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Between the issuing of the above report and that of 1867, circumstances led to the withdrawal of Mr. Doane from the Tunnel, and Commissioner Hon. Alvah Crocker personally undertook the superintendence of the work. In his report dated January, 1868, the following remarks occur:

“Nitro-Glycerin—experiments as made in the West Shaft as given by Mr. Doane and referred to by Hon. Tappan Wentworth, chairman of the Tunnel Committee of that year, induced early action by the Commission. As long ago as February last I visited New York, and spent several days in endeavoring to ascertain if the article had been made there, or in the vicinity, but to no purpose. Finding subsequently that the railroads refused absolutely to transport it, the matter rested until the first of July, when I addressed George M. Mowbray, Esq., of Titusville, operative chemist, and with the permission of the Commission he was called to North Adams and a contract concluded with him highly advantageous to the Commonwealth. As will appear in the appendix, the public will be gratified to learn that we are on the eve of giving it a fair trial.”