Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-02-09

Feb. =, 1871.
dent!emen-Tho semi-mnnthly report o!
Rosscr's wagon and mule mai.ufartUry for
tsla month ending JIauary 2lst, has jus: been
received.
The machine" il evidently improving,
both in the quantity and quality Of it's work
uaG the specimens Of its recent manufacture.
thai we have been rermi;tcd to SEQ, encourage
the hope that the army Of Northcru Virginia
may reasonably eypc:: in = snort time urI px-
cellcnt supply Of transportation, from Ibis
source alone.
Tie results Of The :ns5 semi ,,nonthly opera
!ion shnw, in The ittm CT mults, IN increase
ri swo hundred over the product IF tho half
month preeediDg; while in the iteuIof wagone
there has been L prCrorticnabla increase OF
lU0 per cenj., the numher turned out in the
iist se,ni-month being exactly one hundred.
There is also Another difference between thc
products Of the Two periods. which enhances
a;!:' mora The value Of tie "nrachine," and
exhibits the Sol! and progressive Tendencies
% the very asta;c hcai engineer. The Wagons
rcctIttly ,nrned cut were loaded with commits.
sary atd qusrterInaster st1res, furnished upon
this occasion by Gen. Kel!y's very acconlno-
i!,ing h:'.ls o: department.
This machine" which promises TO do 20
much, is d portable kind % thing, not exactly
Ike Il portabi saw mill, though it's teeth arc
Just Us dangerous. ls operates first ut one
place anil ti:en TT another, being regulated en-.
tircly hy the Natural aiyan sagos Of the couu-
try. and the amount of raw material attnina.
BILE. Sometimes az. Eogser sets it asoing in
il bushy kind Of cou2try, sucl, AZ is found on
The fredericksburg Plank Read, near "TpJd's
Tavern" where heavy timber is SO very
source, that ignorant people, when they look
~ the fine .te!to,cs It tur:,s ont, wonder where
The hickory came from. ~ other tiGle-, ho
startsjt along railroads and in The n~Gighhor.
hood Of Yankee ca,nES. The only invar;ah'e
rul. that seems to bc regarded, in determining
ils location, is tina. OF lIntsmgi it always within
che Yankee lincs.
Since the beginning Of this year, however,
it has been mostly located near the junction
Of tho Petersburg and Burlington grade, with
the road leading throu.i. the Moorefcld Gap,
in the Pattt rson Greek range Ct mountains.
Tie commercial facili Ties oi that point hav-
ing easy communication with tho Anurisb:ng
town OF Petersburg, lilc,ty county. and New
Creek, III important military depot, On inc
Baltimore aud Ohio railrCtl, not to mention u
road running through Mooreticld, directly 10
ElGhmCnd, render II, wo presume, o hlgh ly
desirable location for tho maclrinc."
Slice writing the abIve We have rOEvarsea
with a very reliable official, who colnnlunica-
ted the agreeable information that he saw and
inspected himself the results Of the last ta!f
moich's operations Ct the machine" and
that they were perfectly satisfactory, he hay
ing made tho Inspection by ths assistance Of
IL luxurious repast urVn oysters, brandy
nna,h,u and curlo iallv innnn which, q SAW
the operatives frequently dine). lie further
Informs us that they have been turned over to
Mr.. Eaay. Mr.. Rosssr'd general forwarding
, agent. aud will, probably, svoa reach Ger
louisville.
n. B-Since wiring tho above WI hav;
been informed THAI iir. Rosser, for sG,nu rea
son or other, has seen fit tn drive the Yankee.
out Of Petersburg and burn their barracks
This locks Ike he was going t., remove hi
machine to q new locality.
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