From the Richmond Dispatch |
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June 19, 1862 |
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Office of the Piedmont R. R. Co. |
Richmond, June 17, 1862 |
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to Refugees and Others having Negroes to
Hire. The railroad from Danville
to Greensboro' is about to begin construction on a large scale, and requires a
numerous force of laborers, as well as overseers of experience who can
come well recommended. |
The price of $10 per month, will be paid
for the best hands, and in proportion for inferior ones. They must be
supplied with clothing by their owners, and when delivered to the
Company must be provided with one week's rations of food, for which
rations due allowance will be made in the first monthly settlement. |
Payments will be made monthly in cash. |
Overseers accompanying parties of hands
will be given the preference over others, if otherwise satisfactory. |
The hands may be delivered to the agents
at any of the depots on the Danville R. R., or at Greensboro', N. C., after the 25th inst. |
Edmund T. D. Myers, |
Captain and Chief
Engineer. |
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Office of the Piedmont R. R. Co. |
June 17th, 1862 |
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Mules and Carts Wanted.--Five hundred
Mules, and a proportionate number of Carts, are wanted immediately,
for the construction of the Piedmont Railroad
from Danville, Va., to Greensboro', N. C. The highest market rates
will be paid for those which pass our inspection, if delivered at an
early day. Apply at the office of the
Richmond &
Danville Railroad Company, either at
Richmond
or at the town of Danville. |
Edmund T. D. Myers,
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Capt. Eng'rs and Chief
Engineer.
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