Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-02-02

| The expenditures for operating the Road
during the period have been
For road repairs, 81 $40 p
| stock killed, lost damaged, &c, $3.50 IS
| /" ferry at vii, & Pee Dee, 1890 81
& s sahds expenses sls 81 g
Net receipts from operations of the year. Sal 662 81
The details of the receipts and expenditures more
fully set forth in the annexed exhibits marked A and B.
and kept in the Ireasurer'S office.
The largest item under the head of Loss and Damage
for stock killed and IN the Ferry account charged
River before the completion Of the Bridges and in sunies
r r. Co. for freight due previous to LIST December which
legtimaely, extraordinary expenditures. Deducng
s16s, ls5 So '''"'
the receipts of the Road should be added ssls2 Sc
the accounts of which could not be adjusted before closing
the Books for the and the further amount for Mail
above October and November 1853 Of about s62ls and
will swell the aggregate receipts of the to 81
From which deduct ordinary expenditures l6S,2S5 ~
And it leaves nett balance from the opera
tions of the road of $l7l565 o.
Leaving fair margin therefore for unsettled accounts at
the close of the year. the Road has been operated at cost
of about so per of its receipts while the expenditures
materially Increased by the want of connection at the
Pee Dee River requiring separate machinery each side
of and the extraordinary high prices paid for labor in
every department.
The Roadway is in good condition. and the rolling stock
of superior quality, and with the addition of few freight
cars will be sufficient for the demands of the year
Statement contains list Of the Engines and their pre-
Statement D. list of the principal articles which have
been brought to Wilmington during the year.
will observed that the of Naval Stores
ceeds the largest estimates made by the most sangune per-
sons and have doubt will be materially increased during
the present year.
At the beginning of the Fiscal the Road was in
alton from kngve to Gbsons Road the west and from
Cape Fear River Marion c. H., and the connexon
by Stages In December, the tres work in the Pee
Dee Swamp far completed that the Passengers
ferried the Bridge and January the track
tended to the Pee Dee River completing the entire Road
until the 10th October, when the Trains
commenced to run regularly through the line
The great Southern Mail transferred to this line
the LIST February and the steamers between this place and
Charleston withdrawn from the line.
The receipts therefore, of the past should only be
sidered aitte than the result Of months opera
tions with undeveeped business and greatly
Pee Dec river Your attention particularly directed the
local business from Wy travel and Freight which larger
from same sources IN lo5OGfter that Road had been IN up
GRAFTON lOt gears.
the smount on that Road in 1851 liz years after its
COMPLETION with through connection to Cha lesion. and
hbitng the receipts CT that will fully explain
By reference this table it will be observed that the way
travel for the last year that Road down at 32 5l
ST. while the item this Road only $5i $40 90
this caused part by the difference in method adopt
ed by respective companies for classifying the travel Prior
to the Withdrawal of the Boats all passengers between Viii
mngton and Charleston between Wilmington and We'll
Weldon clased way ravelhe through travel only
embracing passengers from Charleston to Weldon Alter the
steamers withdrawn, the travel between Wilmington
and Weldon cassed through tra ell and will be per-
ceved by reference the last of that that
during the first four months of their fiscal year ce ther
"e IN h @ the aEerage months receipts from
ss S o1 hi the
ly receipts were only Sc 1888 II.
The receipts for the ensuing may be estimated $780,
0O0 In making this estimate have assumed that there will
be an average of 10 per cent on the Through and
s,.ce the mail ,eas transferred to ehis Road.
The South Carolina Rail Road company, under the con-
Branch between Kingsve and Wateree have finished the
construction of the bridge the Waeree rvel and the
three feet above the highest eshets) will be completed
y in the spring tract from the highland at the Wa
and when completed will place the Roadway through that
swamp beyond the contingency of being interrupted by
freshet.
The road has been operated during the year with great
ulary and without the slightest injury any of the II 100
passengers who have travelled and the number of fail
to make the proper connections will compare favoaby
> with any southern road.
Dirt Train has been organized and engaged filling up
the station this place. and will be as the
turnout is laid to the trestle work at Big Greek:
Under instructions from the Board Engineers
organized and the oath November the survey
under the charter of the Wateree and Hamburg Railroad
The survey was commenced on the Western side of the
Congaree swamp, the mouth of High Hill Creek thence
its valley to the summit of the ridge the State road
the old part the line for distance of nine
miles the graduation viii be very heavy the ascent will
vary from 30 to 81 feet per mile From the State Road the
Swamp from those of Beaver Creek until it approaches Little
Bull Swamp. On this part of the the work will be light
be required passage Little Big Bull swamps
the North Edsto Gall which will be crossed with
in distance of miles and heavy excavations at the ridges
and high entertainments each Of the will be
sary The North Fork of the Eisto about Il miles
below aco Bridge and thence the line scends the ridge
Stunning the direction for crossing the South Fork Of Edsto
It's junction with Shaws Creek Between the North and
South Forks of the dsto the work will be generally light,
except in the passage of the streams near Jordans Mills
From the crossing of the South Fork of the Edso the line
ascend by the valley of haw Creek and its tributaries
the Aiken Ridge, which will follow point the head
Of Bridge Creek From this point the line will occupy about
the ground the survey from Columbia to Hamburg,
the notes Of which were kindly loaned me by G. Gibbs Esq
Chief Engineer OF The party at the latest dates
e ton of which is extracted from Mr.: Gibbs report
The excavation through the Aiken Bridge will be about
valley of Bridge Creek crossing Beaver Pond eleva-
ton of 81 feet, thence bearing down the North side
Bridge Creek and crossing at the Burnt Mills and thence
the South side Big Horse Creek passing through the
Graneville. The line then Big Horse Creek
half mile below the town, and follows the West side the
g. Creek, Marshs, Walkers, and Kamboo's Mills and
within half mile of the of Bath there crosses Lit
tie Horse Creek its mouth and the South Car
lie Dina Railroad for distance of four miles the Ham
require the maximum grade of 528 feet mile
heavy excavation and embankment but from that point
~ Hamburg the work will be generally very light.
The estimates of the Of the work be unit
completion of the survey but the results obtained justify
the conclusion that direct ne he obtained from
hngsyle to Hamburg, with maximum grades of 81 feet
per me and of not less radius than $40 feet and
vovng heavy bridging tresework in the pas
sage OF the Congaree River and swamp The general
tercs of the route such that road well adapted to
senger traffic at high of speed be constructed anc
reduce the time between Kngve Augusta at least 81
hours below the present schedule time.
The completion of the proper time
ne take retrospective view Of its
be completion The preliminary surveys under
the direction of John C. McRae and myself 18th july 1886
and finished in November of the year. The Compan,
organized at Marion Court House August 1877 but
eatiOns commenced until the animal meeno t Mo
tn c. H. 22d June l84S and on the 18th day of entem
Der the surveys preliminary to the location
At thus time the total amount subscribed the capital