| From the Southern Confederacy (Atlanta,
Ga.) |
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| February 10, 1863 |
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| Blue Mountain & Rome R. R. |
| Wanted, for the Alabama
Division of the Blue Mountain & Rome R. R. (37 miles,) 90,000
Cross Ties -- delivered along the line of road, about 2,400 per mile.
The ties must be 8 1/2 feet long -- seven inches thick, and have a
face of at least 8 inches -- sawed or cut square at the ends, well
hawed on both sides, barked, and piled convenient to the Road bed, at
the rate of 15 ties for 100 feet. |
| Post and White Oak timber
preferred; the varieties of oak, and pine, when chiefly heart, will
also be received. |
| The ties will be let in large
or small lots, and payments made on certificate of delivery. |
| Proposals will be received for
20 days. |
| Address this office, or apply
to assistant Engineers upon the Line. |
| Geo. Wadsworth |
| Chief Engineer |
| Jacksonville, Ala., Feb. 5, 1863 |
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