| From the Savannah Morning News |
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| January 1, 1862 |
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| To Railroad Contractors |
| Offices S., A. & G. R. R. Company
{Savannah, Albany & Gulf RR} |
| Savannah, Dec. 24, 1861 |
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| Contracts will be made as soon
as satisfactory proposals are received, for embanking portions of the
trestle work in the Altamaha swamps, as follows: |
|
Length in Feet |
Cub. Yards (Approximate) |
| Jones' Creek |
500 |
12,582 |
| Fountain Branch |
700 |
11,200 |
| Cypress Flats |
300 |
3,400 |
| Back Swamp |
2800 |
58,110 |
| Forest Pond |
500 |
10,232 |
| Main Trestle |
1200 |
48,068 |
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Total |
6000 |
143,592 |
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| The embankments may be formed
of either the clay or sand to be found in the vicinity of the work,
but if of sand, they must have a casing of clay of such thickness as
the Company's Engineer may consider a sufficient protection against
freshets, and to extend in all cases above the highest water mark. |
| The material composing the
casing must generally be Swamp Clay, but when this material cannot be
conveniently procured, clay from the adjoining hills may be
substituted; but in all cases its fitness for the intended purpose
will be judged of by the Company's Engineer. Damage to the
embankments, if any, by freshets during the progress of the work, will
be sustained by the Contractor. Payment one-third cash, the balance in
the capital stock of the Company at par. Address |
| Hiram Roberts |
| Acting President |
| Savannah, or |
| J. T. Stone |
| Chief Engineer |
| Thomasville, Ga. |
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