Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-09-16
RAIL ROAD.
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, CRY OF V~lcKsArRo,

STATE OF hlSelSSlfF, Sllh W NI(hShlh Nc,
Office of the Southern Rail Road. Company )
TIME 2ou'hcrn Rail Road Company invite proposals
Il from contractors for the clearing, graduation. ma.
soury, tres,lins and bridging, necessary to the complete
preparation for the superstructure OF the roadway OF the
eastern division OF their road.
Also, for furnishing the cross ties, and for tho t~rncklay.
Ing, with ANY incidental work necessary.
Aud for all other work, stations. platforms, depo,s, SC,
required in the thorough completion OF the road for ct.
fcctivc operation.
The graduation amounts to 1000 cubic yards OF rxcs.
walton, and co., 600 cubic yards oil embankmen'.
The trestling TO 1000 icct.
The bridging to GO feet.
The masonry for culvcrts amounts to 10000 perch.
The cross ties TO ls0,MD
Proposals, sealed, endorsed, and directed 10 the under.
signed, will be received until the fret day OF November
next, and will be, at the option of bidders, either for
l The entire Tork Of constructions, completing the road
ready Tor the iron;
H.. The work OF construction. exclusive Of c!oss ties
and tracklhyiu:;
III. For each item O! wor.. entire snd separate;
". Fec: :..e ara,.ng Of cithsr, or a specified number OF
| sections, Of one mile each;
| V. For tho cIoss'tics to be furnished, the number spcci.
! fed:
VI. For the entire construction, ready for the iron, o!
either of the three divisions hereinafter named OF said
road. ,
, ,rhe eastern d,vis .ou, connecting with the completed
! read at or near the Town OF Brandon, extends to the Mo,
bNs and Ohio road. e. IL miles, which will, be divided
into three subdivisions; the first Of IL miles, the second OF
2s lni!cs. the third of * BIG
In each form Of proposal the bidder will 1tate his item
prices. and for the grGiUst OF will make his bid nj so
much ucr cstic ward OF excavation and emhaIkmeRt, and
the additional difference tor "exccss" OF either; or Tor 80
much per cubic yard upon the largest Ne'h' anu 'h u''i'r'
TIE parties making proposals IRE desired TO make them
in four forms: ! For the whole amount payable monthly
IN cash. Il, the work progresses, IescrvI'': twenty per cent.
for final settlement. =. Onc.halt in cash. payable in the
sam" way. aud one hall in the stock OF the company. 3.
ouethird in ca.h, payable in the same way. one 'niId IN
the stock of the company, and oncthlri in the bonds OF
the company. payable III ten years, with Interest al SIX per
cent, payable annually. !. Payable entirely IN the stock
OF the road.
The proposals, 10 BE- considered. . us; e accompanied
by sat .tac,o!y !eis, eng. .r' cledeihiais, and the compa'
ny ~:esS.ve tho fight OF accepting any or declining all:
Maps. prufles and specifications may b" seen NJ this 0i
nee; Rnd any further information will be furnished upon
application 10 the undersigned.
The Southern Railroad commences al Jackson. tie cap.
i,sl OF the state. and is aRist;cd as I-l IA ihc towI oi B:an.
don; ana is in go4d Tanning aroe; a':i well equipped TO
that So,i. extends iS9mi Hrnnd9" IN Il i:ne "ln!oe' Il!
recily cast c,gliytiTu ANY II hali nilGs, 10 the intersection
Of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. 4 irw miles below thc
town oil Marion. in laudrsiale county; and passes through
the counties OF Rankin. SIo,, aud Newton TIE line Is
over q high rolling cosH,ry. well wa,crcd and .im5cred,
aud IN point OF heaitniuin"sS, ccoLotnichl living, &c
equal TO tho most favored portions OF the Iar"l!nns and
Georgia. TIe grading. except Tor the fret twenty miles, IL
generally light: ANA upon the mOst Of the sections the tx
cavuiion and enbanSrnent ulternat- favorable: the excrp'
lions being in the two heaviest cuts. TIE material - 81 =
! character easily moved: tho growth 81 :.e country r"Jrds
abundance Of timber ,uiiailc for hriicc8 Tnt cross Ties
and It j, oO:ar.a TIA; no cor. oters, III facilities Tor con.
strrct.U.. = -h;sI Inducements "a contractors, especially
thoee us.G. negro Labor.
This company IS entirely CIT OF dcLt, ana nae due to it
by reliHb'" .;'cS.NoMe.-, "s'at StStu", which, will doubt
less be pad to tic Rosri OF Manager may c"FFit III It's
also a recipient under the recent grant .! i"ais made ~
Congress, il they can 10 h"d Hlons lh' kne' which Is be-
lievrd 10 Ne ;he case, at nearly 100000 acrrs Ui inni.
The road CO. nects with and is an extension Ut the Nicks
burg aud Jackson Rail Read, completed and IN full opera
non to the Mississippi river at Vlckssu,s, opposite which
civ. in Louisiana, commences the Ncksburp. Shreveport
and Texas Rail Road, now vnd:;.. contract i'll ito whos
listrrce nls IL rapia progress o. construction. II Inter
sects the New Orlenss ard Jackson Great Northern Rsil
way 1T Jackson; and through that At Canton, connects with
the Mississippi Central Railway. the iron OF which is now
/ being laid to dolly Springs II ister.ec,s With ne !4on.le
| and Ohio rail road, rs already ststed Ses, harion, and at
its point OF in.eysccIou tnCtts Win the North. eastern and
SoutG western Raj Reed in Alabama. and through that
unites With The. yoads in Virginia, Tennessee and North
Carolina. Its also an Indispensable INK IN the inc 0i
Railways that are to unite Charleston aud Shrnh.iah,
Trough Montgomery, Vicksburg. shreveport ana RI f"so,
with the Pacific Ocean, running ito caliie Length on the
same parallel ct latitude With these places. IL - thus OBJ
viGus ,nay this liIc Of woIk is one al the most important
unfinished cutcrMiscs in the country. It i, thoroughly
national in ia character Ter Il uuitei Maine and New Or
loans, and the A,GaGliG aud the Mississippi, by iniis5oiuyl'
bonds. But whilst thus National, il appeals specially tor
aid TO southern men aud southern enterprise, Tor "f!"n
completed, with the inferno lutte gar ~ .,u. HiLs, ! vii
with It's connections. cc. EI.:; aud se!Gg quilt, run right
states Louisiana. hissi' sippi. Alabama, Georgia aud South
/ Carolina, and unites the great inland sea with ne broad
/ ocean. -.
These fsc.. aFe Gt-ted 70 call Gtten,ior 10 this
h.e' al soad AID 10 iIdUce capitalists aud Contractors 70
embark literally in is construction. The fifteen miles oi
completed Railroad, with lie equipments and sixty v.!ua
BILE save. many OF Them rnechnnics, i q bGnu5 from the
S,.,c Vi niississippi; the public land las been dpnnt"d 10y
! Congress; and it is, perhaps, not greatly over estimating
tpc present property of the road TO put 1t nj or "".F ":.-
million OF doNurs, III which sum tnture stGchhoHi"ts VICE
NAV become such hy d,e.t subscription OF money on
work, vii, 90 W oles equally interested. 1t will thus Ot
s,.n iLMt his road presents peculiar inducements 10 inI
o' "e"" " Ny. c. sMEnEs.
Sep, la-tNoylst P9csiaant oi the Southern Railroad