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. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.
No. 13.
QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington City, September 11, 1862.
Hon. E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War, Washington, D. C.:
SIR: On the 4th April, 1862, you directed that the accounts due for
service of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company to the 1st April,
1862, upon the main stem and Parkersburg Branch should be settled
at the regular tariff rates of the company in force at the time the
service was rendered.
The president of the company now applies to have this arrangement
continued to the present time, basing his application upon the irregular
character of the service, the danger and interruption from the move-
ments of the rebel army, and the destruction of their bridges by vio-
lence and by flood.
This road has done good service to the Government, and, though the
question is one of some doubt, I think, upon the whole, it will be not
more than just to grant their request and settle their accounts to this
(late upon the same-basis as heretofore.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
M. C. MEIGS,
Quartermaster- General.
[Indorsement.]
SEPTEMBER 21, 1862.
Approved.
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
No. 14.
QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington City, November 3, 1862.
Hon. EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War:
SIR: I have the honor to state that on the 12th of October, 1861, the
Secretary of War directed that in settlement of accounts of the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad Company for freight the usual rates of the
road then existing should be allowed.
On the 4th of April, 1862, you directed that the accounts of that
company for service, both passengers and freight, prior to April 1,
1862, upon the main stem and Parkersburg Branch, should be settled
at the regular tariff rates of the company in force at the time the
service was rendered.
On the 11th of September, 1862, the president of the company
applied for a continuance to that date of the last arrangement, basing
his application on the irregular character of the service, the danger
and interruption from the movements of the rebel army, and the
destruction of their bridges by violence and flood.
On that day I wrote to you, recommending that their accounts to
that date should be settled upon the same basis as had been author-
ized to the 1st of April, which recommendation was approved by you
September 21, 1862.
The president of the company now asks that, in consequence of the
recent interruption of their business and destruction of property by842
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 2., book, 1899; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139264/m1/851/?rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.