Show coast and geodetic survey parity in verral Verr al aJl setting elevation posts A pirty of government engl neeri has been making its tei teis sin in the past week they are running a part of the general precise level network tn in this men alea at present they have extended el a line from mack colo over the uintah railway to watson and across higl highways iwas into our city in the execution of their elevations are carried to one tenth cr a millimeter ei which la is about the thic thickness knem of a postage stamp corrections ions ale aie made toi foi in ill latitude and for the earths curvature bronze tablets are placed about two to miles aniles apart no elevations are stamped on these maiks because tile the final which are adjusted to mean seel sea level datum are computed in the washington office two tablets were placed in cpr nal one in the cobit house and one in the building the field eleia elevation tion of the mark li ii the building Is 1620 meters I 1 besides establishing pietism con ciol over the country the coast and geodetic survey performs nu na other engineering engine ei ing duties they operate magnetic studying magnetism and grail gravity ty seismological station stations eions where earthquakes are studied and have claige of maps for a arwa s their chief function however e er Is at sta where they make all charts used by the navigators vi of oo on navy and m merchant marine they also stud study tides and currents and keep the failner posted on all menaces ces tai ta navigation the party here Is in charge of aleut A 0 thoron with headquarters at wash gt in D 0 abe members ot of hs h s r fy ty are as follows james gibson 0 W lyman R S whitehead W A jacobs enoch robbins 1 E C silvia IL II A glidden J 11 gal gainer ner J BU 1111 by ployd floyd jarvis W guy and IL R sigler |