Report of Surveys Across the Continent, in 1867-'68, on the Thirty-Fifth and Thirty-Second Parallels, for a Route Extending the Kansas Pacific Railway to the Pacific Ocean at San Francisco and San Diego (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Report of Surveys Across the Continent, in 1867-'68, on the Thirty-Fifth and Thirty-Second Parallels, for a Route Extending the Kansas Pacific Railway to the Pacific Ocean at San Francisco and San DiegoIt should be remarked, furthermore, that although much of the country covered by these surveys had been previously exa mined with great fidelity by topographical engineers of the army, those explorations - made with barometer and viameter - could not, of course, claim the accuracy of measurements made with the chain and level. Besides, many developments have been made throughout this region, in the fifteen years that have elapsed since the period of the Government Surveys for a Pacific Railroad, which throw new light upon the ques tion of routes in every respect. Once a term incognita, there is now no longer any necessity for vague estimates or surmises. An amount of carefully gleaned information has been obtained, sufficient to admit of correct deductions upon all points of im portance. Our own surveys have extended over every season of the year - crossing the most mountainous regions in the coldest and warmest, and the most arid plains in the dry as well as the wet season, while the alternate lines and side explorations cover a belt wide enough to acquaint us with the topography and resources of a large extent of tributary country.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.