| From the Southern Confederacy (Atlanta,
Ga.) |
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| April 12, 1862 |
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| Notice to Railroad Contractors, Planters
and Others |
| New Orleans & Texas Railroad Company |
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| This company is now prepared
to receive proposals for the Grading, Bridging and Superstructure of
their entire Road, from New Iberia, on the Bayou Teche, to Orange, on
the Sabine River, one hundred and seventeen miles. |
| The road passes through the
prairies of Calcasieu, a region of country perfectly healthy and
abundantly supplied with provisions, being adjacent to the great stock
and grain growing region of Texas; and safe from invasion, the coast
of the gulf being lined by an impassable marsh. |
| It is the only link wanting to
connect New Orleans with the railroad system of Texas, and thus
opening to our whole country one of the most productive regions on the
continent. |
| This Company will be prepared
to contract with one or more individuals for the construction of the
whole or part of the road, or to hire from one to two thousand negroes. |
| Payments will be made in
money, and such proportions of stock as is usual for each class of
work. |
| Transportation, provisions and
clothing for all negroes brought on this work, will be furnished if
desired. |
| There will be about one
million and a half cubic yards of excavation and embankment, and about
thirty thousand lineal feet of bridging. |
| The wants of our community
require the completion of this Road in the shortest possible time, and
it will be done. All interested parties will keep this in mind. |
| Communication must be
addressed to |
| Col A. M. Gentry, President |
| or to E. L. Heriot, Chief Engineer |
| 90 Common street, N. O. |