IN SENATE—Fesruary 24, 1855. 
Resolved, That there be printed, for the use of the Senate, ten thousand copies of the several reports of surveys for a rail- 
road to the Pacific, made under the direction of the Secretary of War; and also of the report of F. W. Lander, civil engineer, 
of a survey of a railroad route from Puget’s Sound, by Fort Hall and the Great Salt lake, to the Mississippi river; and the report 
of John C. Frémont, of a route for a railroad from the head-waters of the Arkansas river into the State of California; together 
with the maps and plates accompanying said reports, necessary to illustrate the same; and that five hundred copies be printed 
for the use of the Secretary of War, and fifty copies for each of the commanding oflicers engaged in said service. 
Attest: ASBURY DICKINS, Secretary. 
THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION—Cuaprer 98. 
Sxor. 10. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby authorized, under the direction of the 
President of the United States, te employ such portion of the Corps of Topographical Engineers, and such other persons as he 
may deem necessary, to make such explorations and surveys as he may deem advisable, to ascertain the most practicable and 
economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi river to the Pacific ocean, and that the sum of one hundred and fifty 
thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the 
treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the expense of such explorations and surveys. 
Approved March 3, 1853. 
THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION—Cuarrer 60. 
Appropriation: For deficiencies for the railroad surveys between the Mississippi riyer and the Pacific ocean, forty thousand 
dollars. 
Approved May 31, 1854. 
THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION—Cuarrer 267. 
Appropriation: For continuing the explorations and surveys to ascertain the best route for a railway to the Pacific, and for 
completing the reports of surveys already made, the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. 
Approved August 5, 1854. 
Erratoum.—On page 3, report of Secretary of War, for “March 3L” read March 3. 
Nore.—In the note to Table A, page 31, report of the Secretary of War, marked thus *, which reads, “These are the esti- 
mates of the office, those of Governor Stevens having been brought to the same standard of increased cost as the other routes, 
and his equipment reduced to that of the other routes. His estimates were $117,121,000 and $7,030,000;” the sum of 
$117,121,000 is the estimate for the whole route from St. Paul to Seattle. From St. Paul to Vancouver the estimate of Governor 
Stevens is $110,091,000, 
