The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-09-13
The Memphis and Charleston Railroad

: The Memphis and Charleston Railroad
We find in the Memphis Appea
extracts from the report Of Superin
tCndent Ross which give the history
of this road during the war and its
present condition. 1t appears that on
the 1lth of April 1862, the United
States authorities took possession OF
the road from Tuscumbia TO Stephen
son, capturing eighteen locomotives,
one hundred freight cars, number Of
passenger and baggage cars, the Hunts
vile shop tools, and material. On the
Doth of May the Confederate forces
evacuated Corinth and ordered all the
machinery and rolling stock carried
South by the Mobile and Ohio, and
Miss. Central Railroads.
a subsequent order located the ma
chinery and rolling stock at Marion
station, on the Mobile and Ohio rail
road, five miles North of Meridian,
Miss, at which place they erected
temporary shop, and commenced the
repairs of engines and cars, and con.
tinued until June, 1868, during which |
time military acquisitions were made, |
and the stock taken and distributed |
on the Southern and Selma and Merd- |
ian railroads. In July and August |
following, all the stock, machinery, |
tools, etc, remaining at Marion station
nineteen locomotives and about |
eighty-thrce cars--freight, passenger
and baggage-were, by order of Gen.
Pembcrton, removed to Montgomery,
Ala, via. Mobile, mourning water
Of twenty miles After
the arrival at Montgomery, the quar-
general Of the Confederate
States army transportation distributed
all the stock, except about six passen-
ger cars, on various roads south,
where it remained until the close Of
the war, as well as that distributed at
Marion station. Thcpassenger stock,
.oOls and materials remaining at
Montgomery, Ala, were all destroyed
BY Gen. Wilson's United States forces.
A large amount of the stock on the
liierent roads in North and South
Carolina and Georgia, was burned and
destroyed by the United States forces
mder Gen. Sherman
Part Of the road was placed in pos
session Of the company last July, and (
IN the 18th of that month, the rebuild {
ng of bridges and trestles on that part |
If the road between Pocahuntas and {
]orinth commenced Trains ran {
Trough from Memphis to Corinth on
be oath August On the 18th Sep i
ember, the whole road was given up {
0 the cOnpany-repaIrs commenced +
n that portion Of the road between c
uka and Decatur, seventy one miles, !
very bridge and trestle of which was a
D rebuild, and n portion of forty miles i
urnt track to relay, the work was com t
leted, and trains run through TO De d
ature on the 9th November. This en- h
bled the company to operate the 5
hole of their road by transferring d
eight and passengers across the C
'ennessee river at Decatur, by steam /
oat. Since then, two first class iron p
ridges have been constructed, one II
cross Big Bear creek, OF two spans a
jG feet each. and one across the Ten
essee river, at Decatur, ten spans, !;
lch 40 feet. The net earnings of h
re road from the 9th November TO 81
uly last, were over 100000 These h
suits are most gratifying TO the Il
inds Of the road, and reflect great "
edit on its management "a
We are under obligations TO Mr. "
els. the obliginq agent the Nation 4