Show boundary between california and utah I 1 W wagon j agon road eold eoute route I 1 sacramento AMENTO oct 5 1 I 1 0 THE JOURNAL JOURNAL I 1 have pave brofn brorn mr ir G deard a hastily drawn draw n up but out report of soine some of t the tre resets results of his hia expedition to carson Caison valley ny winch ich 1 take pleasure in placing allour jour disposal 9 eijia 1 l iverlet ler TO ellz 11 nos hos S II 11 bl v V SR in accordance co brunle with wita aitra witra your wish wih theao 14 give you a abnet I 1 ai rie of f the te remits ablis led by the boundary purvey under andr mix nj direction and in in a of 0 a indorf fiul fiut itil fuh ful aja Y 4 halted lepor i when wilen the ht 11 v ationo peal alt all reopened reduced and ind e comple triple fedj bg e a to pr present tint you the following 1 11 1 g statement I 1 boundary bous BOUN bihun daiy DAr gu sunvey avry avey I 1 sei alp thie attitude altitude and azinith azin mth nth instrument a little leit vt of af tile tiie meridian in in reo neo lake aley 64 or the tile pid ald old oid cargon carson road d and toa loofe such observations as were available dading daring dur fi my stay slay there the th iton tinn sll Sli flierman erman day measured a casp line in the established by positions of all the neighboring pea the station and pret prolonged proTon n ged gel 61 my meridian dia dja line irne n ver er the round top i lage idge into bigler lak lake I ake valley I 1 then ihen proceeded to dig big biglar oler gler like lake valley and set up the on the tile south shore althe of the ialy laly par near where here the th truckee tru 1 acke river rier falls into the east of the here heie I 1 took such observations actions as the tile weather permuted I 1 pies ples mea mpa measured red tej a ba hase base se li line in e and connected the former points points 0 ot t t the h e ned hed lake triangulation tria with t this his stat station io ri and id carried tr i kea keo the triangulation ov over oyer er the mountains into carson valley vailey the meridian of red fied I 1 lake Like ikami campy was bithie bythie by th I 1 I 1 continued oil on pager 1 last bb ag teyO tewo 0 min adin ad 1 the t e ydo men afano f pi et lukl deg 0 58 66 nun in ane the j L W e rub rug hrias nd annas annab di in oia ola 1 ide upke lake s S 44 deg 15 binin 27 70 74 70 sip rip sec til tji the dig rig figures urea ures may y somewhat modified nhep iben oe wh gig rig pt rii the ike t le ob 05 I 1 se gervat vati lons ions swa sha il ilalie kye aye been r re eq computed aa As ous HUS chip liwai was siti biti atel clogg to the shore r of the lakeland lake e aud rud and aud about to two moles mia tyous fro eastern aide and aad gie gge fi Y q or oros cs froni front its weilt wie ade aidea rt MAUI maul t th at tiie the tile initial point formed ly ry ct tf the meridian and thel parallel falls falta a boula bouta and nd a quarter west and nearly four miles north our ours oure sta tation tion T assuming the longitude given by ty caeli 1 great en eno inae of the point dint where ie tile the colorado crosses lilt irth parallel As lu crees grees 40 inin thin itlie t he tian lotin dary diry daty linie linne lil ill fethi part eart p rt df a great grit circie circle fwu wo iotha i andi ithe p li 2 man the li line newill will make a IL gile asle P ia with v 1 th the tj e in ot E ahi ayi and at athe joti trend 11 and aul aun IY 4 r isamii eov thee TI g I 1 angle angleo are alte uncorrected gor for I 1 the eart earth 1 10 s wih bet het oal effect hern heln but little I 1 i on completing the above observations ia 10 bigl digi lerl leri Like valley vailey e r wished to have set sei s stanert the point where the thi ibave irei liei lake ake and then to haye have proton prolonged ced ged the he line ivr mountain into catson carson valley but the tho dior Alor mornion party furnished me nie by judge xe jie gie return IQ salt alake a k e fia hia is ai P aia aaa in this lis its portio p a athe 1 I 1 learned 1 p til ifal ag u I 1 ati aa cipri ced over oven jg mountain kalhe 11 and in measure e asure a third ard base line ottily omil melesin mi 1 I lesin gr so son n valley vailey and connected connected the fhe he diff different work re asi settlements lbert ther with the rest of rpy m th The base hase 1 I prolonged by tria trie aw a point a at ath the e southern off dof ilie llie valley vailey so talat line w win wie ch crosses the dalfey in in the immediate vicinity mr or lucity bills sett seit lenie lanie nt during the expedition I 1 have collected a large mass of n wll wil as well weil as corrected the 0 s iii lit 1 0 others t hers abse observed ried su duding during rinat laetit moors explorations so that combine athey they will very complete map of that region hel nEi tints tinis OLD dreox AND johns JORNS jonsson ON 4 H R ROADS 11 I 1 in conformity to ybur r P live kept a full barometrical register for udit 1411 t 4 tha throughout the ifie W od r aney n ey h e by tle tie the arson ia P S ss S and back by bv the johnson road to llacer blacer r ll 11 W 1 I ital it is s wl wath th niue nine lucli I 1 1 1 pleasure le sure aliat that I 1 ca can i n r report 1 L that the aneroid barometer used u d set sei and V was a mercurial ma ua unla unta barome Bar ome oms ter attia atyia at 1 ce and a at 1 t red laiq laie lake amp ap up ear war f 0 haye givan corre correct qt reial results having ha v ipg I 1 re t turnell U te to th oame same h heights i at the same sam un under r alike like ilke weather baur ot vt day lay and te temperature the bammie saffie same ul I 1 eings had fr e queens for toting testing this his as lih ith ii several beveral times limes passed oyer the samel same spot hn ullie tiie tile whole of the observations shall phal have ideen ged fed reduced uceda a very veery complete profile will result q tiie tile hei het heights abts of bf the following points 11 I 1 have calculated approximately so asto asto aito include in this brief statement r 9 n height sea P a erv arv lie lle feet w r nto ulo 0 carson cars n road hoad vrest V 1 old Caron road noad imd udd lake late 1 old cirson cinson noad pad dialot ngi 9 john J so lenad WK or inlo lii liv lda ida j t john johnse S n road meter vaney maney T 2110 2210 2210 johnson J road rad east vas ait nit a f V as 6 1 oars cars carswe valley almy aimy aley J n CS C irson OD valley garys mill n J luthers pas pa 1 i tasso siope II 11 pe t aliey ailey lloyl head a d of carson i 7 prom i the tho above it will be seem seeni thail that til the e high est pass on ori the johnson route is AS more than 2 feet lower jhan than chaton ibe the gad cad carson road load the latter iatter road fora for a considerable portion of its dist distance anee passes over very elevated ridges while whet the johnson trail the expose expos ed slopes of the vailey ballek of thee south for fork k boon soon enters a less rigorous climate it is abr tina tins reason that during the gvinter months tha tatter latter is the oni only y traveled mad aad t 1 when I 1 crossed in in the win winter fr at 91 15 tiie the oid jd road was utterly impassable white while the th snow 0 on n uie hie johnson road tri lit in its deepest deep at place did old not hot exceed three or four feet M ana for the greater reater part ot of thi distance there was wag not more than titan six lix inches td a abot of snow bobil botelh th hitherto tia traveled uld wid r road did P li have 4 ye had bid this great fautt fault while the theas ascent emt lias hap been moderate op ort thew the western estern side the descent on the eastern has been een most precipitous by liow ing the we new pass now called luthers pass from bigler lake like valley to hope valley vailey I 1 the tile descent is is made easy could the narrow valle vaire valley y between the th johnson eJohnson pass and luthers pass le loe bridged over by a lotty lofty fia fla viaduct ria duct of all the routes yet known this would te tile tiie one for the pacific railroad as there need be no grade rade upon it exceeding one mone hundred feet to the mile id in concluding hasty rein Tein arki aiki I 1 wish to return thanks to ol judge hyde of utah territory for his efficient a assistance in in caming out the objects of the expedition in to col ree reese se of the mormon station to mr mott molt mr ton and their families for their courteous and liberal hospitality and abd to th inhabitants of carson valley Valey generally for the promptitude with which any requirements I 1 made upon them were immediately met and responded to I 1 lowe owe thi thanks iriks to tle tie the lih libe ral cal of tile cisco seo and the viale ef ervick villo lines line s ol 01 tele telegraph griph 11 for fatin flam fiam thelt theli vies gies at lode i edsal for lf I 1 hg the andrit and at nir air loell sl ail all fran I 1 1 C cica aad who whey kindly leot lent ruie uuie the rile bar da scirth hith hag hab heern beeri of 0 much dur aur ing in the 1 h L i I 1 I 1 iun inn very fei coyit obeda 1 it glo gio 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