Monthly accounts for construction of the Hoosac Tunnel, 1869-1874.

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Monthly accounts for construction of the Hoosac Tunnel, 1869-1874.

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The state treasurer, a member of the sinking fund, was responsible for overseeing the management of the finances of the Troy and Greenfield Railroad Company after it was placed in receivership in 1854. Pursuant to St 1866, c 293 the state appointed a consulting engineer to examine and report on the progress of the construction. Account book for the contract with Walter & Francis Shanly was prepared by the treasurer to provide a detailed monthly accounting of expenditures for the work on the Hoosac Tunnel, and to record the verification of this work by the engineer and the consulting engineer.

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