The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-10-18
SOUTHERN RAILROAD.

STATE or MISSISSIPPI, Cry or VIcKsBuRo,
az, Rai


or the clearing graduation masonry estns and bridging
fesassy the EASTERN their RI roa
furnishing the ties and for the uackayng with
wos1 stations. platforms, depo,s, ae required
sradusion TO cubic yards excavation and
The ..s..lins . sis ssooo feet.
The masonry for cuvsris amounts to 900 perch.
snd directed the viii
unIl next be, o-
The e construction, completing ready
IL The Of construction, exclusive of and
~. For each item Of work, entire and separate.
Of fS . ss ss grading Of e specified number Of sections
For The cros.,iss TO be furnished the number speced
vi For the cons,ucuon ready for the ron Of either Of the
three divisions hereinafter named Of said road.
dss a prices
and
es.s Of or for % much yard upon the largest 'em
The parties making proposals. in four
work progresses rssevns for hnaI settlement,
S Of s IN ons % % IN in ns same @
third in the stock OF the company and the
cent. payable annually Payable entirely the stock Of the
proposals. accompanied
reeaces credentials and the company reserve the right Of
Maps podles specifications may this Office; and
any further information will be furnished upon application to the
southern Jackson capital of the
running orae and well equipped TO that point Ii extends from
railroad
the town Of Marion Laudedae county passes through The
rolling county well and mbered and in point OF heab
nes economical living Ae equal 10 the favored portions Of
miles generally light and upon the most Of The sections The ercS
in he heaviest The material Of character easily
moved the growth Of the affords abundance Of timber suit
@ faciues construction greater inducements 10 contract
or, especially those usng negro labor
stockholders $4,000 paid lh
~ yS ss ~ G ou1,s 3 Y ~ SS m
e line which believed to be the nearly 400 oOO
The road extension vcksbug
Jackson railroad completed and in foil operation the Mississippi
the Vics,bus shreveport and TEXAS railroad
sr,sct ibe New Orleans and sSksos Great Sorhs railway
jackson aud through that at Canton with the Mississippi
itnsects with Mobile railroad already stated
near Marion and It's point o. ntenecon with the Noh
eastern and Southwestern railroad Alabama and through
nn with The roads in YrEna Tennessee and North Carolina
II also Indispensable link in the line Of railways
Charleston Savannah lhrourh Montgomery Vcksbug
shreveport and Po'o, with the Pacific running '
length on The parallel Of latitude with places
obvious that this line Of ofhe important
en- enterprise, The county Il thoroughly national 10 It's character
-i.sppi BY indssoubIe bonds But whilst national appeals
completed with The nermedne sap m hlahama n viii win s
connexions built being built sht through
those reat southern cotton growing States Louisiana Mississippi
Aseama Georgia and south Carolina, and antics the great inland
These stated TO call attention to this line OF road and 10
induce capitalists and contractors embark literally in m
and SIXTY valuable many mechanics nom
the State Of Mississippi the public land has been donated
property o. he road g put o. n.s one men o 1s ss !"
which .um future who may become such BY direct sub
will thus be that this road peculiar inducements
men OF means to engage In t' consurs.ion % : ,,,uD,.
Sept 2-dtSstOct President Of the seuhern Railroad.