[FIRST ANNUAL REPORT]
of The Chief Engineer of the
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY
June 12, 1848.
By J. Edgar Thomson.
Chief Engineer.
Engineer Department, Pennsylvania R. R. Co.
Philadelphia, June 12, 1848.
To the President and Directors of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company:
Gentlemen—I have the honor to communicate to you the following Report of the operations of this Department since it was committed to my charge, now something more than a year.