The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-11-19
SOUTHERN RAILROAD.

STATS OF MISSISSIPPI, Cry OF VIoKsBuRg,
Office of the nouthafn Railroad Cnmnnn


Southern Railroad Company invite proposals from
the clearing graduation, res,lng and bridging
he of ne oad '
Also for furnishing the es and for the track laying, with
work. stations platforms depots, &c. required
saduson TO cubic yards Of Excavation and
6d5 900 cubic yards OF emhankment
The masonry to O,oOo perch.
Proposals. sealed endorsed and directed the undsigned will
Of biddes either for
The entire ork Of construction, completing the road ready for
H. The of construction, exclusive track
~. For each item of work, entire and separate
~ For the grading of either or specified number of sections
VI For the furnished number specided
VI For the entire constructions ready for the of either the
three divisions hereinafter named of said road.
m % he Of ast % ne Noble ns nn o road
which win be divided three the first of II
In each form proposal The bidder viii Stale prco
for e @ %sse s @ bid 40 ash PsI sase
cess Of or o 50 much per cubic yard upon the largest e
The parties making proposals desired make
forms For the whole amount payable monthly in cash. as the
onehaf cash, payable In The same way and IN the
way stock Of company and onchird in the
bonds OF he company IN zen years WIN interest az sx per
road
proposals TO considered accompanied
tory references or credentials and the company reserve the right Of
accepting any OF declining ALL
further information will be furnished upon application to the
Undersigned
Southern railroad commences Jackson the capital
State aud Is finished BrandOni and in good
Bondcn in line almost directly east eighty two miles
The intersection Mobile and Ohio raroad few miles below
the town Of Mahon IN Laudede county ana passes through me
Counties Of Rankin, Scott and Newton The ue Is over high
rolling country, well watefed and mbered and in point Of health
ns economical living &C. equal the most favored portions Of
the Carnna and Georgia The grading except for the hr twenty
on and embankment alternate voab the exceptions being
IN The two heaviest cuts The material !. Of character easily
able tor bridging and erosse and Is believed that no work Of
sts facilities for construction greater Inducements TO contract
company entirely debt, and has by reliable
stockholders $3.50 0O0 which will doubtless be paid the
board Of call in 1t Is ao recipient under the
the line which believed to be the CASE OF nearly Oo acres Of
Jackson osd completed and in full operation 10 the Mississippi
ve veksburg opposite which city, In Louisiana eommsnees
o.a Tor m wS" @ s san. and ana m aPS o IN
Jackson and through that Canton with
Cent? railway the Iron which being laid Holly Springs.
near Marion and at Its point Of intersection with the Nouh
eastern and Southwestern railroad in Alabama and throash that
t also Indispensable link in the line Of railways that
Shreveport and Fl Paso with the Pacific ocean, running
length on the parallel Of latitude with these places Il
enterprises in the country thoroughly
10 uns' @ MSae asS New Orleans: and ne Atlantic and the Mis-
especially for AID TO southern southern enterprise for
completed, with the gap in Alabama wi
connexions being built light through
those great southern cotton growing States Louisiana Mississippi
ean Georgia and South Carolina and unites the inland
These attention 10 this line Of road and to
induce capitalists and contractors embark literally m s constuc
hon The hteen miles OF completed railroad with s equipments
the State Of Mississippi public BY
ges. and is perhaps not greatly estimating the present
future may become such BY direct sub
thus be seen tSat hi. road presents peculiar to
men Of means TO engage in Its eon'r-sian' s,,rnps
Sept l2-dt3lstOct President of the Southern Railroad