The Committee are therefore of opinion that the commission should be reorganized in such manner that the State could command the whole time of its members: that a greater degree of personal attention should be given by them to the work than it has heretofore received: that the commissioners should keep minutes of their doings which shall be open to the inspection of the governor and council, and the appropriate legislative committee: that their monthly communications to the governor and council should embrace, in addition to the past, and the requisition for the current month, a report of the operations, the progress of the work during the previous, month, and the manner and extent of their own superintendence of the same. The Committee are also of opinion that a due regard to economy in conducting the enterprise requires that the commissioners should at once, by experiment, ascertain the probable time required to excavate the enlargement of the tunnel, and that the work upon the enlargement be regulated and pursued with a view of avoiding any unnecessary delay in operating the road after the heading is removed. * * * * * In concluding this Report, the Committee cannot forbear to express their obligations to Mr. Doane, the engineer in charge of the work, for the assistance rendered by him in aid of their labors, nor withhold their approbation of the faithful and able manner in which he has discharged the duties of his office, so far as they have come under their observation. The Committee are indebted to Mr. Hill, the superintendent of labor, for his uniform attention during their examinations, and they fully recognize his capacity for his position, and his interest in the operations. They are likewise indebted to Mr. Hall, the intelligent master of the machine shop, for very valuable information concerning his particular department. And also to Mr. Field, the able and efficient engineer of the railroad, for a very satisfactory report upon that portion of the work under his direction. TAPPAN WENTWORTH, ----- -------,[C] WILLIAM L. REED, _Of the Senate._ MOSES KIMBALL, GEORGE B. LORING, SYLVANDER JOHNSON, B. F. TAFT, E. H. CHISHOLM, SILAS JONES, JAMES R. GLADWIN, _Of the House._ [C] Hon. ALVAH CROCKER has not acted on the Committee since his appointment upon the commission. APPENDIX. [A.] _Sketch of the Proceedings of the Troy and Greenfield Railroad Corporation, from its organization to the surrender of the Road under the mortgage, and the adoption of the work by the Commonwealth._