Demoine courier., 1856-01-31
From the Gate City.
The Des Mcinss Improvement.

The removal Of an incumben, from
any s~;illee. howeter unimporiant. creates
a desire iathe minds of ali Interested in
the administration Of affairs by him and
his successors, to know why such reno
val has taken place, and from such infor
nation 10 surmise what effect it may
have on themselves and others interested.
The editors of the Gate City a few
weeks since, thought The (rumored) faci
Of the removable E. Il. Blackwell, from
The office of Chief Engineer OF lle Des
Moines Navigation & II. X. Co., OF sui
icIent importance 10 their readers 10 no.
lice i! in their journal. The no,ice mar
have created iE soma the Gssirs above
named. And further, since the Com
monwealih Of lowa, lh-ough lis officers
and agents, exercises control, and has in
this case done so. in the removal of one
person from and the appointment of an
other TO, the office of Chief Engineer of
the ID. M. N. & r. r. Co. | have
,hnGght il due to the people of the State
of Iowa, tEcluding nyseIf 10 that mum
ber) TO lay before Them such docnmen-
,ary evidence in. relation 10 The matter, as
| have been able 10 ob,aic, with a few
comments.
have not as vet received any official
notice OF the action Of the Board Of Di-
rectors in relation TO this matter, an omis-
sion which can hardly consider as cour-
teons on their part. Yesterday | was
called ON BY Edward Ii. Tracy, Esq,
who has been appointed my successor
who produced a letter from VIM. c..
Johnson, Presiden, Of The ID. NJ. & r.
K. Co.. informing him Mr., Tracy .'that
he had been appoin,ed Chief Engineer
in The place Of E. r.. Blackwell" and
directing him to exercise oil such pow,
ers as usually appertain 10 the position
Of Chief Engineer" Obeying the in.
suuc,ions of the Board on This as on ev.
cry other oecasinn. | have this day sur
rendered TO Mr.. Tracy all the "Books,
Papers, Charts, Instruments. &C., aprer-
tanning to the Office"
Belbw is a copy from the records. Of
the d. NJ N. & X. r; Co, from the N
York city efice, which copy l obtained
from Hon. A. Hunt, on the 18th inst. in
ans wer to q letter from me inquiring
whether the rumor that | had been re
moved was true, and asking TO: any other
information tina, he might be able to give
uqon The subject; 80 Is
Office Of he d. M. N. g. r. r. Ca. ,
No. ID William ST,
New York, Dec. 9th, 1855.
"The fol,owin preamble and resolu-
ton was this day adopted by the Board
OF Directors Of this Company:
"The Commissioner Of The State OF
Iowa, having withdrawn his assent TO the
appointment OF E. r. Black we'll, the
present Chief Engineer Of this Ce and
having given his assent to the appoint
meni OF Edward II. Tracy. as Chief en-
gineer, therefore Resolved. That Edward
II. Tracy, now Of New York, be ard is
hereby substituted and appointed the
Chief Engineer Of This Company. $, take
effect when he shall arrive in Iowa. n.
the salary of Five Thousand Dollars per
year. aud his persoaal expenses when of
the line.
"a true Copy,
assigned, A. Hunt. Sec'y."
Abou, the Is. inst, | received infor
nation from such a source tina, could
not doubt is correctness, that | had been
removed Of the ID. NJ. N. & r. X. Co.,
because the Commissioner Of the State
Of Iowa haG Withdrawn his assent to my
appointment. wrote 10 Commissioners
Mckay, requesting him 10 furnish me
with a copy OF his communication TO the
Company on tina. subject; On the 5th
inst, ! received the following commu.