Show JS S ROOSE VELTIN IN WASATCH COUNTY COU J I 1 I 1 ed F F hanston answers H G clar clack kes s note method of T TeU ipg time independent of abse at greenwhich roosevel Roo roosevelt seveN utah 1914 editor duchesne record in the issue of the record of sept alth abear s a letter from H G cla clarice me of myton in regard to longitude of uintah special meridian ii in which he acknowledges now ledges that he knows nothing about such matters from his own ability to perform the necessary mathematical calculations involved he takes the position that it was impossible at the time that the uintah special meridian was established to determine the longitude correctly because bause there were no telegraph communication muni cation with this section at that time from the same sama train of reasoning it would follow that prior tp to the invention of the wireless telegraph by marconi marco ni it was impossible for the captain of a shib shija at sea to determine his longitude or that it was impossible for the various explore ers such as Living livingston stoL stan stanley and others to determine their longitude while in te african jungles at Atthe the time that thattie the uintah special meridian wis was establish ed the union pacific R R was in operation and all travel to the uintah basin left the R R at greeir river city wyo and in two days time the traveler reached the basin as is well known chronometers chrono meters have been made for many years so accurate that they do not vary one minute in a month then what would prevent the observer anghis chronometer with him corred corrected td liy by wire at the time of leaving the R R then taking the correct local time on the ground by solar observation getting the difference of time thus obtained and greenwich time as shown by the chronometer and reducing the difference in time to difference in longitude a very simple calculation that any seventh grade pupil in our public scho gils should be able to make then there are other methods of checking his calculations such agthe as the method of obtaining the longitude by lunar distances by observing the meridian transit of one of the fixed stars etc none of which methods will be under stood by the individual not ver sedi 1 in higher mathematics adare adar ar only mentioned here to s show ow that it is possible for the individual possessing the necessary mathematical education and equipped with the required instruments of precision to accurately compute the florigi I 1 tude cany place on the earths surface although more difficult in the vicinity of one of the poles at any time without telegraphic communication with the observatory at Greenwich any party desiring to obtain I 1 reliable information from a disinterested in aeres ted party is requested to co confer with hon charles demoi demo s sy y late register registe of the TJ J S lan land d office at vernal who is a very capable civil engineer and able to advise correctly in the matter A request was sent to hon wk D beers state engineer salt lake city utah that he check the calculations made by the writer and published in the record of september alth and the following answer received salt lake city sept 9 1914 mr E F harmston cosevelt rosevelt io sevelt utah dear sir your letter of second 1 ast enclosing copy of your calculations showing the location of the duchesne uintah county jine with reference to the town of roosevelt cama came duly to hand 1 have checked your calculations and find them to be correct as far as the cocat location on of the duchesne uintah county line goes with reference to uintah special meridian I 1 have used the same longitude for the uintah special meridian as you have and did not take into ean consideration the other longitude found on record at the local land office namely 58 15 the latter of course would be more in your favor than the former figuring this basis the county line passes through the neli of the N NE of see sec 22 93 now if as yo ustate in your letter the east limits of roosevelt lie within the awl NW sec 22 then of course roosevelt lies wholly within duchesne county respectfully yours W D beers state engineer per C J TET the orly only foundation for mr Cl arkes contention is that a map of the state of bf utah pub lish edby the department erroneously shows roosevelt on the eastside East side of the line cla cia sons map of utah shows roose velt correctly located ork on the west side of the line roosevelt Js is in duchesne Duches neN county and no amount of political liti t cal chicanery wil w ter the alle faa S very respectfully E F harmston |