92 . Geographical Notices. 
enough to demand that it should be established by copinaee 
observations how far it is general, and how far limited to par 
ticular localities. 
PACIFIC RAILROAD SURVEYS.—The seventh volume of the 
Reports of Surveys upon the Pacific railroad routes has recentl 
pene eR and the eighth is reported as ready for publi- 
north latitude. This cole) was conducted ane Lieut.. J: G. 
veys is made by Capt. A. A. Humphreys, Topog. Eng., from 
assis we ie ‘he following mais poe Parke’s ex- 
ition. 
“The survey was commenced at San José, California. The 
route lay through “the Santa Clara, or San José rae to the 
Pajaro river ; down the valley of P the enats to near its entrance 
- Into the bay, of Monterey; around the foot hills of be Gavilan 
range of mountains to the Salinas plains and the valley of the 
alee river, and up the Salinas river to Santa Margarita at the 
an Luis pass. us far, no material obstacles were 
presented to the construction of a railroad; the Santa Clara val- 
ey and Salinas plains affording a peculiarly favorable location 
for it. A month was devoted to a thorough examination of the 
headwaters of the Salinas river. reser parties 
istero—a 
hich affords a vey favorable oie ;Hoe that valley to the bays a 
onterey and San Francisco; the elevation of the summit — 
at 1,800 feet above the sea. The a i from the — 
is over a plain for about forty silage 
to Kern lake is sixty-five miles. The ‘clevesion’s 
the sea, according to Lieutenant Williamson, 
x ee Pes feet. The route was continu 
. s, through the San Luis —_— a 
