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18C0-"61.] Document No. 20. 37^
to the one near Statesville were by means of high embank-ments
; but to facilitate the advancement of the work, trestle
work was built on a sub-embankment to pass the trains with
iron, and then the embankments finished by the trains.
Suitable and convenient freight and station houses have
been built at Salisbury, Third Creek, Statesville, Catawba
river and Newton. Handsome and well arranged wood and
water stations have been built at Salisbury, Ellis' Cut, Third
Creek, Statesville,' Plott's Turn-out and Catawba river. At
Ellis' Cut and Plott's Turn-out we are supplied with run-ning
water from springs, without the expense of pumping,
and west of the Catawba river we shall avail ourselves of
similar advantages. The joint property of the Western
North Carolina Eailroad and North Carolina Railroad com-panies
at Salisbury consists of three houses ; one for the lo-cal
freight of the companies, one for the through freight, and
the third and last is a passenger exchange, with a shed at-tached,
affording great convenience to passengers. The ex-pense
of erecting them has been equitably borne by tlie two
comi^anies. The second story of this last building is the ex-clusive
property of this company, for the convenience of offi-ces,
thus affording them upon the most economical j^lan,
whilst they are convenient and well suited to the necessities
of the road. In the original estimates for the first section of
the road, an item providing for these buildings, as well as all
others properly chargeable to the section, was included ; and
I am gratified to be able to inform you that tlie sum estima-ted
will be amply sufficient for that purpose. For the pro-tection
of the rolling stock of tlie road_, and especially of the
locomotives, of which we have four, an engine house of con-venient
and handsome dimensions, with the mOst approved
cast-iron turn-table in front, has been erected, and is now
nearly completed. With this building, as well as all others
we have thus far erected, I am well j)leased, and believe them
t(» be highly creditable to the companies whose property they
are.
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| Full Text | 18C0-"61.] Document No. 20. 37^ to the one near Statesville were by means of high embank-ments ; but to facilitate the advancement of the work, trestle work was built on a sub-embankment to pass the trains with iron, and then the embankments finished by the trains. Suitable and convenient freight and station houses have been built at Salisbury, Third Creek, Statesville, Catawba river and Newton. Handsome and well arranged wood and water stations have been built at Salisbury, Ellis' Cut, Third Creek, Statesville,' Plott's Turn-out and Catawba river. At Ellis' Cut and Plott's Turn-out we are supplied with run-ning water from springs, without the expense of pumping, and west of the Catawba river we shall avail ourselves of similar advantages. The joint property of the Western North Carolina Eailroad and North Carolina Railroad com-panies at Salisbury consists of three houses ; one for the lo-cal freight of the companies, one for the through freight, and the third and last is a passenger exchange, with a shed at-tached, affording great convenience to passengers. The ex-pense of erecting them has been equitably borne by tlie two comi^anies. The second story of this last building is the ex-clusive property of this company, for the convenience of offi-ces, thus affording them upon the most economical j^lan, whilst they are convenient and well suited to the necessities of the road. In the original estimates for the first section of the road, an item providing for these buildings, as well as all others properly chargeable to the section, was included ; and I am gratified to be able to inform you that tlie sum estima-ted will be amply sufficient for that purpose. For the pro-tection of the rolling stock of tlie road_, and especially of the locomotives, of which we have four, an engine house of con-venient and handsome dimensions, with the mOst approved cast-iron turn-table in front, has been erected, and is now nearly completed. With this building, as well as all others we have thus far erected, I am well j)leased, and believe them t(» be highly creditable to the companies whose property they are. |
