|
The Confederate States of America |
| To H. T. & T. R. R. Co
{Houston, Trinity & Tyler RR} |
|
J. J. Hendley Prest |
| Date |
For |
Dollars |
Cents |
| 1862 |
3 Kegs Rail Road Spikes |
|
|
| |
300 lbs @ 40c |
120 |
00 |
| Decbr 18 |
100 Rail Road Chairs {enough for
1/5 miles, both tracks} |
|
|
| |
800 lbs @ 40c |
320 |
00 |
| |
|
$440 |
00 |
|
|
|
| I certify that the above account is
correct and just; that the services were rendered as stated, and that
they were necessary for the construction of the Railroad on Hog Island
{about 18 miles east of Houston, in the Ship
Channel, and probably a spur off the Texas & New Orleans RR} |
| Maj J. Kellersberg |
| Chief Engineer Eastern Sub Dis, Texas |
| |
| Received at Galveston Texas, the 20th day
of May 1863 of Major J. Kellersberg (P. A. C. S.) Chief Engineer, the
sum of Four Hundred and Forty Dollars and ___ cents, in full of the
above account. |
| JJ Hendley |
| President |
| H. T. & T. R. R. Co. |