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2. That Mr. Fairbairn have, with Mr. Stephenson, the appointmentof such persons as are necessary, subject to the powers of their dismissalhy the Directors.

3. That Mr. Fairbairn furnish a list of the persons he requires, withthe salaries that he proposes for all foremen or others above the class ofworkmen.

4. That advances of money be made on Mr. Fairbairn’s requisitionand certificates, which with the accounts or vouchers are to be furnishedmonthly.

5. That the Directors appoint a book-keeper at each spot, the Conwayand the Menai.

George King.

The works connected with the Conway Bridge may be saidnow to have been fairly commenced. Plans of the workshops,required for the construction of the tubes, were in progress;and much of the correspondence which follows necessarilyrelates to the details connected with this subject, to the ap-pointment of inspectors, &c., and to inquiries respecting thebest manufacturers of the plates and other material.

Mr. Stephenson at this time again listened to suggestionsabout chains; every care was taken to find out persons bestqualified for executing these costly auxiliaries; and in the designof the masonry preparation was made for their application.

My DEAR Sir, Manchester, June 11th, 1846.

I am going over to Wolverhampton, Stourbridge , and probably as faras Colebrook-dale on Monday. On Tuesday, or not later than Wednes-day, I will have the pleasure of seeing you in George Street.

As stated in my hurried note of yesterday, I will bring the drawingsof the workshops with me, and also such information as I can obtainabout the manufacture of the chains. I shall consult some of the mostintelligent iron manufacturers, such as Mr. Foster, Mr. Thorneycroft andthe Colebrook-dale Company on that subject, and will use my best en-deavours to have the links made without a weld, and otherwise constructedso as to have them fac-similes of each other.

I find I shall require the workshops about 500 feet long, and having