PERSONAL ACCOUNT. 



21 



iu^ i^paoc 



vtm 



and therefore of no value. 



lo«e 



by piihhini; (In- burvcy in that tlirec 



tion— no k.-^« than tlic only practicable route for a railway over the Sierra IM.ulre; wl,: h route is n«ar thi 3M pnralli^l of 

 latitude. Tliat supposed to have U^^n rt.. iitly discu.. ., d hy Lieutenant l^imp^on I beliore imprartirar_. Had that intel- 

 ligent offieer come further "woptward," he would have found an insurmountaLlc l>arrier. 



By pushin- the survey « a^ward, and lookhig for a branch of the Gila which shall fulfil the conditiona of the trealj 



you will inevitably be made to htrike that boundary far north of tht 



tersect 



all the streams south of that parallel, havinjr thefr Bourres In the Sierr* Madre 



r«ac 



:\ 



r unusual fp'-'^hcta. 



eart- 



■ward, their alnioi^t trackless bcd*s mujst escape the notice of tlif* k<»en<*st explorer 

 northward and weptwartl, you strike the sources of the streams ihemsol 



from 



before r 



dl^PI ..r tiiMuy leagues 



may 



case 



thereby became a part of the treaty, la notorious. 



of Mt»\ico, that the boundail. > of tint- 



The inareuracy of the map 

 It is also known to all 



II 



taa 



taUia 



larly the 



of the boundary betwixt New Mexico and Chihuahua. 



round, and 



unknown. Th 



mTOTTif^oncni 



paralU'l of latitude, until it strikea th.^ San 



of latitude. Th 



e what good authority, combined with n»y 



i» 



bacrration*. authoriw^i* me to aay U a prartfrji 



ble route for a railroa<l — I believe th*^ only o!*,- i.om ocean to ocean within onr territory. 



Another consideration is, the treaty makes the Gila for a certain exUuit tho buuudarv. The Oiladoes 

 the same bed ; whenever it changen the Iwundary must chanpre. and no survey nor anything eh 



11 k 



r J i 



( •{ 



changing 



The survey of that river, therefore, as it £...., nothin^^ determines nothing, is of minor imfH)rtance. It A.rms of ituHf a 



that 



line from the Fuso 



niani 



, is but just to pay these are not views recently adopted by me ; they were entertained and expressed bef 

 ;hington and since, and I urged that none but the astronomical party, and just as much of the commission 



sent to the Pacific side as was necessary to fulfil the conditions required by the letter of the treatv. 



Very respr-^fully, your obedient ^rvant, 



Secretary of the Interior. 



EilORT 



[Ldt0r r^erred to in the note on page 14.] 



Office Untth) States BouxnAnT CoMMissioy, 



Washington, April 23, 1856. 

 Sir : In answer to your instructions of April 22, predicated on a resolution of Congress, received this day, I have the 

 .nor to submit the following table, showing the several appropriations made by Congress for the survey of the boimdary 



States 



the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo : 



u. s. 



statutes. 



r 







1 



Date 



of law. 



Vol. 



j F'^ge. 





9 



1 



301 



Auk- 



12, 1848 



9 



i 



426 



May 



15, 1S.30 \ 



9 



541 



Sept. 



30, 1.^50 



9 



6U 



March 



3, 1851 



10 



17 



July 



21, 1852 



10 



95 



i Aug. 



31, 1852 



10 



140 ■ 



Dec. 



23, 1852 



10 



209 ' 



^larch 



3, 1853 , 



10 



209 



March 



3, 1853 



10 



209 



March 



3, 1853 : 



10 



296 , 



^lay 



31, 1854 



10 



296 



May 



31, 1854 



10 



570 



Au^. 



4, 1854 i 



10 



1 



i 664 



1 



1 



March 



1 



3, 1855 : 



1 

 i 



Object of appropriation 



Running and marking boundary line under treaty of Guadalupe Ilidalg 

 Do do do do do 



i 



o 



Arrearages of boundary commission. .. 



Running and marking boundary line below El Paso, including ex- 

 penses already incurred . 



Arrears due Major Emory's party 



Expenses of Lieut. Whipple's party 



Running and marking boundary line under treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 



Arrearages prior to July 1, 1853 _.__ 



Engraving maps, views, &c., of boundary survey 



Compensation of officers, office- work, &c 



Engraving maps, views, &c., of boundary survey .. 



Total 



Amount 



appro- 



priated. 





$50,000 00 



50, 



000 



00 



135, 



000 00 



100, 



000 



00 



80, 



000 



00 



25, 



000 



00 



120, 



000 



00 



20, 



000 



00 



6, 



000 



00 



93, 



012 



00 



50, 



000 



00 



10, 



,000 



00 



38, 



,100 



00 



10. 



,000 

 ,112 



00 



787, 



00 



