| Contractors |
| Spratt Callahan have been
engaged with mechanics & negro force, in getting
crossties, building pile bridges, loading iron on
cars, and laying track on Lawton & Live Oak
Railroad from Lawton Georgia to Florida line --
distance laid twenty six miles; and from Live Oak
Florida northward, distance laid six miles; and in
getting timber, excavating foundations and
revetments for bridge over Suwanee river on said
Road and in ??? superstructure of said bridge |
|
| Another force of impressed
negroes under superintendence of J. H. Burns Agent, employed
in completing grading on Lawton & Live Oak R. Rd &
in assisting in relaying track of Fla., Atlantic & Gulf
Central R. Rd. near Baldwin Fla. preparatory to resuming the
removal of iron from the Florida Road, upon which they were
previously engaged. |
| A. L. Maxwell |
Contractor, with a force of detailed mechanics
and hired negroes, employed in placing cribs for two piers
Tombigbee bridge, filling and riprapping same with stone,
framing crib for draw pier, framing pier, cutting and
hauling timber and operating two saw mills sawing lumber for
the bridge. |
| Agents employed in general
business of the Commission |
| Assistance Engineers on work of
construction of Lawton & Live Oak Road, laying track
from either end, and bridge over Suwanee river. |
|
Probable Operations for the Month of
November 1864 |
| Force of hired men and negroes,
employed in finishing track near Baldwin and taking up iron
from Florida Road and transporting to Live Oak. |
| Spratt & Callahan,
contractors, with their force will be employed in completing
Suwanee bridge and laying track to Georgia line. |
| A. L. Maxwell |
Contractor, with his force will be employed in
completing crib work of draw pier and placing it and
rerapping, & sawing lumber and framing bridge. |