The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-11-29
SOUTHERN RAILROAD.

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, Cry OF VIcKsBuRa,
Office oi The southern Railroad Compan


Office southern Railroad Company.
HE Southern abroad Company invite proposals nom
clearing, saduaon, masonry W es'ng ana nagn me me-
roadway eastern diVs N OF Their road ~ , ,, ,
Aso furnishing the eoss ueS' ana iof 'e VII"
any M m other work Stations Platforms depot &C. required
IN h thorough road for effective operation
gaduaon amounts to o 900 cubic SafaS ana
The ues,ing TO 1910 Ieet.
The bridging To 100 feet
Tue masonry for amounts to 10000 perch.
pmoss sealed eldsed undersigned will
be received unu the isl Of next be- OPP
uOn OF bidders, either i1r- ,. o,u,, ,, ,., ,av oo
H. The work of constructions exclusive track
i'll For each item of work. entire and separate
~ For the grading o ehef' OF specified hunoer
For the coss-tes to be furnished the specified
three d viso hereinafter named of said road.
near The Brandon Mobile ONO road s
will be divided into three subdivisions the first OF Il
miles, ,econd Of as miles, the thrd of a3 miles
proposal the bidder will his item Prces and
excavation and emhankmen and difference
cess of ehe for much per cubic yard upon the largest em
The parties making proposals make them four
progresses, eservng twenty cent for final settlement
One nall cash. payae in . same way and Gneiha n m IN s
way the stock of company and onetird in the
bonds Of The company, Yeas, six
payable annually Payable entirely in the stock of the
The proposals to be considered sac
references credentials and The company reserve the night OF
Maps prodos specifications may be this office and
any further information will be furnished application to the
The Southern Jackson capital Of the
finished the Brandon and In good
,unnns aud well equipped to that point extends from
h line almost directly east eighty two and hail miles to
Mobile Ohl miles below
Marion, in Laudedae county auy passes through he
Rankin Scott, and Nrwon The iue Is over high
ong county, and unbered and in point OF bsal
anes eonomiea living &c. equal to the most favored petuons OF
generally light and upon The most Of the section. the sIea
alternate voabyj the exceptions being
the q
growth of the affords abundance OF timber suit
for bridging and crossues and Is believed that no work Of
ciues for eonsuction greater inducements TO contract
om especially Those nsng negro laea. pr. -, .. n ,,
T company is "niIey out Of debt and ha Que 20 W reliable
s3D O0O which will doubtless be paid as the
recent s Of lands nade y Congress, they along
believed 10 be the case, Of nearly oooO acres OF
The road connects with of the veksbug
ye at Vkseufg; opposite city, Louisiana,
Vcaburg, shreveport and aoad now under contract
sret ,ho New Orleans and Nor.he railway
Cent? railway the iron which being Holly springs.
with the Mobile and ONO railroad as already stated
aud Southwestern raoad ~ Alabama and hrou that
1t Is asn an natspsasablr link n line sways
harsou md savannah through Montgomery Vickse"s
Paso, with h" Pacific ocean running m "nie
the parallel ol latitude with these places IL is thus
hal orthe important gndnshed
New Orans and the Atlantic and the Mis-
pecialy aid uthsn southern enterprise for when
Completed, with The nernedae gap 10 Alsbamn y Will win rs
ho southern en- ton growing Snt's Louisiana Mississippi,
% Isa ad south Carolina and ane' the g'e"' inland
call this ne Ofroad and 10
induce cps and contractors to embark literally ~ s consuc
OF completed rail DAD, with Its equipments
sisspp The public Ian" has been donated by Con
rs and s perhaps, not greatly over esmsung me present
hch um uu,e who may by
thu. be seen that hts road presents pccuar
men Of means TO engage in It's con'u"s,i,n = surnr.
Sep, lo-drosroct President Of the ssu'hem Railroad