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Show U. S. GEODETIC SURVEY CORPS DISBANDS HERE. Because of Snow Being Too Deep. Asks for Co-operation of the People Peo-ple in Preserving Landmarks. Land-marks. Chief Engineer C. V. Hodgson, of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey corps, is in Milford this week, accompanied by the following members mem-bers of his staff, A. W. Bales, Oregon; Ore-gon; William Bussey, Ohio; O. A. Caffrey, North Dakota; Harry Kersey, Ind. Guy Masengale, Tennessee; Mart Braden, Idaho; David Braden, Idaho; William Musseter, Ohio; Dan Taylor, Texas; Louis Ulrich, Texas; L. W. Wakefield, New Mexico. A News man visited Chief Engineer Engi-neer Hodgson at his quarters in the Hotel Atkin, and had a pleasant chat with him, also gaining considerable information as to the object of the present visit of the corps, as well as something of the work .they are doing. The corps, said Mr. Hodgson, is engaged in general triangular work on this trip, which includes a Portland Port-land to Boise run. On account of the big snows in the mountains, the 'orps stopped off here and will, as soon as the stragglers of the party get in, disband for the Winter, shipping ship-ping their outfit to Needles, Cal., where it will be stored. Mr. Hodgson referred interestingly to the methods meth-ods followed in his work, and expressed ex-pressed the desire that farmers or landholders, finding towers or other permanent survey marks on their lands, should not disturb the same. Quoting Mr. Hodgson's exact language, lang-uage, the following details will be of interest: , "To make it possible to see from one station to another it is often necessary to build towers higher than the surrounding trees, or to enable the observer to see over some distant dis-tant intervening obstruction. In any locality which has been covered cov-ered by triangulation many permanent perman-ent marks, other than those specially special-ly prepared, are located for the use of the engineer and surveyor, such as church spires, water tanks, belfries bel-fries on school-mouses and courthouses, court-houses, large prominent trees and other objects. These are located by observations from two or more stations sta-tions of the main scheme. Special care is given to the marking mark-ing of the stations to secure them against destruction. The surface mark is usually a small brass disk, cemented into a hole in a rock ledge or set in the top of a concrete post, while reference marks are set at various va-rious distances to assist, in finding the station. A description of each station, with its distance and direction direc-tion from various other stations, is published by the Coast and Geodetic Survey as soon as practicable after the completion of the field work, and will be gladly furnished to any person per-son desiring it. Triangulation, besides connecting the various large public surveys throughout the country, is of direct benefit to many people in the territory terri-tory through which it is extended by its connections with the local land surveys and the city surveys. The stone or concrete posts set in the course of the work bear the same relation re-lation to triangulation as the blazed trees and cornerposts bear to the ordinary land survey. Before any future work can be begun it is first necessary to recover one or more marks from which to start. To prevent pre-vent the destruction of these marks the assistance of the people living in the vicinity of a station is earnestly earnest-ly desired." The News also obtained a de'ailed outline of the general work of the Geodetic Survey, which it hopes to b able to publish shortly. The personal per-sonal of the corps is made up of splendid young men. all gentiemen r-.r-.d all enthusiasts in their work. |
