Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-08-18


! CINE, are also left out:
Mileage of engines is as follows:
Miles run by Passenger 200
| 80 Z" - Freight ..................4l5. 2l2
Gravel .................. $500
Total miles .9l8
A glance at the above tables, together with
| the mileage Of cars, and the amount of work
! performed will show the absolute folly of
! dashing even a shadow of reflection upon
Mr.. BURNS for purchasing the stock he did
| from the Government. l have shown else
where the number of trains daily on the
road, (equal to 1876 cars,) and it is clear that
! the old stock of the Company could have
done but one-tenth of the work. During the
month of March, 1866, 2,519 cars passed over
the road in one direction With the old stock
alone there could have been forwarded but
ten cars per diem, or 800 for the month.
And | may add, that the old stock alone
could not have done even the Government
work required Of us. Had not Mr.. BURNS
made the purchases he did, the Government
would have felt compelled to again take pos
session of the road, and to have operated it
long enough, at least, to get their own stock
and material gathered together and disposed
Of Every candid minded man must at this
time admit, that the whole transaction ex-
hibited the more than ordinary sagacity of
the President, and his full comprehension of
the works of the Company.
Very large and extensive OUTLAWS have
been made in the maintenance of roadway.
New station houses have been built at the
following points, viz: Christiana, Foster
vile, Wartrace, Shelbyville and Stevenson;
and extensive repairs made on the buildings
at Bellbuczle, Cowan, Tantalon, Anderson
and Whitesides. Division houses have been
built along the line of the road at points
where they were most needed.
New platforms have been erected at the
different stations, and large transfer plat
form at Chattanooga.
The bridges have been overhauled at con-
siderable expense; the one near Whitesides,
over Running Water, at cost alone of over
$4,000.
About 5000 cross ties have been put in
the track, and a large amount of ballasts has
been gotten out and is being distributed
at points where required.
BY order of the President, I, last fall,
contracted for 600 tons of raw iron from
the Southwestern Rolling Mill at Chatta-
nooga, to take the place of the iron, which
had become very much worn on the noun
tains. This iron weighs tifty-six pounds to
the yard, and is made with the fish bar fast
enings-the most approved now in use.
The work was made necessary on account
of the impaired condition in which the road
was received by your Company from the
military authorities, and most of it had to be
done in the early part of the present man.
agement, that the road might be opened in a
safe and satisfactory manner as soon as pos
sible.
Allew me, before proceeding to the mis-
cellaneous items and subjects of my report,
to call your attention to the following brief
recapitulation OF the foregoing general re-
marks and figures concerning freight and
personal transportation, considering the
Government business at ten per cent less
than tariff rates would have Melted us, in
addition to the amount at Goyernmentrates,
SI43,725 63.
Freight taken for the poor Of Ala
bama and Georgia, at tariff rates
would have netted above amount
actually received .................... Sl21ll 90
Added gross earnings t0..-.,..-... Sl,4Z3,55O y
Increases to gross earningS....-.-. SlZi9,g6o 50
From extraordinary expenases'"'.,,, S5O''SZ5 70
engines and s17f735 Sc
Leaves extraordinary eXpenses........ Sl33Oo4 81
According to the above figures (which do |
not include our enormous roadway repairs) !
the ordinary expenses would have been Al /
per cent; and total expenses 52.9 per cent. |
of gross earnings. The results of the work /!
done by the road during nine and a half /.
months, as shown by the above supposition !,
and application, are very gratifying to the /
officers of the company, and cannot but be |
satisfactory to the stockholders themselves. /
On the 9th Of May, 1866, we commenced f,
to run two daily passenger trains over the /
road. This was madeimperative to prevent !
the travel passing around us and going via |
the E. T. q G. r. r. on one hand, or the /
L. &c n. Il. r. on the other. By our pres /
ent arrangement Notwithstanding many OBJ /
iections have been raised against it, think |
we have done much towards bringing travel /
between the South and East over our road /
by making close connections with the L. q ,
n r. r., and that we have taken a number
Of passengers for Washington, Baltimore
and other cities, who would not otherwise
have passed over the n. & G. r. r. The
receipts of day and night trains approx
mate very nearly, though the night trains
are always in excess. l am pleased TO state
that although 153, 529 passengers have been
transported over the road, not a single one
has been injured BY collision or other acct
dent This is probably as good a record as
most roads can show.
During the past year there have been
transported 81, 522 tons Of freight from st.
Louis, Cairo and other points, delivered to
us bv the n. q n. w. r. r. being % per
cent of the South bound through freights.
This will give you an idea Of the great bene-
fit derived from that road as a feeder to this.
All the business thus turned into this chan
mel has heretofore found a Southern market
by way Of the NJ. & c. r. r.
On the completion of the y. & y. w. r.
r. to the MISSISSIPPI river, the business must
greatly increase, and You viii reap rich
harvest from their prosperity. IL is expect
ed that ere the close Of the year the entire
line will be open from Nashville 10 Hick
man, excepting the bridge over the Tennes-
see river at Johnsonviile, few months adj
ditional time being necessary for its compile
ton.
The balance in the Wheelage account be-
tween the y. * y. W, and the y. & G. rail-
roads is always in favor Of the former show
ing that the greater number Of their cars
pass over our rosd than ours over that
Considerable progress has been made by
Mr.. BuRNs towards a settlement with the
United States Government, and with fair
prospect Of ultimate success, and 1 firmly
believe that if he have the hearty co-opera-
ton Of the Board, his works will show before
the next annual meeting that he has not
laborcd in vain for the interests Of the Com
pany.
From the 18th Of September up to about
the middle Of November, 1865, the U. S
Military railroad authorities were engaged
in gathering together and disposing Of the
surplus rolling stock, material, etc, Of the
Government, and 70 a certain extent monop-
olized large share Of our railway, yard,
room. etc. We were compelled 10 transport
all engines, and other property belonging to
the L. S. NJ. RR department free Of charge,
as the officer in charge Of that department
had 80 construed the terms Of the transfer
This was a heavy expense that could not be
avoided.
From the oath Of December, is65, to about