Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-10-31
RAIL ROAD.
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Oice OF the Southern Rail Road. Company 5
TINE Southern Rail Road Company invite proposals
from contractors for the clearing, graduation, ma.
soury, tresting aud bridging, necessary to the complete
preparation for the supers,rueture OF the roadway Of the
eastern division Of their road.
Also, for furnishing the cross ties, and for the ~track.lay.
ing, with any incidental work necessary.
And for all other work, stations, platforms, depots. &c,
required in the thorough completion Of the road for ct
fective operation.
walton, and COS. 900 cubic yards Of embsnkmen,.
The trestlng TO 1000 feet.
The bridging to 900 feet
The masonry for culverts amounts TO IL, 900 perch.
The cross ties 10 10000.
Proposals. sealed, endorsed, and directed to the under.
signed, will De received until the fret day OF November
next, and will be. a. the option of bidders, either for
l. The entire rork Of construction, completing the road
ready for the iron;
II. The work Of construction, exclusive Of cruss.tics
and track-laying;
III. For each item Of work, entire and separate;
~. For the grading OF either, or a specified number OF
sections, Of one mile each;
v. For the crossties to be furnished, the number speci.
fed;
VI. For the entire construction. ready for the iron, Of
either of the three divisions hereinafter named OF said
road. ,
road at or near the town Of Brandon, extends 10 the Mo.
bile and Ohio road, 81 10 miles, which will be divided
into three subdivisions; the fret of 81 miles, the second Of
2s miles, the third Of % l.2.
In each form of proposal, tho bidder will state bis item
prices, and for the graduation will make his bid at SO
much per cubic yard Of excavation aud embankmcn., and
the additional difference for excess" Of either; or for so
much per cubic yard upon the largest item, and the differ.
sncc for "excess."
The parties making proposals are desired to make them
in four forms: ]. For the whole amount payable monthly
in cash, as the work progresses, rcservlng twenty per cent.
for final settlement. q onehalf 10 each, payable in the
same way, aud Onc.hslf in the stock OF the company. 3.
Oue.third in cash, payable in the same way, one third in
the stock Of the company, and one.third In the bonds OF
the company. payable IN ten years, win insere 81 az ok per
cent, payable annually. . Payable entirely In tnestoek
Of the road.
The proposals, to be considered. must be accompanied
by satisfactory references or credentials, and the compa'
nv reserye the right OF accepting any OF QeClplng all.
Maps. profles and specifications may be seen at this Of
zee; and any further Information will be furnished upon
application TO the undersigned.
The Southern Railroad commences at Jackson. the cap.
i,al of the State, and is finished RS lar as the town OF Bran
don: and il in good running order aud well equipped to
that point. 1t extends from Brandon in q line almost di.
rectly east e~ighty.two and a half miles, TO the intersection
Of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, Il few miles below the
town of Marion, in Luudcrdale county; and passes through
the counties of Rankin, Scott and Newton The line Is
over a high rolling country, well wG,ered and %tinbcred,
and in point of heal,hiulness, economical living, &c
equal 70 the most favored portions OF the Carohnas and
Georgia. The grading. except for the first twenty miles, ID
generally light; and upon the most OF the sections the eX.
cavation and emb8nknicnt alternate %favorable; the excep-
tionr being in the two heaviest cuts. The material 10 OF a
character easily moved; the growth OF the country affords
and It is believed that no work offers, in facilities for con-
atruction, greater Inducements TO contractors, especially
those using negro labor.
This company is entirely out of debt, and has due TO it
oy reliable stockholders, about $500 600, which will doubt.
less be paid as the Board Of Managers may call il in. Its
also a recipient under the recent grant OF lands made by
Congress; II they can be had along the line, which is be.
heyrd to be the case, OF nearly 100000 acres of land.
Ine ROAD c9anects win and is an extension of the Vicks.
burg ana Jackson Rail Road, completed and in full opera.
ton 10 the Mississippi river at VicksLu,v Opposite which
city, in Louisiana, commences the Vicksburp. shreveport
and Texas Rail Road, now under eon,rac, Tor it's whole
distance and in rapid progress Of construction. Il inter
secs the New Orleans and Jackson Great Northern Rail.
way Mt Jackson; and through tina, ut Canton, connects with
the Mississippi Central Railway, the iron CT which is now
being lnid to Holly Springs. Il iAtersects with the Mobile
and Ohio rail road, II already stared, near Marion, and a.
S,,tb aat.r nil Road in l1ahnroa WI br,u.k 49,