The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-10-08
SOUTHERN RAILROAD.
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STATE or MISSISSIPPI, Cry or vIoKspr

u Southern Railroad Company invite proposals from
for the clearing graduation uesing and bridging
the complete nsi. of he supesueue OF the
Also for furnishing ties and for the track laying with
any 'nGdena WORK necessary on. D.,o,n. ,sonired
% @ s @ Sas sno % Ts,
$4,000 cubic yards Of 1 enbankment.
The resling to dooo ieet
,rns masonry for culverts amounts to 10 900 perch
sealed endorsed undersigned will
the LIST of November next and will be- at the OPP
The entire cork Of construction completing road
H. The construction, exclusive of crosses and track
ill., For each item of work, entire and separate.
grading of either specified number OF sections
ties to be furnished the number specified
constructions ready for the ron OF either OF the
three divisions hereinafter named of said road.
The divisions connecting with the completed road at or
miles, be divided subdivisions the first Of ~
% ae eT@ Of The bidder viii state his item pces
for graduation will make his bid at 80 masn per sno yard Of
cess either or for SO much yard upon the largest em
The parties making proposals make in four
forms For The whole amour, payable monthly ssh as the
half cash. payable in the same way, and onehaf in the
way company one-thrd
bonds Of ne company payable IN zen years n interest me a. M
road, .--,-u.
references credentials and the company reserve the right OF
Maps ro2e and may be seen at this Office
fuhe information will be furnished application to the
Southern railroad Jackson, the capital Of the
finished be town OF Brandon and In good
running ode' and well equipped TO tna point extends from
almost directly eish and half mites to
OF Maron in Laudedae county passes through The
Of Rankn Scott, and Newton The ne over high
economical living Sc equal the most favored portions Of
and Georgia The grading, except for the h twenty
generally light and upon the most Of The section the sIea
growth Of the affords abundance Of timber
bridging and crosesi and is believed than work Of
es for construction, greater inducements to contract
ors especially those using negro lab'I
company entirely Of debt and has due to II by reliable
board OF managers may II is recipient under
lands made by Congress- they be had along
the which believed to be the case OF nearly 4oo acres OF
land.
The extension Of the vcksburg and
opposite which city, In Louisiana, conmences
The Ycksbug Shreveport and railroad now under contract
m whole distance and In rapid progress OF construction In
ter,e the Jackson Northern railway
sc koo ana through that at Canton
Ceuu railway the iron being Holly Springs
with the Mobile and Ohio aoad already stated
eastern and southwestern railroad Alabama through that
with the roads in VRnin Tennessee and North Carolina
unite Charleston and Savannah through Montgomery Veksbrg
Shreveport and q pn'9 T hs as ocean nnns y, entire
this line Of work othe important unfinished
for nites Maine and New Orleans aud Atlantic and the Mis-
ssspp BY bonds But whilst national appeals
compleied intermediate Alabama will, with ts
and being built right through The heart
great growing States Louisiana Mississippi
baa Georgia and South Carolina and unite' the great inland
These facts are stated to attention road
capitalists and contractors embark hbenly in It's consuc
and Iy valuable sav,s many Them mechanics 10 bonus om
Mississippi the public land has been donated by Con
property Of road TO put million dollars
which stockholders who become such BY direct
wn ts road peculiar Inducements
men Of means 70 engage in It's e0O'u"ssp' W% q snrnrs
l2-dt3isOct President OF the Southern Railroad.