The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-08-18
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THURSDAY, AUGUST Is, 1870.


The following bee1elB WOm COa. y. ~.
Burnes, Vics Pssiasss a he Chicago &
Southwestern Railroad Conpasy, and l. b
Boomer, Esq., coaGzscasr q he bsidse, ex.
plain themaelve. ard viii be read with in
crest:
1k2Ah WESTON, No, Ar. n, 1870.
.y.dse Geo. r. Hs.es, Pvsst. K. 4 N. Bridge Co.,
Lsau.ssv1A, E1ssss: ass-seF-s-f
DEAR Sn:II an juA in receipt Of your
fxvor Of this morning inclosing certain resO-
latieas o0ered before your Board Of County
Commissiosem By H. T. GFeen, Esq, and
others, lookink 10 sundEy notifications Of
the conGract befWeeA Ne Kansas and Missouri
Bsidee CsaP.sy and IL CAingo 4 South
western Railway Co, Of date July 8, 1870,
Concerning which you ak me il this company
will consent 10 DE proposed notifications,
and urge thas By doing 90 i vill place your
people under grateful obligations and give
our friends great Satisfaction.
Your Dettem and the revolutions have been
laid before the Executive Committee and
duly considered, and their Official action is
favorable 10 IN acceptance Of the modifca-
ticns as proposed, provided thereby all pend
ing questions are SO settled that the bridge
may MT b UNNECESSARILY delayed in its
SOu1YptcItOO. Oavc OfW6tUeu al tOe I1AIscIB
On the subject 10 cur President, H. +. Win
President, c., r. I. & p. r. Il. Co., Whose
concurrence Is con6dently relied upon.
Faithfully your friend and servant,
JAMES n. BURxEs, Vice Psesident.
LEAvExwoRrA, Aug. Is, 1870
Ge,. r. Hines, Esg., Presided, 4. & n Bridge
s00pu1v.
DEAR SIR: In answer 70 your inquiry
respecting the progress Of the work Of con-
struc4ing your bridge, and our future de-
mands upon your company for money, We
have 10 say that the submarine boat has
rAised portion Of the machinery, anchors
and the column that VAS sank, which column
We have commenced re-sinking, and which
we expect to complete in place in from ten
days to two weeks. We shall shall also COM
mence sinking Of the columns in the east pier
an abutmeut At once.
We hope 70 have the sinking Of the chan
mel pier compleAed by October lst, also the
east pier by that time, or nearly 20. We
shall then sink the ice breaker column of
pier No. 2, which will complete the sinking
Of all the columns, and by, say the middle
Of October.
The plans for the bracing between the
columns are completed, and We shall CON-
mence putting il in as soon as possible.
We think you can safely rely upon our
having the suhstructure completed ready for
the raising Of the superstructure in the
month Of October.
If we had the order for building the super
structure now, We sould have one span ship
ped here during that month, and as It is a
quick job to place the cylinders above water
TO bridge seat We could commence raising
the wet or channel span BY the last of Octo-
Der or first of November.
Owing 70 the danger of floating ice, that
span should be raised fr&, and no time
should be Lost in commencing that portion Of
the work. The approaches will be COM
pleaed - soon ~ the substFuc4ure II, 20 that
an estimate for the substructures and APP
proaches including the month of October will
be, say sl6O, 600. And for the superstruc-
ture IL the order for making it is given |
now, say slOo, 900, additional so that the
amount of means required by the estimates
up to and including Octoser will be, say
500, 900. The balance will be required in
the course of three or four months after that |
time. This opinion Is based upon ordinary
success in the estimation of the work.
We regret to learn the differences of opin- |
ion between some of your people respecting |
the contract which your Company have made |
with the Chicago 4 Southwestern Railroad
Company for furnishing your Company with |
the necessary funds TO complete your work,
as VIC supposed that matter was satisfactorily |
settled. do not zee by the terms Of it that |
you can rescind the act. Should you, how |
ever, attempt to do SO, there are strong fears
that the said railroad company will, if de |
feated, cross the river at some other point, |
and, although they will operate the road
from point opposite this city to Cameron,
yet they have it in their power TO divert the |
business which legitimately belongs here to
some other point, which will prove disas- |
trous to this city. We, therefore, hope that |
YOU will adjust all differences, and come to |
some amiczble and speedy settlement. Should |
you not be able to do so we shall be COM
pelIed TO demand the bond of your company |
rs provided in the contract between rs, shall |
he given.
You will notice by the heading of this |
sheet that have changed the name of my
house. Messrs. BoyingtOh and Rust, who
are gentlemen of extensive experience in the
bridge business, and Cor many years assOcia- |
ted With me, have, with myself, turned over |
our business to the American Bridge Com |
pany, who are SUCCESSORS, and who will exc |
cute all of our contracts. Mr.. BoyingtOn is |
here for the purpose of executing our work |
with your Company.
Yours respectfully, L. B. BOOMER.