Demoine courier., 1856-01-31

request, | enclose TO you a copy of. N
communication TO the ID. NJ. N. & K
+. Co. upon the subjec, Of your reno
val from the office Of CHEF Engineer o
said Company. @a
f. Yours Respectfully,
"Signsd, VIM. Mckay.
Com'r ID. NJ. II. l."
$40 Wm. G. Johnson,
Pres. ID. NJ. N. e. r. r. Go:
"SR:-Ih have been advised lhat ms
Predecessor ia office assen,ed on the par
Of The State Of Iowa TO the appointment
Of E, X. Black well. Esq,. as Chief En-.
gineer Of the Des Moines River Improve
ment. for the purpose of making tile es.
Inmates, and the performance of duties
as provided in the conirac, between the
Des Moines N. & X. II. Co. and the
State.
"lnlsmuch as the general plans for the
construction of said Improvement have
subsequently, with my concurrence and
appreyal, been SO far modified as 10 con-
template The comp!etion Of the longes'
tine Of The said improvement alihe short
estperiod practicable.
3 ~s.Iherefore | deem it nv tuty TO no.
lily your Comnany ihat i have, aud by
ihese presents DO Withdraw w, my. assen,
heretofore given, to The appointment OF
The said Chief Engineer. 10 lake effec,
(tom add sfter ihe appointment anG APP
prevail Of his successor. ! also hive to
,laie to You ihar i will ~cheerfally
cqrcur 10 The appoiRimsm; Of a Chief
Engineer, to perform The duties provided
Tor under The contract refsrtea 10, who
has the requisite professional ability and
experience, and who. will cheerfully and
earnestly en,ertins The spirit of the mod
itica;ions of The contract 10 which | have
heretofore given my assent,
Ga "Yours Respectfully, t&
s2"(Signed) VIM Mckay
"Com' r. ID. NJ. X. L.
Ii is said .ha. in no respect 10 the great
sociai revolution which las taken place
within the las,haf century more appa
rent than in the manner of dong bus.
mess.
The stage concI. progress, even wet
Of the Mississippi has boecthrown aside.
all things must yield 10 dispatch, and all
business is doaa on The general princi
s railroad system, of "lbrough BY
including stoppages." An as
pirant for fame and public notice. mus,
sdopla .mod,fica,ion (of the first gen.
era! plans and adapting himself 10 cir
cums:aEces. must eadeaycT 10 ensure
success at The shortest period prac,i-
~
Commiss ioner McKay has certainly
accomplished a grea. achievement, in hi.
wonderful "modliica,ion," and is truly
entitled TO be ranked as zone of ihem."
l think OF no way in which | can more
establish this ,herorem, shan by
a copy Of thus "mod;ica,ion'
made with my concurrence and ap-
prevail"
(Copy.l
Whereas. From a personal examina-
lion by the Commissioners and Engi
neer, Of The present. condition and pro-
gr.ss Of the work on the Des Moines
River improvement, now in she hands
oil the sub-con.ractors. with a view 10
hasten the completion thereof. aud 10
being into use al the %erliesl moment prac-
ticable the entire length OF said i'm
provemeht, from the Mississippi River
to TT. Des Moines; and whereas, by the
failure OF the contractors fo< manurac-
turing hydraulic cement for tbs works Of
the said Improvement, il is at this late
season Of The year found TO be inprac.
to procure a suitable quality of
such cemen, for the masonrye of the
Locks. in consequences Of which HE
works of said improvement will be IN
.avoidably delayed in their completion.
NOW therefore, Its mutually agreed
by end between The The Des Moines
Navigation and Rail Road COMPANY of
the 6rst part, and The State of Iowa, by
Wm. Mckay Commissioner, and Uriah
Biggs and Geo. G.. Wright, assistant.
Commissioners for and in behalf Of said
State Of Iowa, of The second part, thai
he said party Of The FIRST parl shall be
and are hereby authorized 20 construct
the locks Of the said Improvement, in
the following manner. to wit:
the masonry, or so much thereof as
may be deemed advisable by the En-
gineer, shall be laid up without the use
of hydraulic cement, bu.ihe.e shall be
built in the said walls, wells extending
from the bottom to the top thereof, in
such a manner that, at any time after
the completion Of the same. the said
walls may be grouted 10 a thorough and
water tight manner.
And for the purpose OF rendering The
said walls waser tight before .hsy shall
be grouted through the wells above de-
scribed, the said walls shall be faced
with timber and plank of suitable qua.i-
~, and properly secured 10 he masonry.
And the said party of the frs, part
90 hereby for themselves and successors
engage and obliga,e, ihs, they from time
to time enias often as may be necessa.
ry, will renew oil Of The said works
which may be Of a temporary character,
md ultimately reconsiruc, the same. and
deliver the same TO the State, upon the
pl,ns anl in Tho snnap and stx,ga da6,-