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1866-'67.] DocujrEOT No. 24. 205
any benefit whatever to the Conipaiiy, thoug'h we admit the
isamc amount of money expended in the construction of an
iron pile wharf simihir to yours at that |)hice would have
perhaps answered the purp )se of the Government and Ix^en
of such service to the Company as wcndd have justified quite
a lieavy outhiy for its purchase. Some other work has been
done by the Government Ag-ents at Morehead City and New-bern,
such as putting in side tracks, «fec., but whether they
will be re(piisite or not for the convenient and economical
operations of the Road hereafter, we are not prepared to say.
The ware house at Carolina City has been taken down and
carried off, and ]iot a vestige of the wharf at that place is left;
the side track still remains and apjiears now to be of little or
no use. Ou the line of the Koad the bridges have all l)een
destroyed at different times since the commencement of the
war and have been replaced with trestle work, except the
Scott's Creek and Smith Creek bridges, near Newborn, and
the Stony Creek bridge near Goldsboro'^—aggregate length
228 feet. Those burned were the Bear Creek, FaUing Creek,
Neuse River, South West Creek, Core Creek, Bachelor's
Creek, Trent River, Slocuni's Creek, and Port River, besides
about 75 feet superstructure of slue bridges—aggregate
length 332 1 feet—all by different connnanders of the armies
of the Confederacy, notwithstanding we had strenuously
opposed such iiunece-Mry In-v-i to you. from first to last and
from the beginning of our difficulties to the termination
of the war, we had earnestly and constantly protested against
•it. To save if practicable the two remaining sections of the
Neuse River bridge, (we had Iteen relialily informed that their
destruction or safety depended entirely upon whether the en-emy
advanced from Newbern or not,) I addressed a ?bort
time before the last Kinston battle, a communication to Gen.
Baker, then commanding North Carolina, on tlie sul)ject, in
whi(:;h I state
;
'• When the army under Gen. Foster was met advancing
from Newbern, by the gallant Gen. p]vans, all of our bridges,
and all other property of the Rail Road at Kinston, Avere
placed under my control to destroy or not as in my o})ini()ni
tlie interest of the service might require. This confidence
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| Full Text | 1866-'67.] DocujrEOT No. 24. 205 any benefit whatever to the Conipaiiy, thoug'h we admit the isamc amount of money expended in the construction of an iron pile wharf simihir to yours at that |)hice would have perhaps answered the purp )se of the Government and Ix^en of such service to the Company as wcndd have justified quite a lieavy outhiy for its purchase. Some other work has been done by the Government Ag-ents at Morehead City and New-bern, such as putting in side tracks, «fec., but whether they will be re(piisite or not for the convenient and economical operations of the Road hereafter, we are not prepared to say. The ware house at Carolina City has been taken down and carried off, and ]iot a vestige of the wharf at that place is left; the side track still remains and apjiears now to be of little or no use. Ou the line of the Koad the bridges have all l)een destroyed at different times since the commencement of the war and have been replaced with trestle work, except the Scott's Creek and Smith Creek bridges, near Newborn, and the Stony Creek bridge near Goldsboro'^—aggregate length 228 feet. Those burned were the Bear Creek, FaUing Creek, Neuse River, South West Creek, Core Creek, Bachelor's Creek, Trent River, Slocuni's Creek, and Port River, besides about 75 feet superstructure of slue bridges—aggregate length 332 1 feet—all by different connnanders of the armies of the Confederacy, notwithstanding we had strenuously opposed such iiunece-Mry In-v-i to you. from first to last and from the beginning of our difficulties to the termination of the war, we had earnestly and constantly protested against •it. To save if practicable the two remaining sections of the Neuse River bridge, (we had Iteen relialily informed that their destruction or safety depended entirely upon whether the en-emy advanced from Newbern or not,) I addressed a ?bort time before the last Kinston battle, a communication to Gen. Baker, then commanding North Carolina, on tlie sul)ject, in whi(:;h I state ; '• When the army under Gen. Foster was met advancing from Newbern, by the gallant Gen. p]vans, all of our bridges, and all other property of the Rail Road at Kinston, Avere placed under my control to destroy or not as in my o})ini()ni tlie interest of the service might require. This confidence |
