Horace Capron
Published: 2012-01
Total Pages: 316
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: a half miles south of the city, has a fall of about 12 fect, which can be increased I think to 15 fect. The supply of water is not quite so certain orlarge as that at the first one. The general direction and relative position of the water courses of the valley, which are so peculiar, will, I think, be much bctter understood by a study of the accompanying maps than by a written deseription of them. It is greatly to be hoped that future examinations will reveal good building and limestone in the locality of Sapporo; nothing is more needed for improvements than these articles. This report contains, in brief, 'the information obtained during an exploration which occupied about two months of contant travel on horseback, during which time, owing to the remarkable facilities offered through the aid of all the Japanese officers, with me, I was enabled to visit many points that I could not have seen under ordinary circumstances. It has been impossible for me in the short space and time allowed for the preliminary report to consider thoroughly, and properly diseuss in every dctail, the merits of the several improvements and routes proposed for the commerce and travel with Sapporo, by common roads, canal, and railroads: enough, however, is known to enable me to oTer an approximate estimate of the cost of the several improvements recommended, in case you should desire it hereafter. I desire to acknowledge the courtesies and facilities constantly extended to me by the Japanese officers who accompanied me through Yesso. Respectfully A. G. WARFIELB, Engineer $c., Sfc. Tokei, 5th Jan. 1872. To Grnl. Hokace Capron, Chief of Commission, S.c. FIRST ANNUAL REPORT, HORACE Commissioner And Adviser KAITAKUSHI 0F H0KKAID0, T0KI0, JAPAN, 1871. TOKEI: PUBLISHE...
