The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-03-17
DUFF GREEN. BEN. L. GREEN,

.Hu0Tneys at Lao, washington Guy, IL. C&"'
nRACTlCE in the Supreme Court of
II United States, ana in the Courts ofthe Dis
trct of Columbia ana attend promptly to all
claims against the United States, or Foreign Gov
ernmens.
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 as will enable them to
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 mail, to
thorze the Post Office Department to contract 70,
the perpetual use of Rail. Roads, and, instead Il
paying, AS now, quarterly on contracts for fori
wears, to advance IN five per cent. bonds OF the
United States churgeabIe upon the revenues OF
the Post Office Departmental amount, the int.
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 6 per cent on IS, 900. The undersigned would
urge thnt instead of paying $500 II mile, per an
NUN, the Department should deliver, on acontract
n perpetuity, five ~ 900 bonds, bearing an inte
rest of five per 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 Il
fewyears pay otthe Bonds and give the use ofsuch
roads forever thereafter free Of all charge there
by efecting vast saving on the present annual
ex penditures 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 contract would give to the Bati-
more and Ohio Rail Road Company more than
AZ, 900 900, which would enable that complete its
road at nm 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 a reasonable CON-
pensaton, partly contingent upon the success Of
the measure and respectfully suggest the pro-
pretty of your sending more delegates to
this city, on the first Wednesday in December
next, to confer with delegates from other Rail
Road Companies, to the details of the propos.
ed arrangement and the best mode ofbringing the
subject before Congress.
Should it be your pleasure to accept of oar
services in this matter, we will promptly attend
to all other business, which you, 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 OBJ servts
DUFF GREEN,
Dim r. GREEN