| From the Wilmington Journal |
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| December 17, 1863 |
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| Laborers Wanted |
| Piedmont Railroad |
| Chief Engineer's Office |
| Danville, December 7th, 1863 |
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| I wish to hire two hundred
able-bodied negroes to work upon this Railroad. They will be
exclusively under the care and direction of the Company, and
preparations have been made to ensure good quarters, sufficient food
and proper medical attention. The work to be done by them lies about
half way between Danville and Greensboro', N. C., in a healthy
country, and as secure from raids as any to be found. For such hands I
will pay the following prices: $52 per month ! the owner clothing the
hands; for well-grown boys, $25 per month -- $300 per annum -- the
Company furnishing the usual clothing; $200 for the six months from
the 1st January to 1st July, the Company furnishing only the summer
clothing; $60 per month, or $400 per annum, for negro Carpenters. I
will also give employment, during good behavior, to Overseers who can
bring with them to the work a force of 12 to 15 men of proper
qualifications, and these hands may be worked under them if preferred.
For such service I will pay $80 per month and board. To any person who
will collect and bring them into this office a force of negro men,
(subject to my inspection and approval,) hired for the year or half
year, on the above terms, I will pay a bonus of $10 per capita for
each hand received. |
| Edm'd. T. D. Myers |
| Capt. Engineers, Chief Engineer P. R. R. |
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