New-York tribune., 1874-05-11
nda iytas 10 AQd3 Maps

OF the Government of the United States in 1sOt They
were absent until 1906 They were followed by MAJOR %
Pike, L. s. A. 1851 who discovered the sources or the
Great Colorado of the West Rector and R9bordean
were the next, in 1878 After them Major = H. Long,
L. & A.. conducted an exploring party, Under orders
from the Secretary of War The first explorers OF the
of the Mississippi were Lieut. j. Allen and MI
SchOOlCEatt 1882. The wanderngs of Capt Bonneylle
f1e nv VA sncten irving In the order OF dates
sSonen Explorations were made 10y following officers
Commander wilkes u 3 NJ Is1 I{ Z; Frem5nt EG.
gneer 1872 Capt Boone of the Dragoons, lot5 IapI,
J. Allen S,l9t 1 and % Pee HSeT Engineers i8 Franz
lin, Engineers, 1851; Albert ana reGE, hng'ISeg5 Eg
Engineers 1oi9; Lieut. simpson, Engineers, 1872 capt
1919; Col Johnson, Infantry assisted By Lieuts Smith
Bryan and Mchler, Ensueers lsiJ-55 Lieut; I2rke'
nctrs ISL; Capt Marcy assisted by Capt. Mcclellan;
Engineers 1852 From 1852 to 1851 the explorations anu
survey sf0r railroad route from the Mississippi lAYer
to ers te Of he corr of Toposrdphca In sneer TIE
TtpGiiinS reports attained worldwide reputation on
account Of their valuable d and to this day they are
The Engineer areau Of the War Department has, since
it. organization published several hundred maps Wch
are the accurate, and consequently the most ie
Gy Lieut. NOW MaiOrGen0 g. X. Warren, a !aISe eui,
Territories ives. of tho Mississippi River 10 tue com
mon Intelligence there is no medium that conVe!H III
formation so directly as graphic lliustrdtloH'
ASTRONOMICAL WORK.
The duties in this branch OF the survey M the main
field stations conducted with instruments OF the moss
approved pattern, first undertaken III the year
1871, although in 1869, at Camp Halleck Eko, Camp
Ruby, Peko, and Hamilton New, longitude by telc-
rraph had been determined by connecting with the
Coast Survey station at san Francisco signals having
from that point through the kindness OF fr0I'
George Davidson OF the Coast survey and others. In
the year the OF two principal astronomer
observers obtained. and connections were nade
that wear with the meridian of the Naval Observatory
at Washington and that OF the United states
Lake SURVEY at Detroit The sending stations were
Carin, Battle Mountain, and AUSTIN, NeVaia. suose,
quenty the field of that the Astronomical
position of St George Utah. was determined connection
City. The longitude Of Camp Independence, California.
and Prescott. Arizona determined by lunar eunin
atons and at all tue stations t1Is year. latitude was de
D. me use Yi the zsnth e'fSa t
Corps 0! Typographical Engineers.
By the exercise OF care and after considerable labor in
taking the field in 1872, tue organization for astrOnOmi-
cal WORK IN It's methods peis9hne ahdlhsirumeht was
considerably improved, and three parties, TWO fully
held, and at the Mormon Observatory at SAT- Lake
city. were actively employed Fac results of this sea:
determined with cfedable accuracy the positions OF
the following points: Beaver aud GdnnisoD, Utah
Pioche, Nevada; Fort Fred. Steele, CHEYENNE, and
at the crossing Of Green River by the Union Pacile
Railroad and completed in the following, year. Tne
L. y. Austin, and William W. MaIyatt
ESTABLISHMENT OF AN OBSERVATORY.
II was proposed TO establish a connecting ld-ob-
servatory at Ogden Utah, from which point the signals
for large stretch of territory to the north SOUTH east
and could be sent A substantial brick observa-
tory stone foundation was planned, and has been
essentially completed except the dome II has three
observing rooms that may be increased TO five, and
is cnnnectad with the main wire OF the West
ern Union Telegraph Company. connections Eav be at
any made with the wires OF tie Atlantic and Pacific
Company, and Of the Deseret Telegraph Company of
Utah To Prof H. b. Herr OF the Lchigh ULIyersiiy of
the superntendcnce the construction
this building delegated. Three main ncld
Astronomical parties organized aud took the fGld
about the lst OF june lSI3 leaving 1t about the
OF November They we're in charge Of Assistants j. H.
Clark DE- +. Kampf and Wm. W. Maryat respectively.
Prof. T. H. Stafford OF Dearborn Observatory Chicago,
joined the survey on the 18Th of June and condncied
The observations necessary for the determinations OF
santa re and Fort Union, n. NJ. The following main
neId stations were occupied during the past HELD
season:
- santa F6. \. W. az Georgetown Col
t2l Fort Union, n. IA Osdro Uah
Iol if!hha1, NOL tS) WinDemucca, New.
| l4J Iabrauj Col (lO) Virginia New.
| W colorado Serng, Col tll.l Golien. Montana
tOJ Hughes, Col. (l2) Green ltysr " yoaipg
STATIONS DETERMINED AND RESULTS ATTAINED.
During the years 1871 1874 and 1918 the results now
III )sty calculated give with the utmost now
attainable the latitude and longitude of "a stations in
the Interior area west OF the Tooth meridian These de-
examinations are accurate and Trustworthy AS the pro
able errors show minimum compared with any ma vet
obtained OF this class OF work either In this country or
abroad They have already used i'm chec kinS tho
surveys made upon the railroads 20 that these lines ~
communication from the Mississippi the Pacilc can
be perfectW laid down upon the general map srhe,ue
d.vcIopug from the line of stations reaching from
Omaha 10 San Francisco has been begun. whicr
when carried out 20 meet the plan originally
uropoged VIII be extended iItO an astronomical tranrn-
iaou The secondary triAngnlaon gycsus ppiat- tIat
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