New-York tribune., 1872-02-12
.,o. t,t ,o .,er vhc !. .characteristie Of tle

elbows that the warm water which Of rho
Gulf stream was early IN TINS month' NOR tAIn M a
that the band OF water was somewhat DrOlder.
no other ateretions Of cod and warm water Tho OBJ
servatiOns made IN the latitude OF cape heTy'
SURVEY or STATES
In accordance with the recommendation contained IN
the preliminary report Of September, 1870 small appro-
praton made by Congress, at its last session. ior
commencing the geodetc connection between tne Az
lantc and Pacific coasts and for the determination "i
points in Of the interior states which may require
mem % the basis for STATE surveys, or for me
small sum has already revealed considerable error n
tne hitherto accepted geographical position OF 20 prom
expenditure which NAV made for this purpose will h.
soon repaid to the General Government by the more ac
cate information thus acquired IN regard 70 distances
or the length of post routes which the contracts for
n9 posa 5ervlee are princlpa oased By the is, or
apphcatlons had been made BY the Governors OF NvN
Hampshire, OHIO, Indiana. and Missouri for the detefn
nation OF geographical positions within the limit or
their respective States Near the end OF November tho
Governor OF California made similar request. several
parties were accordingly assigned, and have been en-
gagged IN this duty and in the geodeic connection during
the past five months Applications we're also made ~
the Governors Of Virginia and Maryland 70 l0cate th9
boundaries OF their respective states.
At the state-hOu.e IN Columbus Ohio, the longitude,
deduced from observations made IN OctODer lat Dy
Of most experienced assistants prove that the pr
nfIes Tbs dscrrpancv was not known when the Gov
ernOr OF Ohio applied FOR the benent OF the provision
made by Congress- The points proposed for determna-
tou in the vicinity OF the Mississippi are rom ten 10
NJ miles apart II is Intended 10 connect all OF them with
the nearest section OF the surveys made for tho
General land Once Hence the work done by the Gov
ernment in the geOdcuc construction OF tAe AtfhN'
W m the pacific coast as proposed in the esmates IA
cdcntaly ayails for the geographical Adjustment 't
large and pJpulOUs areas nj the west, auo presents
motive FOR early action In regard 10 correct state maps
i'm the issue Of which the Government has collateral -
through the requirements OF the postai service
TELEGRAPH COMPARIsoSs-REsURVEis-H is-HfDko| EARht'
Teegraphic facilities now extending into the INTERIOR
afford ready means for correcting longitude by the pro.
lie sd upou IN Ia.
survey Of the coast Many points along the seaooard
and several in the middle Of the Continent have been Al
ready fixed by the application Of that method At me
gnetc station on Capitol H IN washington Wy As
slant Charles A. schott. recorded IN Jnne c9oli,.s
series and from his observations dedaced the decueon
dip and intensity. Observers not connected WIN me
Standard station for testing and comparing tntw ma--
netc instruments. Those in use by Capt. h lL OF lnS
OF Lieut. Whec.ern the region OF the COlOi-uV hifet
WeFctested ~ the same station
ESTIMATES.
The estimates for this year follows
For general expenses OF all the Sections. namely,
rent, tuel, materials for drawing engraving.
aud painting, aud tOF transportation OF insirl-
ments maps, charts, for miscellaneous once
books. mans. and charts -. s25Ooe
section I.~Coast OF Maine, New 9-Hampshlre, sits-
sachIsetts and Rhode island oOOJ
section II.-Coasto Of Connecticut, New-York. New
Jersey, Pennsylvania and part OF DelawaTe... 1909
Section IlI.-Part Of Mary land, Delaware ana .,
section IV-Part Of virginia and North Carolina 1901
section V-South Carolina and Georgia ....... lOoaG
Section VI-COas keys and reefs OF Florda...- 4OV1
Section NII-Guf Coast OF Florida north OF Tam
pa Bay and coast OF West Florida. $1,000
Section VIII-COast Of Alabama, Mississippi, aud
Section IX.-COast of part Of Louisiana, and
Texas JoWp
Sections X XII and XII-Pacic Coast. 2i00O
For forming geOdeuc connection between the Al
lanc and Pacific COasts-- JOOoO
Paw and ratiOns Of gineers for steamers used m
Coast survey, no longer supplied by the Navy
DeDartnenf .. ................... 1000
For continuing publication OF the -urvey........ 1000
For repars and maintenance Of yessels...... $3.50
Total $500. ............. .s726,OOo
The services Of Prot. Hlgard, Capt Patterson, A.
sistant Cooper Heine Davidson, and others, III pro-
noting the Interests OF tho survey are gratefully ree0S-
uizea. BENJAMIN PIERCE,
superintendent L. ;. Coast survey.