| Annual Report of the Richmond &
Petersburg RR |
| as of April 1, 1862, |
| Superintendent's Report |
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| Superintendent's Report |
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| General Superintendent's Office |
| Richmond & Petersburg Railroad |
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Richmond, April 1st, 1862
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Charles Ellis, Esq.
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President
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Dear Sir,
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I respectfully submit the following report of the
operations of the road, for the fiscal year which has just terminated:
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| Receipts or Earnings |
| From transportation of passengers |
167,983.58 |
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extra baggage and express freight |
23,912.13 |
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| " mails |
4,287.50 |
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transportation freight |
97,025.60 |
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miscellaneous sources |
7,772.07 |
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| Total receipts or earnings |
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$300,980.88 |
| Expenses of Working
the Road |
| For repairs of road |
14,193.84 |
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" " bridges and
watching |
2,501.02 |
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" " depot and
water stations |
3,684.65 |
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" " locomotive
engines and tenders |
7,291.02 |
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" " passenger,
mail and baggage cars |
3,675.25 |
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" " freight cars
and flats |
3,073.41 |
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" " coal cars |
3,445.33 |
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" " shop tools
and machinery |
978.68 |
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| " oil and tallow |
4,664.74 |
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| " cotton waste |
494.96 |
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| " wood |
7,219.35 |
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| " train expenses,
including the pay of conductors, baggage masters, engineers,
firemen, brakesmen, &c. |
14,032.67 |
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| Depot expenses, including the pay of depot
agents, hands and watching |
13,056.80 |
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| Postage, stationery and printing |
509.85 |
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| Officer's salaries |
5,875.02 |
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| Insurance and miscellaneous expenses |
2,916.45 |
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| Taxes |
719.14 |
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| Cattle killed by trains |
125.00 |
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| Lost and damaged goods and baggage |
2,480.89 |
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| Through travel expenses |
1,168.35 |
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| Omnibus expenses |
490.45 |
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| Clover Hill transportation expenses |
6,640.19 |
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| New buildings |
57.75 |
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| New cars |
546.75 |
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| New coal cars |
686.84 |
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| New locomotive engines |
6,250.00 |
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| Total expenses |
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106,758.40 |
| Leaving a net balance of receipts of |
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$194,222.48 |
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Being over sixty-four and one-half per cent.
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The extraordinary expenses for the year are embraced in
the above, and are as follows:
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| New buildings |
57.75 |
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| New cars |
546.75 |
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| New coal cars |
686.84 |
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| New engine |
6,250.00 |
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| Railroad iron |
1,169.08 |
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| Sum total of
extraordinary expenses |
$8,710.42 |
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The receipts compared with those of the last fiscal year,
exhibit an increase of $150,548.55, and the expenses an increase of
$32,986.03.
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Tonnage
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The tonnage, exclusive of coal, express
freight and extra baggage, amounts to 24,325 tons; and the receipts
for this tonnage amounts to $58,410.06, or $2.40 per ton. The coal transported amounts to
50,608 tons, delivered as
follows:
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| At Richmond |
32,259 tons |
| " Port Walthall |
5,979 tons |
| " Petersburg |
12,370 tons |
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The receipts from transportation of coal amount to
$38,615.54; being
at the rate of 76 30-100 cents per ton, or $1.08 per
mile run. The freight of all kinds transported during the year amounts to
80,750 tons, and the number of tons transported one
mile 2,151,954.
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Passengers
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The number of passengers transported amounts to 202,303, of
these 20,478 were through, 723 were Clover Hill, and the balance were
troops and local passengers. The receipts from passenger fare amount to
$167,983.58, or 83 30-100 cents per passenger, and the total movement of
passengers, or number transported one mile 4,384,928. In addition to
the above, there were 3,500 free passengers transported.
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Express Freight and Extra Baggage
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The receipts for express freight and extra baggage
amounts to $23,912.13. The receipts per mile run of all the trains
amount to $2.91, and the expenses per mile run of all trains amount to
$1.03. For full statements in detail, relative to the freight and
travel, I refer you to the accompanying tables marked Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 12.
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The Road
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The road is in as good as could reasonable be expected after the continued rails of the
winter and spring, which prevented the usual repairs from being made. During the
year 5,841 new cross ties have been laid, and it will be necessary to
lay about 8,000 more during the present year.
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Bridges
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The bridges are in good order. On the
24th of February about 600 feet of roof or flooring of the James River
bridge, together with the track, was removed by a violent storm of
wind, and a large portion of it precipitated into the river, and the
running of the trains from Richmond suspended for about two days.
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Buildings
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The buildings, with some exceptions, are in a good state
of preservation. On the 24th of February, the frame engine house at
Chester was blown down, and the materials so much injured and broken
as to be useless. A new dwelling house for the use of the Section
Master has been erected at Swift Creek.
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Locomotive Engines
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The engines, with the exception of one, which is
undergoing repairs, are in running order; there are ten in number, one
of which, the Tecumseh, was purchased from the Richmond,
Fredericksburg & Potomac Company for $6,250 in February.
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The engine, J. H. Cox, which was unfit for service, being
worn out, was broken up last summer, and the parts not wanted for the
repairs of other engines were sold. The Cox was built in 1846.
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The number of miles run by the engines amounts to
103,654, and the cost of the engine repairs to 7.03 cents per mile
run.
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For the cost of repairs, miles run by each engine, and
other information relative to the engines, I refer you to tables Nos.
10 and 11.
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Rolling Stock or Cars
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The cars, though not in good order, considering their
constant use, and but little time being allowed for their repair, and
the large number of troops which have been transported in them during
the last year, are in as good condition as could be expected. There
are 7 first and 7 second class passenger cars, 3 baggage and mail
cars, 23 box and 2 stock cars, 22 flats, 7 seventy-five bushel, 7
eighty bushel, 52 one hundred bushel, 77 one hundred and twenty five
bushel, and 3 one hundred and fifty bushel coal cars, 5 dirt, 3 crank
and 3 pole cars.
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Omnibus
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The through travel arrangements at Richmond having been
discontinued last spring, the omnibusses were laid up and the horses
sold.
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Material on Hand
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The value of the materials on hand, consisting of iron,
steel, castings, lumber, ties, wood, oil, paints, provisions, &c.,
amounts to $12,095, for an inventory of which I refer you to table
marked No. 14.
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Accidents Resulting in Loss of Life
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On the 6th of November a slave belonging to Mr. Henry
Winfree, employed as a brakeman, was knocked off a train by a bridge
and killed.
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On the 9th of February a slave hired of Mr. H. B. Homes,
while coupling some cars at Clover Hill, got hurt, and shortly
afterwards died from the injury.
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For a list of the names of the officers, agents and
employees of the Company, and the pay of each, I refer you to
statement marked No. 13.
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In closing this report I take occasion to remark that the
duties devolved upon the agents and employees of the Company during
the past year in transporting troops and munitions of war have been
very laborious, but they have been performed cheerfully, and in a
highly satisfactory manner.
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Respectfully submitted.
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E. H. Gill
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General Superintendent
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