| Annual Report of the Wilmington & Weldon RR |
| as of October 1, 1865, |
| Superintendent's Report |
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| Report of the Chief Engineer and
Superintendent |
| Office Chief Engineer and Superintendent |
| Wilmington, N. C., Nov. 17th, 1865 |
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| Hon. R. R. Bridgers, President |
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| Sir, |
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I have the honor to submit my Eleventh Annual Report of the operations of
this Road (as required by regulations) for the fiscal year which
terminated on the 30th of September last. |
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The receipts and expenditures have been made in two kinds
of currency, and to enable you to understand the financial condition
fully it is necessary that I state the receipts and expenditures in
each separately. |
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Receipts and Expenditures in Confederate currency: |
| Receipts |
| From Through Passengers |
$56,713.45 |
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| " Way
" |
672,311.19 |
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| " Freights |
504,659.03 |
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| " Mails |
12,550.00 |
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| " Miscellaneous sources |
11,176.88 |
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| Total receipts |
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$1,257,410.55 |
| Expenditures |
| Department of Road Repairs |
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| Pay of Road and Section Masters and material for
repairs |
$198,675.28 |
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| Department of Transportation |
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| Cost of repairs of engines and cars, pay of
mechanics, conductors, engineers, hands, station agents, fuel,
oil, &c. |
$632,734.93 |
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| General Expenses |
| Salaries and incidental expenses |
$53,615.65 |
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| Total expenses to March 30th |
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885,025.85 |
| Net receipts |
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$372,384.70 |
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From the beginning of the past fiscal year to the capture
of the southern half of the road by the forces of the United States,
the company's trains were incessantly employed in army and private
transportation, yielding for the six months the large sum (in
Confederate currency) of $1,257,410.55, which however, has perished on
our hands and left us with many small claims unpaid. |
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The capture of Wilmington was preceded by the removal of
a portion of our stationary machinery and all our serviceable rolling
stock to Magnolia. |
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I found myself at this point on the 22d of February, in
charge of the whole operations of the company, without adequate means
of paying off the debts due by the company to contractors, &c. Could
means have been supplied by collection of dues from the Confederate
government, many claims now due would have been liquidated. |
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Finding the United States forces were pressing the entire
line of the road from two points on the coast, opening with the attack
on Kinston, I resolved to divide the means of transportation and send
Capt. Smith, the Assistant Superintendant, with a portion of the
rolling stock and with machinery materials for repairs to Enfield, to
operate the division of the road north of Goldsboro'. |
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This duty was performed with fidelity and with as much
success to the interests of the company as it was possible under the
trying circumstances in which he was placed. |
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***** |
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The remainder of the rolling stock and stationary
machinery was retained at Magnolia, on the southern division, until
the supplies had been sent to Goldsboro', when all but the broken
engines and cars followed the movements of the Confederate army. |
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***** |
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Respectfully submitted, |
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S. L. Fremont |
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Engineer and Superintendent |
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