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

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Initials. Name. Builder. Condition. Remarks.

U. S. M. Blue Bird. Baldwin. Needs

R. R. repairs.

Union. ...do... Good order.

Vulcan. ...do... ...do...

Governor Norris. Needs

Nye. repairs.

Reindeer. ...do... Being

repaired.

Secretary. Taunton Good order.

Locomotive

Works.

Grape Shot. ...do... ...do...

Chief. ...do... ...do...

Scout. Jersey City Needs

Locomotive repairs.

Works.

Commodore. Smith & Good order.

Jackson.

Lion. ...do... ...do...

Colonel Manchester Needs

Webster. Locomotive repairs.

Works.

Ancient. Norris. Being

repaired.

R. & G. R. Halifax. ...do... Needs Captured.

R. repairs.

Raleigh. ...do... ...do... Do.

W. & W. R. Wilmington. Manchester Being Do.

R. Locomotive repaired.

Works.

Perseveranc Baldwin. Good order. Do.

e.

Goldsboroug Manchester Needs Do.

h. Locomotive repairs.

Works.

Orange. ...do... Being Do.

repair.

General Baldwin. Good order. Do.

Schofield

a.

President. Norris. Being Do.

repaired.

Lamb a. ...do... Good order. Do.

Job Terry. Hinkley. Bad order. Do.

Stonewall. Norris. ...do... Do.

Brunswick. ...do... ...do... Do.

North Baldwin. ...do... Do.

Carolina.

Tornado. Anderson. ...do... Do.

(No name). Manchester ...do... Do.

Locomotive

Works.

Total number of engines, 28.

a Rebuilt at Wilmington shop by U. S. Military Railroads.

The total cost of labor is shown in the following statements. Although we did not arrive in North Carolina until the 5th of February, still I have included the January rolls in this statement because we left Nashville about the 1st of January, and the time consumed in reaching our destination is, I think, properly chargeable to this department:

Department.

Month. Construction Machine. Transportation

and .

maintenance.

January. $92.083.01 $4.799.69 $5.023.00

February. 128.377.69 8.568.86 5.972.55

March. 191.131.11 17.336.07 15.116.98

April. 176.433.86 27.697.21 14.582.48

May. 95.740.87 14.440.92 31.683.37

June. 50.144.68 15.796.20 26.152.55

Total. ... ... ...

Average. ... ... ...

Department.

Month. Quartermaster" Total. Number of men.

s.

January. ... $101.905.70 1.344

February. $1.835.00 144.754.10 2.145

March. 2.199.00 225.783.10 2.839

April. 2.272.83 220.986.38 3.328

May. 2.232.50 144.097.66 3.387

June. 2.059.52 94.152.75 1.437

Total. ... 931.679.75 14.480

Average. ... 155.279.95 2.413

I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

W. R. WRIGHT,

Chief Engineer U. S. Military Railroads.


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