The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-01-21
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The removal Of an incumbent from any
Office, however unimportant, creates desire
in the minds of all interested in the admin
istraton Of affairs BY him and his successors,
TO know why such removal has taken place,
and from such information to surmise what
/ effect it NAV have on themselves and others
! Interested.
The editors Of the Gate CITY few weeks
since. thought the {rumorcd) fact of the re-
moya of Il. II. Blackwell, from the Office
of Chief Engineer of the Des Moines Navi-
CATION 4. f. Co., Of sufficient Importance
to their readers to notice il in their Journal.
The notice may have created in some the
desire above named. An. further, since the
Commonwealth of Iowa, through its officers
ana agents. exercises control, and has in this
case done so, in the removal Of one person
from, and the appointment Of another 10,
the office or Chief Engineer Of the ID. VI. y.
{ K. r. Co. ! have thought il due to the
people Of the state Of Iowa, (incuding my
self IN that number,) 10 lay before them
such documentary evidence in relation to the
matter, as have been able 10 obtain, with
d few comments.
hayc not as vet received any official no.
tee Of the action Of the Board Of Directors
ia relation to this matter, an omission which
can hardly consider us courteous on their
part Yesterday was called on by Edward
II. Tracy, Esq, who has been appointed my
successor, who produced letter from Wm.
G. johnson, President Of the II. NJ. n. & X.
r. Co., informing him Mr.. Tracy 'sihat he
had been appointed Chief Engineer in the
place of +. Il, BLACKWELL and directing
him to exercise all such powers AZ usually
appertain 10 the position Of Chief Engineer.
Obeying the instructions Of the Board on
this as on every other occasion, have this
day surrendered to Mr.. Tracy all the S'Books
Papers. Charts, instruments, &C., appertain-
ing to the Office
Below is copy from the records of III,
d. VI. y. & 4. K. Co., from the New York
city Office, which copy | obtained from Hon
A. Hunt, on the l4th inst, in answer TO u
letter from me inquiring whether the rumor
that had been removed was true, and
asking for any other information that he
might be able to give upon the subject
Office Of the -. NJ. n. & K. r. Co..
No. Is William st.
Nav York. Dec. sth. 1855.
1.-The following preamble and resolution
was this day adopted BY the Board Of Drec-
tors Of this Company:
..lhe Commissioner OF the State Of Iowa,
having withdrawn his assent TO the appoint
ment Of Z. K. Blackwell, the present Chief
Engineer Of this Co., and having given bis
assent to the appointment Of Edward Ii.
Tracy, as Chief Engineer, therefore Resolv-
ed, That Edward H. Tracy, now of New
York, be and is hereby substituted and APP
pointed the Chief Engineer of this Company,
to take effect when he shall arrive ia Iowa,
at the salary of Five Thousand Dollars per
year, and his personal expenses when OF the
line.
"A True Copy,
Signed, A. Hunt, See'y.''
About the lst inst, received information
from such source that could not doubt its
correctness, that | had been removed from
the oihce OF inner Lngiheer OF the - NJ \.
& K. r. Co., because the Commissioner Of
the State Of Iowa had withdrawn his assent
TO my appointment. | wrote to Commission
cr Mckay, requesting him to furnish me with
acopy Of his communication to the Com
pany on that subject. On the 18th inst, |
received the following communication
fCopy.)
"Ft. Des Moines, Jan. I Eth, 1856
"E. 4. Blackwell Esq.
"DEAR SIR .-loars Of the I'd inst. IL nj