The daily union., 1856-12-10
SOUTHERN RAILROAD.
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STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, CITY or YIcKsBuRs
Once of the nouthen Railroad ComuaI

once o southern Railroad Company.
n HE Southern Railroad Company proposals tom
for the clearing graduation, masonry treating and bridging
cessa 70 the complete Tor the supeucre Of the
Also for furnishing the ties, and for the track laying, with
for al oer WORK stations platforms depOts &C. required
4 noF4ash Of m as o sd o for
C65,JOO cubic yards of emhankment
The masonry for culverls amounts to 10000 perch.
Poposas, sealed endored and directed undersigned will
4, n Of bidders either for
Of construction, completing ready for
H. The work of construction, exclusive
= For each item Of work, entire and separate.
~ For the grading of sihe specified number Of sections
Y For crossties be furnished number speehsdi
LEse divisions hereinafter named OF said road.
rear town Brandon extends Mobile and Ono road s2
es which will be divided into subdous the first OF II
proposal the phces
excavation ami snHankmen and the ADDITIONAL difference 5r
cess" Of Tor much cubic yard The largest tem
parties making proposals
amoust payable monthly in cash. as the
progresses, ressvns twenty for hnaI
2 cash. payable in Me- Io same way and Sneiha 10 hs
way in tne stock Of and onenrd in the
payable annually Payable entirely in the stock of The
proposals considered accompanied BY
references Credentials and the company the night OF
MAPS prodles, specifications may once
further information viii be furnished application the
rhs Jackson capital
se and Is finished far the OF Brandon aRd in good
annns orae aud we'll equipped that point II extends from
Brandon line almost directly eighty and half miles, TO
Mobile Ohio railroad few miles below
as OF Marion Laudeldae county passes through The
ong county, well atered and mbsred and in point Of bea
economical living hc eqnalo the most favored portions Of
En' gene light snd upon The most Of The sections the srea
alternate yOabiy the exceptions being
sd growth Of the county affords abundance Of timber suit
acuss for construction, inducements 10 contract
especially those nting negro labor
THIS company enrey q debt and has Cue to BY reliable
$3.50 6OO which will paid
board of call n II also recipient under the
line which believed be the Of nearly 1000 Of
land.
The road connects with and veE-bug
Jackson rluad completed and In full the Mspp
ys at YicksbuIgi opposite heh city, Louisiana,
vcksburg Shreveport, railroad
NJ s wbos distance and In rapid progress Of construction IL 10
New Orleans and jackson Great Northern railway
rckOn and through that Canton conhseu with tbs MEp
ntsrssc with the Mobile and Ohio railroad already stated
Marion ara a. rs poht o. Intersection meets with he North
Southwestern railroad Alabama throuah
Virginia, North
also Indispensable link IA the line of railways that
and W Paro with the Pacific running m entire
EEh pn ht sane parallel q latitude WIN mts places y !. sa,
nepseF 10 e eouhty 10 thoroughly national 10 IL character
uuites Aane and New Orleans and the Atlantic and the Mis-
spp BY ndi..oiubs bonds whilst national uppeas
-, .eay enterprise
nov buf and being 5ur s heart
Asaaa Georgia and souh Carolina and units' great inland
90 win The broad
These attention road
capitalists and contractor embark literally
s 6nssu miles of completed railroad, with equipments
M.ssppi public land donated ~
Ees' ard " psrhaps not greatly over ssmauns The Pesen,
wfch stocshods may hy
scpuon gl monsy work equally nisred u
road presents pscahar Inducements
nen Of means to engage in its eon'u'sS1 ,9s ,,,vnr.
Sept t2-di9lEtOe President of ths southern Railroad.