| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Richmond, 17th July 1862 |
| |
| Col. R. W. Chilton |
| A and Insp Genl |
| Richmond, Va. |
| |
| Colo., |
| I referred to your office yesterday a
proposition from the {Richmond &} York
River Rail Road to build the bridge over the Chickahominy under
certain conditions. |
| I have since learned that several
locomotive engines are on the track between the Chickahominy and
Pamunkey in a damaged condition. They can be secured only by so
constructing the bridge, the cost of which will be light fo? repairs
in the possession of the engines. Had I known this it would have been
unnecessary to refer the subject to the General. |
| Larkin Smith, A. Q. M. Genl. |
|