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960 Series III Volume V- Serial 126 - Union Letters, Orders, Reports

Page 960 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.

Recapitulation of cost of materials used and labor performed for construction and maintenance of way on the U. S. military railroads on the Military Division of the Mississippi.

Track

Name of road. From - To - Lengt Brid- Main

h. ges track.

built

by

Govern

ment.

Miles Lin. Miles.

. feet.

Nashville and Nashville. Chatta- 151 21,727 129.75

Chattanooga.. nooga

Shelbyville Wartrace. Shelby- 9 ... ...

Branch a.. ville

McMinnville and Tullahoma. McMinn- 35 ... ...

Manchester a.. ville

Nashville and Nashville. Decatur 120 24,275 31.50

Decatur.. Junction

Mount Pleasant Columbia. Mount 12 ... ...

Branch.. Pleasant

Memphis and Stevenson. Decatur 80 4,943 3.50

Charleston Junction

(Eastern

Division)..

Chattanooga and Chatta- Knoxville 112 4,002 35.00

Knoxville nooga.

Cleveland and Cleveland. Dalton 27 ... ...

Dalton Branch. b

Nashville and Nashville. Johnson- 78 21,320 46.50

Northwestern ville

Chattanooga and Chatta- Atlanta 136 13,676 130.75

Atlanta nooga.

Rome Branch c.. Kingston. Rome 17 ... ...

Atlanta and Atlanta. Rough and 11 ... ...

Macon d.. Ready

Nashville and Nashville. Clarks- 62 3,433

Clarksville ville 1.62

Knoxville and Knoxville. Bristol 110 4.168

Bristol 12.50

Rogersville Junction. Rogers- 12 ... ...

Branch e.. ville

Memphis and Memphis. Pocahon- 75 ... ...

Charleston tas

(Western

Division).

Mississippi Grand Tallahat- 48 ... ...

Central f.. Junction. chie

River

Mobile and Ohio Columbus, Crockett, 35 ... ...

Ky. Tenn.

Louisville City River Louis- 2 ... ...

g landing. ville and

Nashville

Railroad

Depot.

Total ......... ......... 1,132 97,544 391.12

.

laid by Govern-

ment.

Name of road. From - To - Sidings. Total.

Miles. Miles.

Nashville and Nashville. Chatta- 19.00 148.75

Chattanooga.. nooga

Shelbyville Wartrace. Shelby- ... ...

Branch a.. ville

McMinnville and Tullahoma. McMinn- ... ...

Manchester a.. ville

Nashville and Nashville. Decatur 2.65 34.15

Decatur.. Junction

Mount Pleasant Columbia. Mount ... ...

Branch.. Pleasant

Memphis and Stevenson. Decatur 1.07 4.57

Charleston Junction

(Eastern

Division)..

Chattanooga and Chatta- Knoxville 3.38 38.38

Knoxville nooga.

Cleveland and Cleveland. Dalton ... ...

Dalton Branch. b

Nashville and Nashville. Johnson- 4.25 50.75

Northwestern ville

Chattanooga and Chatta- Atlanta 10.75 141.50

Atlanta nooga.

Rome Branch c.. Kingston. Rome ... ...

Atlanta and Atlanta. Rough and ... ...

Macon d.. Ready

Nashville and Nashville. Clarks- .13 1.75

Clarksville ville

Knoxville and Knoxville. Bristol 1.09 13.59

Bristol

Rogersville Junction. Rogers- ... ...

Branch e.. ville

Memphis and Memphis. Pocahontas ... ...

Charleston

(Western

Division).

Mississippi Grand Tallahat- ... ...

Central f.. Junction. chie River

Mobile and Ohio Columbus, Crockett, ... ...

Ky. Tenn.

Louisville City River Louisville ... ...

g landing. and

Nashville

Railroad

Depot.

Total ......... .......... 42.32 433.44

Cost.

Name of From - To - Materials. Labor.

road.

Nashville Nashville Chatta- $1,747,741.00 $1,946,533.62

and . nooga

Chattanooga.

.

Shelbyville Wartrace. Shelby- ... ...

Branch a.. ville

McMinnville Tullahoma McMinn- ... ...

and . ville

Manchester

a..

Nashville Nashville Decatur 416,480.00 692,835.91

and . Junc-

Decatur.. tion

Mount Columbia. Mount ... ...

Pleasant Plea-

Branch.. sant

Memphis and Stevenson Decatur 75,685.00 216,308.18

Charleston . Junc-

(Eastern tion

Division)..

Chattanooga Chatta- Knox- 542,030.50 506,554.45

and nooga. ville

Knoxville

Cleveland Cleveland Dalton ... ...

and Dalton .

Branch. b

Nashville Nashville Johnso 489,779.12 798,829.7.

and . n-ville

Northwestern

Chattanooga Chatta- Atlanta 1,377,145.00 1,150,746.06

and Atlanta nooga.

Rome Branch Kingston. Rome ... ...

c..

Atlanta and Atlanta. Rough ... ...

Macon d.. and

Ready

Nashville Nashville Clarks- 18,210.00 148,455.92

and . ville

Clarksville

Knoxville Knoxville Bristol 156,580.00 195,321.24

and Bristol .

Rogersville Junction. Rogers- ... ...

Branch e.. ville

Memphis and Memphis. Pocaho 134,194.77 72,893.12

Charleston n-tas

(Western

Division).

Mississippi Grand Talla- ... ...

Central f.. Junction. hatchie

River

Mobile and Columbus, Crock- 3,762.44 16,582.88

Ohio Ky. ett,

Tenn.

Louisville River Louis- ... ...

City g landing. ville

and

Nash-

ville

Rail-

road

Depot.

Total ......... ....... 4,961,607.83 5,745,081.11

Name of From - To - Contract Total.

road. work.

Nashville Nashville Chatta- $385,216.71 $4,079,511.33

and . nooga

Chattanooga.

.

Shelbyville Wartrace. Shelby- ... ...

Branch a.. ville

McMinnville Tullahoma McMinn- ... ...

and . ville

Manchester

a..

Nashville Nashville Decatur 549,326.13 1,658,642.04

and . Junc-

Decatur.. tion

Mount Columbia. Mount ... ...

Pleasant Pleas-

Branch.. ant

Memphis and Stevenson Decatur 88,442.33 380,435.51

Charleston . Junc-

(Eastern tion

Division)..

Chattanooga Chatta- Knox- 161,990.26 1,210,575.21

and nooga. ville

Knoxville

Cleveland Cleveland Dalton ... ...

and Dalton .

Branch. b

Nashville Nashville Johnso 182,789.11 1,471,397.96

and . n-ville

Northwestern

Chattanooga Chatta- Atlanta 41,427.63 2,569,318.69

and Atlanta nooga.

Rome Branch Kingston. Rome ... ...

c..

Atlanta and Atlanta. Rough ... ...

Macon d.. and

Ready

Nashville Nashville Clarks- ... 166,665.92

and . ville

Clarksville

Knoxville Knoxville Bristol ... 351,901.24

and Bristol .

Rogersville Junction. Rogers- ... ...

Branch e.. ville

Memphis and Memphis. Pocaho ... 207,087.89

Charleston n-tas

(Western

Division).

Mississippi Grand Tallah- ... ...

Central f.. Junction. atchie

River

Mobile and Columbus, Crock- ... 20,345.32

Ohio Ky. ett,

Tenn.

Louisville River Louis- ... ...

City g landing. ville

and

Nash-

ville

Rail-

road

Depot.

Total ......... ....... 1,409,192.17 12,115,881.11

a Cost included in Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad.

b Cost included in Chattanooga and Knoxville Railroad.

c Cost included in Chattanooga and Atlanta Railroad.

d Used but a few days.

e Included in Knoxville and Bristol Railroad.

f Cost included in Memphis and Charleston Railroad (Western Division).

g Taken up by Government.


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