The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-04-16
DUFF GREEN. BEN. Z. GREEN,

Attorneys at Law. Washington City, ID. C.
DRACTICE in the Supreme Court of
j United States. ana in the Courts of the Dis
trict Of Columbia ana attend promptly to all
claims against the United States, Foreign Gov
| ernments.
SIR AFTER consulting many persons interested in
the principal Rail Roads in the United States, the
| undersigned propose to establish agencies in this
city and in New York, for the purpose of collect
! ing full and authentic Rail- Road statistics and
such other information will enable them to serve
| persons desiring to invest in Railroad securities,
or to procure information ofany matters connected
with the construction and administration of Raj.
Roads. They also propose, especially to urge
| upon Congress modification of the laws relat-
ing to contracts for carrying the mall so to
thorize the Post Office Department to contract 70,
the perpetual use Of Railroads, and, instead e
paying, as now, quarterly on contracts for foul
years, to advance in five per cent. bonds of the
United States, chargeable upon the revenues Of
the Post Office Departmental amount, the inte
rest upon which at per cent. would equal tt :
payments now made.
The government now pays $500 per mile for
CARRYING the mail on first class Railroads This
is per cent. on $4,000. The undersigned would
urge that, instead of paying 5000 mile, per an
mum, the Department should deliver, on ncontract
n perpetuity FIVE 81, 900 bonds, benring an int
rest Of five per centum. At this rate the charge
upon the Department would be reduced from $500
10 xZOU q Uley per dIDuI, anu tHC %OU per mile
saved would create a sinking fund which will in a
fewyears pay offthe Bonds and give the use ofauch
roads forever thereafter free Of all charge there
by effecting vast saving on the present annual
expenditures of the Pc Office Department, and
a consequent reduction of the rates of postage
The effect will be no less advantageous to Rail
Road Companies than to the government. For
instance, such a contract would give to the Balti-
more and Ohio ail-Road Company more than
$4,000 900, which would enable that complete its
road at early day, and greatly increase its bust
ness and profits.
But to meet objections and impress the public
mind with proper sense of the benefits to result
from this measure will require concert Of action
and continued active effort, through the press and
otherwise. The undersigned tender their services
to your Company, expecting reasonable COM
pensation, partly contingent upon the success OF
the measure and respectfully suggest the pro-
priety of your sending one or more delegates to
this city, on the first Wednesday in December
next, to confer with delegates from other Rail-
Road Companies, as to the details Of the propos-
ed arrangement and the best mode ofbriDging the
subject before Congress.
Should it be your pleasure to accept Of our
services in this matter, we will promptly attend
to all other business. which you, or your Com
pany, NAV have with the Post Office Department,
or other branch Of the government.
Hoping to hear from you at your earliest con
yenience, we are, respectfully. your obi serv't
DUFF GREEN,
BEN. E. GREEN,