| Annual Report of the Macon & Western RR |
| as of December 1, 1865, |
| President's Report |
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| President's Report |
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Macon, Dec. 1, 1865
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| To the Stockholders: |
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Gentlemen,
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| The gross earnings of the
Road from 1st December, 1864 to May 31st, 1865, shows only what was
received from private transportation. The vouchers due by the
Confederate government were never entered on the earnings of the
company, never having been paid by the government. |
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At your last annual meeting, you were informed that the
Confederate government had undertaken to reconstruct the road from
near Lovejoy's Station to Atlanta, which was so imperfectly done, as
to make it necessary for the company to undo and relay all track laid
by government officers. Eleven miles of the rails from Atlanta to near
Rough and Ready, had been taken off by General Sherman, and have not
been returned or paid for. To replace this iron, the side tracks on
the line of road were taken up and used. The Confederate government
removed about eight miles of rails from the South-Western branch road
to Fort Gaines, to this part of your road. *****
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Every description of repair material had been exhausted
during the war, and the renewal of business found engines, freight and
passenger cars, in want of heavy repairs, *****
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The buildings of every description owned by the company
in Atlanta; freight house at Jonesboro' and Griffin, wood shed at
Milner, and all the water tanks, station houses and quarters for track
men, on line of road from Goggins' Station to Atlanta, except the
house at Milner and Thornton's Stations, were destroyed by United
States army. *****
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It is estimated that two thousand tons of new rails will
be required to replace the iron laid on your road by Confederate
States government, the iron belonging to South-Western Railroad
Company, and to replace such rails as could not be made straight.
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*****
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During the year our trains have run with singular
success, when the condition of the road and rolling stock is
considered. And it gives me singular pleasure to say, that generally,
the employees of the company have evinced a zeal and interest in the
success of the company's business, highly creditable and honorable to
themselves and beneficial to the company.
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All of which is respectfully submitted,
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A. J. White
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President
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