Thomas Lincoln Casey Letterbook (1888-1895), Thomas Lincoln Casey to Mackenzie, January 14, 1895: Image #2

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quietly and report by confidential letter to me the exact facts in the case. You are authorized to employ some expert in iron bridge construction to examine the bridge with you, which examination could not go into the testing of the iron, but might give the strength from [??] and the judgement of the expert from [widening?] the passage of the trains of course the Secretary wishes this to be done without attracting the attention of the RR Company or the public at large. Do not expend over one thousand dollars in this [??] to be