Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1867-04-19


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ton OF the masonry answsr;ng. and the
undcrminino bv tbs river as ,hs ws.,srn
abutmeut 10 sucb an e.tsnt N reon;re i,s
being rebuilt The tres,ie conneo,;rr wi,h
west end az bridve co,,oininc s;,tv orc
bents. eighteen feel from cent,e 20 cen,Ss an
average of thirty feet high reouir;ns twelve
new bents saia h.nts vera das,sov.d a,
same Tina nv sor,s r,;es who S..;roroS
bridge. the rerairinv Of remainder and no.
placing of many hollis.
The bridge over Cracked Crook nm i'm
proved Howe truss of one hundred and 6ftv-
seven feet total length. resting AT each end
on two timber piers was DESTROYED in Feb
ruary. 1865. by Confederates The tres,le
connecting with the west end Of this bridge
containing thirty-two bents--eiebteen fee,
span. with an average belobt of fwentv. Ave
feet was washed from its proper position by
high water from Teane ssee river. which was
from two and half TO three feet deem on
track from ives, end of Tennessee river tres.
tie for distance of two miles westwardlv.
Trestle over Sugar creek forty feet long
an average Of seven feet high-washed ten
feet from track.
Trestle at Alsops branch-new trestle re-
CURED sixty feet long and Eve feet high.
Big Sandy trestle containing twenty-one
bents, an average of fifteen feet bigh-par.
TALLY cut aud burnt by Confederate soldiers
Big Sandy bridge bufned at same time
OF partial destruction of trestle by same par
ties--was truss girder, fifty seven feet total
length, resting on timber piers which were
not injured
Trestle at Hancock's branch, containing
FIVE bents, eighteen feet from centre to cen.
tire of bents, an average of fifteen feet high,
destroyed during the war by Confederates !;
new structure required.
Gardening branch trestle-forty feet long
'and eight feet high; two bents washed OUT
new ones required.
Hastings branch trestle---thirty feet long
and eight feet Neutrality-suspicious. struc.
ture required.
| West Sandy trestle. containing seyen
bents, eighteen feet from centre to centre
average fifteen feet high-destroyed--new
structure required.
Bailey's Fork bridge trestle-oue hundred
feet long and fftecif feet Might've bents
washed away-remainder requiring repair.
ing.
Pryor's branch tresile-forty feet long aud
fifteen feet loup-washed away-new struc-
ture REQUIRED.
Second crossing Of Railev,s Fork-one
hundred feet long and fifteen feet hiph-oue
bent washed awsv-remainder recurring 70.
pairs.
Trestle over Curriers' factory roce con.
tanning six bents eighteen feet from centre
TO centre average nj twenty feet biob-re.
ou;rino two new hen,s and s,ringsra Seve.
raj other small trestles over Bailev's Fork re.
ouirino renairs and two reoniring IN he re-
builtetbirtv feet lone and five feet bioh .
the last named trestles were those nearest
Paris depot, entirely DESTROYED, each contain
ed fonr bents eighteen feet from centre 10
centre and twenty feet bipb-all To be. new
structures.
Timber culyerts and cattle guards REQUIRED
IN be made anev tbrouobopt The eptire al
vision.
The cross ties dscaved IN sucb an e.tent
as to require from Ave hundred to one tbous-
and new ones ner mile
OWN 70 the unsettled state If the conn.
trv during the war. the farmers living ada
cent 70 the road vera in such great want Of
material for hlacksmitbipo etc that thew
used all the rods hollis and even the snike,
and chairs cut bridges and tres,les 10 Get the
rods-also switch circles. targets and connect.
ing rods were taken off and used for same
purpose.
Owing to the isolated condition of this
portion of the road, it was with the grea test
difficulty that labor could be procured: in
fact, after repeated endeavors, the price for
laborers was raised from one dollar and fifty
cents to one dollar and seventy five cents pei
day-tbis being the only means 10 get them
to remain west of Tennessee river. These
exorbitant prices were however, reduced by
your order on the LIST inst, through trains
having commenced running on the 18th inst
Considerable expense was incurred in re.
moving wrecks and old timbers from both
bridge and trestle sites
Total length of bridges rebuilt, 1859 lin. r.
trestles 4oeA
The following is an estimate of the amount
of work done
Clearing forty miles of road.
Timber for truss pirder bridges Is .s7o n b. m
a. restle Ind repsirs Gao. 94s H
I" q culyerts and cattle
guards 314ooa n
Extended in the excavation
of trestle foundations and
sinking of niles sa.ooo oC
The snnerstrnc,ura or ,ba Tennssses rive,