Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-11-16
SECOND DIVISION,

OyFIcE OF THE IND DIVISION, A., Ii. ~ H. II. H.
LEESBuRG, Nov. ith, 1852 }
Iyw,s Mckenzie, ESQ., President of the A.,
|. and H. K K. Co.-Sir:-lu reply TO your letter
Of the 2Sth Of October. beg leave to report as
follows:
Since the last Annual Report made 10y Charles
p Manning ESQ., Consulting Engineer, Septein-
Der, 1858. informing You OF the condition "i Tue
work on the Second Division NJ that time, the
work has continued tc progress steadily, but was
greatly retarded by the long continued rams oi
the Winter and Spring.
The masonry remaining unfinished al the hate
Of the last Annual Report, ut Broad Run. Beaver.
dam. Goose Creek, Sycolin. and Tuscarora Bridges
has since been completed. The abutments Tor
Road Bridge at Mr.. VI. $ McPhersons several
small Culyerts, aud two stone Cattle uuaras,
near Leesburg have also been built, and but lit
tie now remains 10 be done 10 coInplets the ma
sonry on this Division. between Sections twenty
i've and Forty inclusive except the eioplng oi 'he
Bridy. across the Town Branch at lceSburg the
materials for which are already prepared, aud
partly on the ground an open CulSert at oXley ;
Mill Race, and two or three Cattle Guards ut
! County Road crossings should II be deemed advi
sable 10 substitute stone instead oi wood.
The graduation Of the Road Bed has also pro-
crossed with the masonry all OF the then uhliniSh-
ed cuts being now through, with the exception oi
/. very short one ON Section Thirty seven, above
Al L.,
In. County Road leading to the Dry Mill, III less
than \ halt mile. and which has been delayed IN
tho hone that the County Court would order ,he
County Road to be changed application having
been made to that effect. We are now busliy en-
gagged in dressing up the Road Bed Tor the reeeP
ton of the track: several OF the Sections are N
ready dressed up, viz: Sections %. 20, 81 %, ~
and 40 Sections 20. 81, and -, nave aiso "een
once dressed up, hut i'll consequence oil inc time
which has elapsed since they were finished, IL WIZ
be necessary TO bring the entertainments up AGAIN
To sub. grade before laying the track.
With regard to the superstructures Tor the sew
eral Bridges. am unable to give you any definite
information, as they are all being framed IN aieA
audria, under the immediate supervision OF UT.
Randolph; but have learned iholree''s '"I' ,ua m
intended for Broad Run, being the one Shah
first require, is ready to put up, as soon as inc
track reaches that point.
Cro.s Tie. are being delivered between Sections
Twenty FIVE and Twenty nine, and III the course "i
ten or fifteen days there will be tics enough 70
Law the track a. far rs Goose Creek the ties 1or
Sections 30, 81. and %, being already on the
ground. Nothing as yet has been uohe 70 nv
6enots on this Division farther than to select the
.,as viz Van Buren, Station. Section 20 Sta
,;nn near the Old Church Road, on theland 81 the
ls,e Dr George Lee: Section 80. and the Depot
:, Ieesburp. Section SO. The track layers com
msncsd LAYING track on this Division, on Monday
lat 3Ist Of October, and will probably reach
Van Buren, Station by the last OF the week, anu
should the weather prove favorable anu nothing
,,ns,rssssn occur. see no good reason why the
,r,ct should no, be laid TO Goose Creek early IN
december, and reach Leesburs by The hrst Of
January next l am, very respectfully, y yours;
Division Engineer, I'd Division, A., L. 4 IL. X. H.
REPORT OF EXAMINING COMMITTEE.
Penort Of the Examining Committee u the AteT-
andria, Loudoun and Hampshire Raitroad Conn
pnsy, for the year 1859. sp;,
The undersigned, the Committee OF Examlns,
ton he's leave TO report that they have performed
tho duties which were assigned to them.
They have carefully examined the books ana