IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES— February 14, 1855. 
Resolved, That there be printed, for the use of the House, ten thousand copies of the reports of surveys for a railroad to the 
Pacific, made under the direction of the Secretary of War, embracing 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 J. C. 
Fremont, 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 each of said reports necessary to illustrate them. 
Attest: J. W. FORNEY, 
Clerk of the House of Representatives of the United States. 
THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION— Chapter 98. 
Sect. 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— Chapter 60. 
Appropriation: For deficiencies for the railroad surveys between the Mississippi river and the Pacific ocean, forty thousand 
dollars. 
Approved May 31, 1854. 
THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION— Chapter 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. 
Erratum. —On page 3, report of Secretary of War, for “ March 31” read March 3. 
Note. —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. 
