, 1863, |
| Superintendent's Report |
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| Report of the Engineer and Superintendent |
| Office of the Knoxville & Ky Railroad
Co. |
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Knoxville, Tenn., March 25, 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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