LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE ACTION. 
Great Salt Lake, to the Mississippi river, and that he cause a copy thereof to be furnished to 
this House. 
Resolved further, That the reports of surveys for a railroad to the Pacific, made under direc¬ 
tion of the Secretary of War, also the said report of F. W. Lander, he printed for the use of 
the House during the recess. 
Attest: JNO. W. FORNEY, Clerk H. R. U. S. 
LETTER OF SECRETARY OF WAR. 
War Department, 
Washington, August 8, 1854. 
Sir; In compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 3d instant, 
'‘That the Secretary of War he requested to procure a report from Mr. F. W. Lander, civil 
engineer, of a survey of a railroad route from Puget Sound, hy Fort Hall and the Great Salt 
Lake, to the Mississippi river, and that he cause a copy thereof to he furnished to this House,” 
I apply to you for the report mentioned therein. 
It is proper that I should inform you that there is no fund at my disposal that will enable 
me to make any remuneration for the document, or for any expense attending the furnishing 
of it. 
Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 
JEFF. DAVIS, 
Secretary of War. 
F. W. Lander, Esq., Washington. 
LETTER TRANSMITTED WITH REPORT. 
Washington, November 23, 1854. 
Sir: Your letter of August 8th, containing a copy of a resolution of the House of Represent¬ 
atives, and applying to me for a report therein mentioned, was duly answered. 
I have the honor to submit herewith a report of the result of my late examinations of a 
railroad route fr5m Puget Sound, via the South Pass, to the Mississippi river, accompanied hy 
introductory remarks deemed necessary for its explanation. 
A series of meteorological observations conducted during the reconnaissance are at the service 
of the Department. 
I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, 
F. W. LANDER. 
Hon. Jeff. Davis, 
Secretary of War. 
RESOLUTTON OF 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, em¬ 
bracing the report of F. W. Lander, civil engineer, of a survey of a railroad route from Puget 
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: JNO. W. FORNEY, Clerk H. R. U. S 
