The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-02-23
DUFF GREEN, BEN. Il. GREEN,

attorneys at La,c. Washington City, ID. C. ~
nRACTlCE in the Supreme Court of =
United States. ana in the Courts ofthe Dis
trict of Columbia ana attend promptly to all
claims against the United States, or Foreign Gov
ernments.
WAsHINGToN, august !, 1851.
Sir latter 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 Rail-Road 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 reat-
ing to contracts for carrying the mail, so as to au-
horize the Post Office Department to contract 10,
the perpetual use of Rail Roads, and, instead CT
paying as now, quarterly on contracts for fom
years, to advance in five per cent. bonds OF the
United States, chargeable upon the revenues OF
the Post Office Departmental amount, the inie
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 RaIl-Roads This
is 6 per cent. on $4,000. The undersigned would
urge that, instead of paying $500 mile, per an
mum. the Department should deliver, on aconract
n perpetui,y five 81, 900 bonds bearing an inte
rest OF five Der centum. At this rate the charge
mon the Department would be reduced from $500
to 1850 mile, per annum, and the $50 per mile
saved would create sinking fund which will, IN a
fewyears pay othe Bonds, and give the use ofsuch
roads forever thereafter free of all charge there
bv e0ecting a 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 contract would give to the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad Company more than
AZ OOO, 900, which would enable that complete its
road at an early day. and greatly increase It's busl-
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 arrang cement and the best mode ofbrlnging the
subject before Congress.
Should it be your pleasure to accept OF oul
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 ob't serv rs.
DUFF GREEN,
BEN f. GREEN,