Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean: Vol. 2, Pt. 4
APPENDIX I, —OBSERVATIONS FOR DETERMINING PROFILE. A??IENDIX I. Observations for Determining Profile from E 1 Paso to Preston,, on Red Piver. Deduced results. Remarks. Distance, in Angle.'Elevation, feet. in feet. .1 H 0 / //. B. Back sights. F. Front sights. 2870 2334. 3 1287. 6 382. 6 2793. 5 150,5. 1 32616 472 9579 1097 3061. 6 16 0 3 5945. 1 67(9. 3 25125.4 892. 9 ]3890. 8 3635. 4 2015.5 1301. 1 1262. 8 6841.7 2283.2 0 1773. 1 994. 9 1224.5 1989. 8 1791. 4 1530.7 4979. 6 382~67 6683. 8 4757. 8 1898. 4 29784o 3 48981. 4 10765. 7 8881. 3 4234o 8 9247. 8 7053. 9 3061.4 293112. 3 29133.7 6518o 1 4694.1 9617.7 19707. 4 16234. 1 7334.4 20472. 7 38075. 4 9617.7 32[4.3 10382. 9 612.5 1785. 8 3210. 7 1581. 7 1. BB... F B... 6 4. B ---- 9..... B.... 1. F - -. r B 7. F.... B. F.... $ B.. 6. F 2 7. F.... 9. B.... F 130. B.... 3 B.... 11. 6 9 142 S ---- F.... 1 (. B.... F... 16 B --- 1.... 17... 158..... 16. B.... F.. 17. F.... 18. F.... 19. F.... 20. F.... 21. F.... 93. B B.. 24. B -- ..... 25. B.. — F ---- ... lB — 26. F. 27 B.. B.... 28, lF -- F-.29. F.... 30. B.... F.... 31. B.. F.... lB... (3 2. F. 33 B.. 3. 80.. _.......... ........... 5 34.5 .......... .......... 754. 9 B 334.1 1 9. F.... 1 8 9 8. ~ ~ ~ ~ 4 9.40 6 4 6...2. 164. 8 B.......... I66. 1 47 .......... 43. 3 ............. .......... .......... 172. 3 8.......... 1 223. 8 i i 188. 8 26. i,,,, 4694.1 1 60 60...............81.9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 28. F... 7334.4 0 38 60............-8 165 -253. 15. Be... 6 2.5 3 1 60..............3.1 99.. 1 ..... 22. 5 I 108 - Observations. D —pres sion, in fee't. 11 Number of station. 30. 4 .......... 7 i 15. 4. 5.4 1 i ' i I]. I i i i 1 13. 9 26.1 I I 102 00 059 00 Iot 00 054 00 045 00 054 00 211 00 301 00 206 00 940 00 426 00 151 00 154 00 056 00 034 00 034 00 004 00 005 00 012 00 026 00 Iol 00 053 00 009 00 124 00 65. 5 1 i i 23 i 19. 8 1 8. 9 1 i 67. 5 l i 44. 8 i i 138. 5 62. 3 2.2 170. 9 81. 4 157.5 65. 2 24.2 I 96. 9 81. 9 81 105. 5 i 34.1 1-1,!2 0 51 1 00 1 20 0 40 0 33 00 00 00 00 00 059 00 153 00 124 00 312 00 311 00 200 00 049 00
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- Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean: Vol. 2, Pt. 4
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