The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-02-18

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nance branch OF The military service That is not exacy
such survey 1t is geodellc survey OF the
whole Kingdom and the photographed part compare
lively limited, and is, besides, not intended believe to
be complete and continuous, as ours will be- Inc sur
veys OF that description deached-parcuar paris OF
the only being surveyed and deneated IN which
respect resembles the great cadasiral survey OF France
The great object of the English survey Is to describe
the whole interior of the kingdom do not know now
many officers there may be employed IN lhis, or now
many vessels they may engage. Their hydrogfapmoai
operations by extensive as those Of The
United States They have no such extent oil coast sir
as we have--a coast of 1000 miles, exclusive OF our
possessions the Pacific coast and we have lnnu
merable rivers, besides the bays and sounds. When
say 10000 miles. | mean count the sinuosities, of
course That is the estimate. We have a vastly
extended coast than that of Great Britain There
| is great deal more 10 be done: Besides. great
deal OF their coast is unappoachable and they survey
only such portions may be approached They began
in 7S3 with endeavor 10 connect by trIgononecal
observations the Observatory at Greenwich with that at
| Paris. In 1891, the government undertook general
survey under the direction of their board OF ordnance
We know how abundantly liberal their appropriations
have been and yet sir that service gong on 10 this
day. and is not likely 10 be completed Tor some time to
come 1t has cost money lar beyond anything which
the coast survey of the United States has cost They
have appropriated than seven millions OF dollars
exclusive OF other large sums spent in the general by
biographical operations to which the senator mas ailu-
ded. in the ffty-eight years during which 1t has
been in progress Since 1925 the annual apprspria-
tons have varied from S25oO0o TO 100000 per annun
How many officers they employ do not know, but
know that they have corps OF sappers amounting TO
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well known that the military service OF Great Britain is
organized upon so large scale that they have much
greater range of selection than we have among the much
larger number of scientific officers in their service
Besides the seven millions already expended the APP
preparations necessary complete their survey have been
reported about 100000 that to complete i hey
will require sum equal to the whole amount already
expended by us in coast survey; and we have &C
compshed very large part OF it, and upon the scale OF
appropriation asked for will complete It in fifteen years
We have already accomplished much of the primary and
other trianguatons much of the photography and much
of the topography not all of it connected, to be
Plans have been adopted by the present superintendent
to prosecute the work rapidly He has divided the
whole Atlantic andgu coast into nine sections and parties
at work all these sections IN eighteen different
States of the Union Though the work on these different
sections will be separately conducted, the whole Will
finally be connected, to form one continuous series
of observations and surveys and to make the work an
unit The work in part will verify that IN another,
and general minute, and accurate survey OF our whole
coast will be the result.
Now sir the expenses of this coast survey SO far,
have been, l believe. about million and half of dol
lars OF this sum, about ST. 81 900 has been employed
the purchase of instruments and materials Tor the SER
vice. OF which S40, 900 hand, so that about
81 900 have been expended in the prosecution OF the
survey.
Now sir it is very true that the appropriations have
been increased largely since Mr. Hassler commenced the
work. but equally true that the results have in
creased in much larger proportion and that greater &C
curacy well as rapidty OF execution IS demonstrate
take no notice OF the work done prior to the suspen
sion of the survey in lS19 because that was very little
in amount. But compare the work done BY MT Hass-
1874 TO s49 Mr. Hasslers reconnaissance in II years
covered IS ,1O3 square miles. Mr. Baches IN ve years
cover % ,544 square miles
Mr. Hasslers trianguaton in IL years covered H. 4s3
square miles. Mr. Baches extended over an area OF
$1,000 square miles The photography in Mr. Hasslers
time spread over an area OF 1852 square miles, ite
more than half of which was oil shore; that OF Mr..
Bache covered 1906 square miles, OF which three
fourths off shore work
95O,2o Mr. Hasslers engraved plates of maps were
five; Mr. Baches twenty four None were published
by Mr.. Hasser but twenyone have been published by
Mr. Bache and 767S printed sheets OF maps have been
distributed in his time, and not during Mr. ilassers.
The comparison continues the through bout almost
all the items OF the tabular statement IRON which draw
The only particulars in which Mr.. Hassler's work
ceeds that OF Mr. Bache the amount OF topography
maps 1t will be observed that the amount of Mr..
Baches topography is in proportion to the time employ
ed larger Than Mr. Hassers 1t is absolutely less, be.
cause Mr.. Bache desgnedy reduced the amount-not
considering it necessary prosecute these surveys SO
far inland, and because. in this way the expense might
be reduced Of the number Of original maps would
be necessarily less. The shore line OF which now
speak, that which includes the rivers as well as the
sea. bay and sound coast and will be perceived that
the amount of this under Mr. Bache is twohtths OF the
whole, although his time is less than third OF the
whole time.
Thus appears that the work done by Mr. Hassler was
far more limited in it's amount than that performed by
Mr. Bache. do not say this matter OF reproach to
Mr. HasseF; far from it. He had the difficulties of the
early organ 10 surmoun and less MEANS and ed
seek to destroy the progress and prosperity OF the
work But wish to show that while the appropriations
have been increased when Mr. Bache has had the super
nendence the work which has been done has increased in
greater proportion The work advancing much more
rapidly, and will accomplish It's destiny much more quick
W. in the security of and of the lives OF the ctl
zens of the United States That the great object Almost
all discoveries in science connected that the opera
tons of the survey incidental to advance inter-
ess of science particular not absolutely necessary for
the prosecution of such work. But who will venture 10
object that when this grand object accomplished The
further expense will be nothing; and when 1t IS
in the power of the President to allow it disaow 1t,
he must OF course be supposed to have allowed It, he
has not expressly disapproved
will subject the army and navy the command of the
Treasury Department instead of the President of the Uni
ted States that it would subject and had subjected the
army and navy to the command of the Secretary of the
Treasury Why, apprehend that the Secretary OF War
never dreamed of any such results. | venture to
say there is not single instance in which any
officer of the army or navy has been subjected to
of the introduction of these words into the act to which
the senator has referred The Secretary OF the Treas
ury has dreamed of taking any authority into his
hands the army navy OF the United States &C
count of this phrase lie called upon of them
to do any service connected with this survey without the
express assent and direction of the Secretaries of War
and Navy 1t depends upon them and not upon the
ordered into the service of the coast survey not Ii is
so with the men- is with the vessels Of the navy.
AT this very time application is pending before the
Secretary of War for officers OF the army for this
very service.
Now SIT, the senator stated that there thirteen
vessels employed coast survey, whereas there
only ten employed in the British photography
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