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Charlotte, Columbia, and Augusta Railroad Company Ledger, 1887-1888. Local government records collection, Petersburg (City) Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
These items came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from the City of Petersburg.
The Charlotte, Columbia, and Augusta Railroad Company was formed in 1869 by the merger of the Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad with the Columbia and Augusta Railroad. The resulting 191 mile line ran between Charlotte, North Carolina and Augusta, Georgia. The Charlotte, Columbia, and Augusta Railroad became part of the Richmond and Danville Railroad in 1878, and in 1894, Southern Railway took over control of the railroad.
The Charlotte, Columbia, and Augusta Railroad Company Ledger consists of one ledger that records the activities of employees, companies, and railroad contractors hired by the railroad. Several companies included in the ledger were based in either Richmond or Petersburg, Va. Entries are in chronological order and listed under the name of the employee or company. Entries document wages and supplies purchased by employees. Supplies provided included dry goods, tobacco, soap, paper, clothing, lamps, hay, laudanum, and hardware supplies such as axes and axle grease.
Included at the back of the ledger are separate entries for station work and tract laying and surfacing. One entry is specified as pertaining to station work from Reedy Creek to Hobb's.