New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-21

an 80 s1T.Cu :. ma soea pr,-~s- -. maze
II the ra5vey Of tie ~stss q San Fr.nosoo 5sJ Pa
't .sass ~ .o-orrspnJ TIE trzrE1s-io1 sasorlees ~
us,rs Of Sza Prarcs~ro and SziT bays tend = IRON
asrs ban .'s . . re- 49, "a =. ss,' eSs
sr char FrsDesco bay and .b- hJtr,-rar5y WI
be cxecased ikc coasrs Eiuef TIE tn.rgEanon OF nc
Coin ban yeE ass htss esaoec ihr.y three ues froa
i,s mouth
ssn;a Bzrhrra iss1 nus ne and s1rvsyS By tas
rrve- t,s otryarc1s have b-e1 Gt1e for
isfi,rS. "a lonras Lsa "a asso-zc v4ralon TIE red
~rrr 20 a1 Of tie c0lst from The ersts Of san J5ta
d Yes u San eGD rs been es-z5shsi m l-.taie
T1d nrfBds Ct TIE NOS important hesaIds hsyss essn
rzry oservsons The .tirnSe Of seventeen stations .ni
the onEfUee Of n.nete.n stations, and the nsr1sc vLs
oa Of seven Eslos have been Tins aetern nd Ga tne
Iure aud Guf cosss tae usual Attention las s<es gT7
10 tie es.e ~1hect Mag1etc 0asrvao-s have tea sde
Al sf-Cus Sixteen longrde md s-vc1-een
stsiu6e stations have been occlpes ana bsse --s
r.aslles. sef exfeus On hss been gwen q he method
o. dssr nuF Tie longt1de Of caransl ponts ~ rrs he
tectTc nsE1efsc tie rHp-t method adiairns q d.
rec O. prscson rot hitherto ttfaiEabe b ether
The e1rors0n Of The Gulf s-r-Aa has seen continual
bss udc IN Publishing the r-rl,ts Of
ihe survey Fsrtyto charts elaborate and hshy snishsd
sne iofy two pre- Urinary Charts have already ben P1a
Esd, and fWruty seets N Fsrous r-E-s 0f
EravnF TIE EeoErsrnicsl position. deferin~a By the
survey tom ~ comma nceen. 70 July. ISL Scel
published TIE srirade and lcu rrae Of over 50 vosnfs
have hus been Eiven 70 the pub.i- and furnishing iana
ton 81 ETesi value for Eenetl aud local purPocs Nrny
srecisl sI-nuaros have hen Ilste 20 ds-erriae The
rrorer fT rrs kEhf-boA bcacons md hasvs asur
the whole ooasf rom Name 20 TeTss sai rs-ris the
We.fern cc.st he entire duty c seinz s.e. has DE-
VOWED gpon ard hen performed BIZ tie Coax SuTeT Il
Eiyes greet pleasure y scsnowe1se the pru-rlrads
dence IN tn results Thus reached
IL las beer an srduous snd r-o, be duty reqr n II
e-s,s srys,s on ne Islities Mach v,I1.se s,rien.
hss sls0 been furnished connection VITA he rver al
Bar DOT IN pIosetsns se1iy ne pans ~ ps5'
ecutnr these works hnd making aTa1e thessil's q The
surveys and the personal eJsrsrou o. tie ureateaea-s
20 tbs branch Of the public service.
In Of the veTy extensive correspondence which NC
esszrly aprertars . such extd ed and vaed overa1a
II respectfully recommended tbat the authority
receiving sending ocis eo,ngsicstious eaunec.ed
with tie survey GOV EXERCISED Nv The svrri bursas of
this Department, ay BE- extended % the Sgperntenlsr
q the Coar Survey and 70 the assistant IN shsge Of iAe
Survey Ofce the Superniendenf beag necessarily absent
IN tie fes much Of his time The duties O. frlnkils
now thrown uTon ths Department extremely oneTols
while u produces delay incompatible with rat prompt
dispatch Of the busnsfs Of tie Surrey always Be de-
sred
10 pursuance Of the AZ 3lst August last authorizing
The formation Of Lighthouse Board officer engineers
nsys ofesr Of high rsns and Two eiyiisn. OF stns4,
ed scientific Acquemeuts have been Designated by the
President % form this Board ard one officer Of tho navy
snd one of the engineers Secret ines. The Board
sufsa IN medatsly orEanEed sud entered mon the Duties
assigned then BY law The clerks employed upon the xht
house hos BEING ore tcpor.r clerk from the oc on
he SECRETARY OF The Treasury and tour from the Fifth Au
tors Bureau were a. required by law. transferred TO ooe
The Bosrd hss been G.iauousy ensAsed in the prspsr
duties asirued u. Prom the practical n9wsd.e 6ui
high professional and scientific afainusu's c1hne n fle
eminent gentlemen psnE a. there e0u5.
that al The benefits contemplated BY tins olsanifioa
Of that branch Of the public service wiz se faly realized
detailed rer0u Of the operations Of the board con-
Trinr scch changes ard Dprcve uCutz the present.
ten az m m Judgment have become Necessary, issbmtleJ
with the present report
Under he the 9s, August lss providing fr the
partmeH sdvertfed l0r prorOss for the dnx OF * -
sells Of dersnated and finish Proposals have second
ngy been received and the corset Tor tie whole nun0e
bal neaf ~.
for ne ta fr execution. The Appropriation made i
sufficient for the construction o. said Seases and their per-
OF he several custom authorized or in c5ue Of
construction. thS, at NcwOre hsS .rosEsssed t
would permit that a. Savannah has been
completed and occupied Charleston the foundation j.
prog with ell possible dispatch sites have been pur-
custom house buildings az Mobile Norfolk Bangor Louis
vile. 81 Louis and Cincinnati Sites have been seectsd az
bath thd Naaobofo', hane, ana Niiunston, an Dea-
ware aud theiI purchase vii be completed when the
non Of Jurisdiction shall have been obtained from the state
IA which they respectively situated IN sccorsnce wtf
the requirements Of the joiHt resolution Of September
1871 se bAs been selected for the baiidng iorzsd
a. Richmond. Virginia So much Of the spProy rat,ou
however VIII BE- absorbed By is purchase that has been
deemed advisable delay for the psnt steps t0wari
the erection Of the building with the view Of requssuE
from Congess additional appropriation and the Re-
mova q the existrr restriction % the amount Of en-
pendtufe Contracts have been made F the erection Of
the ouFomhogse buidinss st San Frsncisco IN Cseni
and fiibhurgh, IN PelnsyvRnia aud the buildings viii b.
prosecuted 10 complexion with the utmost poss BE dspsfc
The restrictions imposed upon the Department by limited
OF ous0uhouses and p0stoces forbid in many the cree
non OF treproof buildings the adoption Of psns en
brscug style OF material comparable vita anv OF ~
local public or private buildings in the same places
Xyjthip ,le.e b,r;t,8 ,r,rsny{..,,,, l., 49,, -. -
couuodatops tuust b. prsyiaed Tor ,b~ C,.,o,r 40.
Post-Ofce United states Conrts Offices fr United stae.
Marshal and Cers Of the United States Courts The rr-st
value Of the papers which must necessarily collect within
the tuildnEs embracing the aforementioned Offices de-
mand thar every pecauon should be taken the part Of
the Government 70 pToventther destruction by ire Some
OF the appropriations a. the control OF the Depsrtm have
been reduced by the purchas Of the site or were
originally 90 limited 10 render II doubtful II the conte.
atsd bUsngs with proper accommodo eau be or.ct
ed without additional appropriations beng made Special
communications in relation 70 Of th-se viii be made
10 SonIes soon Is specific information can be obtained
The contract for the extension and reorganization OF the
Baltimore Custom House building has been concluded
conformity Nlth the act o. the Iast seeslon:
Ehe ges ols'thee aud consc quen dheulty and delay
ih eonmenesiink "ih oreron has prevented any definite
progress bens made IN te erection VI the proposed build
ins ~ Astoria - r-.,.
The opeato~ o. the Depaft1 nj ausns ouf Of the pro-
Visions naae 70. ses sHa GRABBED 'esnen' are becoming
SAY llo.e o-.lous s an ~ ne ~
- v, - - Y- sAs 19 % oui eonuirf'e ?
V'sa - VIC Ians sfshs nom the
% tny GEM noi1 lhe pafues iJr
vince stneh' sysSein has been estab-
hshto, ar hsue rht i9t tneI Irhti without the addition
Of olItet spp5epnsu0ns by Congrcsr
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