The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-04-15
DUFF GREEN. BEN. E. GREEN,

attorneys al Lao, Washington City, ID. c.
DRACTICE in Inc Supreme Court of
United States, and in the Courts Oft the Dis
trict of Columbia ana attend promptly to all
claims against the United States, or 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 Railroad 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 Rail-
Roads. They also propose, especially, to urge
upon Congress a modification of the laws relat-
ing to contracts for carrying the mail, to au
thorize the Post Office Department TO contract fo
the perpetual use of Railroads, and, instead tf
paying, as now, quarterly on contracts for fom
wears, to advance in five per cent. bonds of the
the Post Office Departmental amount, the int.
rest upon which at 6 per cent. would equal II =
payments now made.
The government now pays $500 per mile for
CARRYING the mail on first class Railroads. This
is 6 per cent. on $1,000. The undersigned would
urge that, instead of paying. $500 mile, per an
mum. the Department should deliver, on acontract
n perpetuty five 81 900 bonds, bearing an int
rest of FIVE Der centum. At this rate the charge
upon the Department would be reduced from $500
to $3.50 mile, per annum, and the $50 per mile
saved would create sinking fund which will, in a
fewyears pay oithe Bonds, and give the use ofsuch
roads forever thereafter free Of all charge there
by effectng vast saving 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 Bati-
more and Ohio l-Road Company more than
A., OOO, 900, which would enable that complete its
road at an 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 or
the measure and respectfully suggest the pro-
priety of your sending one 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 ofbringing the
subject before Congress.
Should it he 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
venience, we are, respectfully, your ob't servt
DUFF GREEN,
BEN Z. GREEN,