The daily union., 1856-10-28
SOUTHERN RAILROAD.
Ee a ys aas
STATE oF MISSISSIPPI, Cry OF VIcKsBuRa,
Office OF tie 5outbe ern Railroad Company

Office o southern Railroad Company
81 NE s,hern Railroad Company proposals from
lo tne clearing graduaion masonry ueins and bridging ne
the complete preparation os se sapefsuae'ue Vi w
Also tor ruinshns The ties tue uaeknyng, with
And work, tadons Platforms dpos &c, required
@ completion OF @ 600 Sae S m Taa o excavation and
G65o cubic yards q sn,bankment'
Tue bridging 20 900 feet
Tn~ masonry culvers 10000 perch
Proposals. seaed endorsed and directed to the undersigned will
be received unbi the st OF November next and VIII be- al tie o
construction completing the road ready
IT, The work of construction exclusive
III For each item of work. entire and separate.
~ For the grading of either, specified number OF sections
v For the cross-tes Furnished specihed
W. For the entire constucon esdy for the on OF either the
three divisions hereinafter namsa Of said road
near m Of Brandon extends to the Mobile and Ohio road
miles which viii be divided into three subdivisions the first OF 2
proposal The bidder win his item prices and
% % S ans G al 40 S
~ Of either much cubic yard upon the largest e
The parties making proposals desired make them in four
work progresses reseryns twenty per
cash. paynse IN !hs same way and Sneiha IN the
way stock OF the and onethird in the
payable annually Payable entirely in the stock Of the
The proposals to be considered must be by
tory credentials and the the night OF
Maps prodIes specifications may oce and
any further viii be furnished application to the
The Southern railroad commences Jaek.on capital Of the
State hnisled Of Brandon and in good
running and well equipped to that point extends from
Br line almost directly east eightwo and hall miles, TO
Marion, Lsudedae county passes through the
roins county wei tmbscd, point
fuss living SCI equat the favored portions Of
Caronas Georgia The grading, except the hr
generally light snd upon the mos Of he seeton The eIca
emhankent alternate abyi the exceptions being
heaviest cuts Ths material i Of character easily
growth Of the county affords abundance Of TIMBER suit
n
fT facilities for construction greater inducements to contract
or, especially those usng negro labor
about 900, which will doubtless be paid the
board of managsn may call In Il also recipient under the
line which believed be the OF nearly 100000 acres Of
The road connects with vcsburg
Jackson railroad completed and In full operation 10 the Ms'szpp
the vckbu shreveport TEXAS railroad, under
70, y whole . and a@s 10 aP % I.s Sasn ay S
Cauon with the Mississippi
InIersecs with the Mobile already stated
Marou IL point o. pspecuon mees with the North
eastern and Southwestern Alabama through
roads IN VirEins T,uneses and North Carolina
mite 5aioa md savaanah through Monrgomey ycksbgrs
n Pp.o, with tn Pacific running
length parallel Of Ialut with places II
obvous that tits Qsths important unfinished
ophses county Il thoroughly natnna in It's character
,.spp y bonds Bat whilst thus national, appeals
especially utheu asd southern enterprise for when
CON pletsd, intermediate gap Alabama II will with iIs
built and being butt rRh through the
hsbaaa Gs"a and soub Carolina and die great inland
with The broad ocean.
induce cap.ts snblk Hhsraiy
valuable
Nj the public land has been donated BY Con
property of ubs sd to pot al doa
which stokhoi"rs who may becos such By direct
viii Be- that his road ptrscnts peculiar Inducements to
men of means to engage in its eons'r-stSn. s,,,,,s
Sept President of the southern Railroad