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liest day practicable, and by the first da
of -Iuly, 1858. a
l And the said party of ,he second pa
do hereby agree iha, the fourteenth sec
lion OF the existing contract, Of The O.
day Of June. 1876 4, shall be. and is here
by modified, in the following manner,
wit:
The price for masonry in lock wall,
upon which the Engineer is to make hi
estimates to determine the amount o
land TO be conveyed, and for other pu,
poses, as provided in said contract, shal
be a, the rate of three dollars and seyen
" cents pet perch, Instead of five dol
lars as befote provided; and for The Tim
Der used 10 the facing Of Inc said wal.
of masonry, at the rate of iw~en,y.fiv,
cents for cubic foot. and for the planl
ased for the said facing, thirty dollar,
per thousand feet board measure, 70
oak aud black walnut, and ff,y dollar,
for white pine, adding tn the sail price.
the twenty per cenium TO cover the con
,ineences thereon as provided in the saiS
-
18th section.
and itW further mutually agreed tia
any thing ia the corrrscis Of 9th June
1854. or in any other contracts hereto
fore made between ,hc rparliea hereto
contrary or inconsistent with this agree.
mcn., is hereby accordingly modified 60
as to agree herewith, and 10 be control!,
ed hereby. @1as1
In witness whereof The party of ths
first part by their President and Secrc.
AIRY, have hereun,n subscribed their
names and placed their corporate seal;
and the patty Of the second part by Tho
Commissioners aforesaid have also afx.
ed their and SEALS this twenty.
seventh day Of September, one thousand
eight hundred and f!,y.6ye, a, the City
of For, Des Moines.
'(signed) WV. c. JOHNSON, Pres.
.Wa. MCKAY. Com. D. RI.
.UgIAH BI0as.'
Can any IN fcI ! moment fafter care
fully reading this 'm~odifcalion') doubt
the wisdom Of Commissioner Mckay
in desiring the a~?pointaent Of "a Chief
Engineer who has the professional atl.
ily and experience and who will! careful,
y and earnestly enter into the spiri, OF
The modification which has for liza OBJ
iec, substantially as he afirms in lis
communication TO Wm. G.. johnson.
Pres. the completion of the line
of the said improvement. at The shortest
period p~racticable!'
VI we examine the contract made on
the 9th day OF June, 1854, we will find
in the FIRST clause :ha, .Ths said par
~ Of The fist par. doth hereby coyenan,
and agree to aud with the party of The
second part, for considerations herein af
ter named, 10 mike and finch the Des
Moines River Improvements, from the
Mississippi River TO Racoon Forks, on
said Des Moines River yet us exam
Inc The modification and see The length
of the improvement that is thus agreed
to be constructed. We find il TO be from
Mississippi river TO Fort Des Moines,'
Now | presume Thai ALI sho sre con-
yersant With the geography of this State
will agree with me that The length of
the line Of the Improvement! of the Des
Moines River has no, been much in
creased by Substituting in the modified
contract The words Fort Des Moines'
for the words .Racoon Forks as il stood
in the original contract, and | am very
much of opinion that il will not ACQUIRE
or call forth the exercise Of more ,pro-
fessional ability and experience to cor.
s,ruct an inferior class OF work from the
Mississippi river to For, Des M pines
than 1t would have done to have con-
strecsed a FIRST work from the Missis
siPpi river to the Racoon Forks. So
much as to the modification of the plans
having rendered IT necessary to change
The Chief Engineer OF tie d.. NJ. II. l.
Letas now see aow much the compile
Ion OF The work has been FASTENED by
COMMISSIONS Mekay's modification
In the second clause OF the contract of
The 9th day OF June. 1854, find that
the u. N. d Il. Il. 60. agree TO com
plete all said work from the Mississippi
River 10 said Racoon Forks, on or be-
lore the first dav OF July, 1858; and in
like manner undertakes and covenants
TO cOmplete al le6st onp.forth mart If said