The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-12-03
SOUTHERN RAILROAD.

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, Cry OF VIoKsBuRa
Qiir. of The Snuihern Railroad camnal

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, Cry or yIoKsBuKa,
Office OF the southern Railroad Company
n NE Southern Railroad Company proposals from
clearng graduation masonry, treating and bridging
roadway Of the eastern division q their road.
Also furnishing the ties and for the uacklayng, with
And ior work. stations Platforms depots, sc required
The to 900 cubic yards Of excavation and
Cos 900 cubic yards Of embankment
The masonry culverts amounts to 1000 perch.
Proposals. sealed endorsed and directed undersigned will
until the LIST OF November next and will be- at the
uou o bidders either for
Of construction, completing the road ready
H. The work Of constructions exclusive
II For each item of work, entire and separate.
grading either specified number Of sections,
v For the cross furnished specified
VI For The entire constructions ready Tor he on OF either OF the
The eastern win " hS nns s road d ~ 81
which will be divided into three subdivisions the first Of 2
IN ench form Of proposal Tie bidder viii state his item prces and
for the graduation viii make his bid at 80 much per cubic yard Of
cess either or for much per cubic yard upon the largest em
The parties making proposals four
forms l. For the whole amouEt payable monthly In cash. as the
progresses reervna cent for final settlement
cash, payable way and half in the
stock Of the company One third IN cash. payable IN hs same
bonds Of e company payable IN ten years. with interest six per
cent payable annually Payable enyin The stock Of the
The proposals 10 be considered must by
references credentials and the company reserve the right OF
Maps prodes and speci6c may be Office
Undersigned
The southern railroad at Jackson the capital Of the
State finished OF Brandon; and in good
Brandon line Almost deey east eighty %o and half mites to
he intersection Of the Mobile and Ohio railroad, few miles below
Of Rankin, Scott and Newton The liae is high
rolling county, well wseed and bsred and In point Of health
ne economical living, sc, equal the favored psons OF
he Caonas and Georgia The grading fo the hr
alternate oably The exceptions being
u s Two hsays', cuts The material = q character easily
able o bdgng and and believed that no work o.
m facilities for construction greater inducements to contract
THIS company entirely out o debt and has due 70 By reliable
board Of managers may cal 4 IN s S'9 eePeS, under hs
line believed TO be case Of nearly 100000
The road with and extension Of the vcksbu and
Jackson IAioad completed and 10 full operation 20 the Mississippi
The ycEsbur Shreveport railroad contract
o y whole distance and IN raps prosess In
Jackson and through that at Canton with ths Mississippi
hs IRON % % which na " 9S~ Ssns G o
near Maon and at IT, point o ineecton meets with The North
unes with me roads in Virginia. Tenuessee and Carona
h also an Indispensable link in the line Of railways ira.
Shreveport and PA,o, with the Pacific running It's
obvious important unfinished
enterprise, in the county IL thoroughly NATIONAL is character
H..pp BY indsolube bonds Bat whilst thus national ,ppeal.
somps,sa win The iSiemedaa Sap e Alahna ID viii win ,s
built and being built the heart
hose southern growing States Lousana, Mississippi,
hhamh Georgia and South Carolina and unes The great inland
the broad ocean.
These call this line Of road,
induce capitalists and contractors embars hberay In s
hon. The heen miles Of completed Railroad with s equipments
and sT valuable many of them mechanics from
the Mississippi the public land has been donated by
and H. perhaps, greatly estimating the present
property Of the road at million of dollars In
which kbodsrs who become such by direct
work, will be equally interested
will this road presents peculiar inducements
men of means engage in lie construction
VIM q. SMEDEs,
Sept l2-dt3luOet President of the Southern Railroad