NA, N&C 9/X/1862

Confederate States of America
To Nashville & Chattanooga Rail Road Company
1862
For furnishing material and building Trestle Bridge at Normandy in Sept. 1862
3 Days work Carpenter (Foreman) @ $3.50 $10 50
3    "        "             "                         "   3.00 9 00
21    "        "             "                         "   2.50 52 50
18    "        "             "                         "   2.00 36 00
61    "        "      Laborers                   "   1.50 91 50
64    "        "             "                         "   1.25 80 00
9    "        "             "                         "   1.00 9 00
4    "        "       Hauling                    "   2.00 8 00
1    "        "             "                         "   3.00 3 00
3    "   Engine & Train                      "  30.00 90 00
19564 ft B. M. square timber                   "  15.00 293 46
900  "     "    lumber for cross ties        "  20.00 18 00
589 lbs Bolts                                        "  18 cts 106 02
214   "  Rail Road Spikes                     "  15   " 32 10
68   "  Cast Washers                           "   10  " 6 80
    $845 88
 
   I certify on honor that the above is a correct account of the expenses for material furnished and labor done rebuilding Trestle Bridge (destroyed by the army at Normandy), in compliance with an order or order of Majr. Genl Saml. Jones, to rebuild such Bridges as had been destroyed on the Nashville & Chattanooga Rail Road, so as to pass trains over them, and that the material furnished and work done were necessary for the passage of trains over the Bridge.
Office N&C RR Co
Chattanooga Feby 2, 1863
R. C. Morris
Rest. Engr.  {Resident Engineer}

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