| Annual Report of the Richmond,
Fredericksburg & Potomac RR |
| as of April 1, 1861, |
| Committee of Examination's Report |
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| Report of Com. of Examination |
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| Mr. E. T. Morris, on behalf of
the Examining Committee, offered the following repot, which was
received and approved: |
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To the Stockholders
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The Inspecting Committee have discharged the duties
assigned them, and ask leave to report the result of their examinations.
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On inspection last fall, they found the roadway, bridges,
machinery and fixtures generally in remarkably good order; and in the
examination which they have made at the present date, they have found
the depots, bridges, machinery, &c., all in very good order, and
the roadway also in good order with the exception of damages done to
it by the frequent and violent rains of the winter and spring.
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Great damage was done along the line of the Road by the
rains, and a freshet which occurred during the last month, and the
Officers of the Company have been very diligent in having all the
necessary repairs done, so that the working of the Road is now regular
and perfectly safe. A good deal of work, however, yet remains to be
done in the way of clearing out the drains and filling up washes
caused by the heavy rains and freshet.
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The new Depot at Taylorsville has been finished, and
several new cars have been also built since our last report. We found
along the line a considerable amount of the necessary materials for
re-laying with heavy bar the part of the Road yet unlaid, but that work
has been very prudently suspended in consequence of the unsettled state
of the country. The Stockholders will doubtless be informed by the
Directory that the business of the Company has been seriously impaired
by the unwarranted seizure of the Potomac steamboats by the government
at Washington and the consequent suspension of their through business;
and since that time the State of Virginia has taken possession of the
Company's property at Acquia Creek for military purposes, so that there
is no pressing necessity just now for re-laying that portion of the
Road.
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Which is respectfully reported,
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Ed. T. Morris
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Thos. B. Anderson
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Wirt Robinson
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May 17th, 1861
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