The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-03-29


ments. and how these little towns grow up around
After some discussion
Mr.. MAY. These are the only towns or yiIIaree.
| or settlements, / understand you 10 sava =
Mr.. BRADLEY objected to the word settlement
The CouRT. The only towns you heard Of!
ans, Inc only towns / heard Of; the population
Mr.. MAY. ask you would ii be practicable TO
bring steam-engine into that country?
1ns should think not.
Cues. You know something about steam-en-
Ans I do: have had the snperintendence Of
| twelve or fifteen.
CINE?
Ques. Practically
Ans. ! do
CUES. High pressure and low pressure, little or
Ams. Yes. sir.
| CUES. Could steam-engine be cast into pieces
90 az to be carried into that country?
/ Ans It depends on its size. r- ..,.s-,>
Cues. Well, steam-engine fit for a mine?
Ans. should think that no steam. engine that
could be worked-that is, Tor any manufacturing
purpose, unless to turn lathe or some small work
of that kind-could be transported into the country
| by any means which saw there for the purpose
| Qass. The cylinder of steam. engine is cast in
one piece!
dn. All have ever seen, heard Of, or read of.
CUES. What power engine do you speak of rs
not 10 De carried over that country?
Ans Sixteen horse power. The cylinder of a
sixteen horse power engine would be too heavy to
Mr.. MAY. Is a cylinder the heaviest part which
/ 10 one piece?
Ans. The cylinder is the heaviest. The boiler
would De the heavist, but it is in three pieces.
OF boiler might be packed on mules. but no cy-
Under OF any engine ever read of or heard of
| could be transported by the means saw there.
Cues. What would be the weight of the cylin-
of Irh r~svn rs -
power?
Ana. 1t depends on the pressure used in work
ing; It is eighty pounds to the square inch-(rest
CUES. Do you not think it could be suspended
on any number of horses mules?
Ans don't think it possible to suspend it on the
backs OF mules or horses, because the roads are
hills and it is with great difficulty the horse
can get along himself. A pack-mule requires
great effort to carry load we found it 80 in La
| guinillas-I did.
Quss. Very steep?
! Ans. Not very steep, but rocky; and it required
all the effort Of the animal to keep bis feet. The
holes between the rocks are rugged-dificult.
| Cues. What do you think of the road, upon the
whole?
| Ans. 1t ia very bad road; the worst have ever
seen; SO bad that it can scarcely be called road.
Cues. You have travelled in mountainous coun
! triess
Cues. These the worst you ever travelled
Ans. Yes, they are.
s-eramination. CUES: understand you to
noon, and left there on Wednesday following.
about O'Clock in the morning?
Ans. (After referring to the memorandum
BOOK. Monday, the 18th December, arrived at
Lagulnillas, at about O'Clock in the afternoon.
and lett at O'Clock in the morning.
cues You say you entered Laguinias in the
northern part, and there found the boundary
| stone?
Ans did
1.-TWO or three answers to questions not heard. }
CUES. After you left Laguinillas do you remem.
Der passing any running water on the way to Ar
Ans think before we reached Arrovo seco we
passed stream; between Arroyo Seco and
Laguinllas, think it was, either outside or on the
edge If the boundary.
Cues. You speak of boundary?
Ans. mean such boundaries as we got from the
official map.
CUES Do you remember how near Arroyo seco
or Laguinillas?
Ans. My memory is not very sure. kept the
main road from Laguinillas to Arroyo seco with
out going off.
Quss You have never seen or heard of a cvlin
der of an engine not solid, or which was cast in
several pieces?
Ans. have not.
.,Que', What is your judgment as to the practca
bility of doing 80?
Ans. 1t could be done.
CUES: Could not the piston be made in sections
and united by screws?
Witness. The piston?
Mr.. BRADLEY. The pistun.
Ans. The piston could be 30.
cues. An engine OF the power you speak of
might be transported on these roads, understand
you?
Ans. must think moment; found it 90 diff
cult to get along myself 1t would be very small
piston that a horse could carry on these roads.
Cues. 1t could be cast in sections?
Ans. It could be done.
CUES. What other section ia it usual to cast in
large sI pisTS ss ,ssmsnt. Of III. av-u,..,
Qxes Could not the segments of the fly wheel
be cast in sections and united by wrong htiron
bar with screws?
Ans. They could be.
Cues. Then the sections might be small enough
10 be carried on the road?
Ana. They could be, but very small sections.
Witness, in the several questions, said he had
been on the Pacific coast, and in Chihuahua.
Mr.. MAY. 1t would be a email piece of a steam
engine that could be carried on the back of mule
In what way do you think it could be carried?
Ans. walked these mountains myself. think
animal has enough to do to carry himself.
Mr.. MAY said he intended to cali witness who
spoke no English, and he did not know what would
be done for an interpreter. There were one or two
present who we're competent, but they were Wit
nesses.
The CouRT said interpreter would undoubt-
eddy be required, and it made difference whether
he was witness or not.
Mr. Jacobo Sanchez Navarro called, and Mr..
Bo,res sworn interpreter, and addressed
the questions to the witness, and reported his
answers.
CUES, Ask him to state his name?
Ans. Jacobo Sanchez Navarro.
Ques. Where he resides?
Ans. In Saltillo.
GUS. In the Republic of Mexico?
Ans. In the Republic OF Mexico.
Cues. How long has he resided there?
Ans. Ever since the year 1910.
Ques Ask him how long he has resided in the
Republic of Mexico, and whether he ia a native OF
that republic7
Ans. He says he has lived there the whole of the
age that he has, which is thirty seven years.
CUES. Ask him if he has lived in the city of San
Luis Potosi, and how long?
Aps. He has lived there six years.
CUES. In the city of San Lus?
Ans. In the city of San Luis Potosi.
| Cues. Ask him what his occupation is?
| Ans. Proprietor-land proprietor.
| CUES. What period Of time did he live in San
| Luis Potosi!
Ans. From the year 1926 to the year 1881.
| CUES. Has he visited the State of San Luis Pc.
| tosi since he resided there?
Ans. He has at different times on different oc.
| cations.
| Cues Has he visited the city of San Luis?
! Ans. He has.
CUES. Was he personally acquainted with the
late Governor Of the State, Don Julian de los