The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-10-14
SOUTHERN RAILROAD.

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, CRY or NIoKsBuRG,
Office OF the southern Railroad Company

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rup Southern Railroad Company proposals from
clearing, graduation masonry feing ana pdgng ne
eesa The he complete sner o road
Also furnishing ties and for w uackaying with
any Snd a all other work. platforms depo &C. required
s 10 cubic yards Of excavation
$1,000 cubic yards Of smba"kmen.
Tine The s,,sains sss,"s 10 10 60 Co., fss.. se'
The masonry eulverls amounts 10 10000 perch
Proposals. sealed, endosed and directed to The undsgned WIN
be of November next and will be- at the OPP
The entire work of construction completing road ready fer
H. The work of constructions of croosies and track
iii of work. entire and separate :, ..,,,on.
~ For The grading OF ehef OF speehed NUMBER u
V be furnished the number specified
divisions hereinafter named OF SAID road. -. , -
near The town OF Brandon Mobile and Ohio road s
miles, which viii be divided into three ne h Oh u
In each form proposal bidder win his item prices and
for @ aa @ and The aaon for
ce Of either for 50 much per cubic yard upon the largest
The parties making proposals desired make them in four
work progresses reservng twenty cent for na settlement
halt cash. payable % IN % uni same ss sayas ana in The
way the stock of company and IN e
cent payable annually Payable entirely in the stock Of the
The proposals to be considered accompanied by sa,e
references credentials and The company reserve he nght OF
Maps po3les ana specifications may this Office and
any further information will be furnished upon application 10 ~
southern railroad Jackson the capital Of the
State of Brandon aad In good
running orae and well equipped 70 Una. point a sand o
the intersection railroad, few mile, below
MRhon Landedae county, passes through me
rOtng country, well wsersd Of hsalih
nss living Sc equal the most favored peuons Of
generally light and the most OF The sections the erca
emhahkment alternate yoabyi The exceptions 6eng
heaviest cuts The material Is Of character easily
the growth Of the county affords abundance Of timber su
fuF
ers construction greater Inducements TO contract
ors, especially those usng negro labor . 49,
okhodes about $3.50 900, which will doubtless be paid the
board may eau in u Is also ~ @ recipient @ under n.
line believed to be the Of nearly 900 acres
The road connects with and Of the vckbug
railroad completed and in m operation 70 the Mississippi
he Vcksburg shreveport railroad, under
Tor Us whole and IN TaP ps , sossS railway
through that Canton connects VIII The Mississp
nr.eels win nS Mobile and Ohio railroad as already stated
Marion and m point Of intersection meets win me North
un with Vr4na Tennessee, and North Carolina
Indispensable link IN The ins of railways ma. are to
Shreveport and n Pa,o, with the Pacific running ' entire
length parallel olHiiude with these places Is thus
obvious that OF unfinished
enterprises, county thoroughly national in lis character
,ssppr BY lndissOuSle wb. NATIONAL sppeais
especially for aid southern AVID southern enterprise for when
completed, with The intermediate In Alabama VIII, win iis
connexions built and being built rg through ne heart q
great growing sates Louisiana, Mississippi
Alabama Georgia and South Carolina, and unite the great inland
broad
capitalists and embark literally IN m consruo-
uon The aneen miles Of completed aoad win y.
the state Of Mississippi the public land has been donated BY Con
property Of e rad 10 put AZ OF near one million dollars
~So6 sum aurs .toesoder may by
viii be road peculiar inducements
men of means TO engage in It's cOn'u-ssI' sypnrs
Sept i2-dt9HOct President of the s.uthen Railroad.