Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1855-08-21
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Nav 3Oth, 1856.

since llhsard anything from yOui and feel
.ha. have bsen dsrelics In duty in not wri.
ilng 10 you moro frequently.
] caIne on. to ,his country prepared 70
czrcnis-suchsc hsccniraci; ;sor.corsrsc,s= for sur
veying, % Imigh, be able " obtain from
the Surveyor General l have now In my
employ ,sp msbi have .vo ssams Of mules
and alt The pscssssry equipment, Tor regu'
lar camp siege. Mr.. Charles A. Manners.
laie'survsyoFof Christian coun,yfIll., with
j like numbers Of hands. &C.; IL sssocla,sd
with me- shs enterprise, W. arrived here
ou ,hs 4hh ofp April leas, and shortly aher.
vards entered Into our rsspse.ivs con,racn
Cor shs contracts have 20 b. mken .,separa,s.
ly) viihsh Surveyor Conceal. NY con.
lIacl vas lor lhs eprveY of she Guide Msri.
den line between Kansss and Nebrnskai Il
: point 90 milss w6ss ef'ihe ini,ial point on
,ks Miss6bG KiseS. shsncs Sunnine sou,h
on ! true meridian iaO Giiss, together With
four STANDARD parallslss Or correction lines.
The frst siandard parallel 10 commence. on
The Guide meridian. 30 miles from ny tlar,.
ing poin. and running ,hencs on q uus par;
allel, esst.o The river, which will % abou,
zen mi.es above, this place, gshei second
standard, 10 commences on the said, mstdian
80 miles south Of the first standard. This
will ssrike she Missouri River near the mouth
ofths Kansaa River. The third 70 be thirty
miles south Of the second. and 90 on. The
conuacs is estimated OF 474, milea The
price per mile $500. Mr.. Manners OBJ,
lained D contrac, for similar survey to be
made in Nebraska. He il 70 commence q.
the same point ], do and run North TO .he
Missoari River. making bis standard paral-
lels al every "a miles. His contract amounts
20 572 miles by estimate. Mr.. M, has also
a con,rac, TO plan. the Iron monument a.
the Initial poin. on the Missouri River, and
also another, 10 examine and test the base
line, as ran by Professor Johnson last Fall.
In addition 10 our written inssruc,iors,
received verbal instructions from Gen. Cal.
houn. y !ss, the beginning poin, Of the
Guide meridian line, and II | should find
any. serious error in the survey Of the base
line at that point, 20 remain in camp until
Mr.. Munnsrs should arrive. The Gen. also
gave Mr.. N. inslructionsto the effect. shat
II he discovered any error In the base line,
70 push through 70 my camp with all possi.
BILE dispatch; and in the even, ! had starred
oui on my line, TO follow afisr. bring me
back. return TO the Office, and await furihe,
orders. On The 4,h ins,. we both lefl fol
our respecs,ye pIaces Of ,des.ina,ion, Mr.,
Manners via: 81. Jossphs, thence 70 the ini'
,ial point abovs 81. Josephs, thence west or
The base line, testing the Same o. he advaEc'
sd. BY the way Of the California road Of
old military road TO Laramie. Thevoad from
this place 10 Laramie in,etsscss with the 8,
Jossphs road about e:eh, miles east Of nv
bsginning point, which is situated about two
miles norlh Of the road, on the watsrs cfrshe
"Big Blue" river u .q 4.s
Iarrived a. my place ofdssiinatIon on the
evsning Of the 9Th. On ,he nigh. Of the
OH made ihs necessary observations Of the
Polar Star when on the msFidian, and again
when o. ils greatest eastern ,eloDga.ion,
.hefeby establishing very satisfactorily attue
meridian. ! now fel. pretty we'll cOn'snied,
and felt slropgly in hopes sha, l could Be
able TO procsed next morning. The next
morning | tested ,he base line BY the meh'
dian thus found; and 20 my horror and a.
to1ishmen. found the base lins .Vroagi Al
this poini I. ran soistk OF west nias rods PEI
mile. 4 This was f.. IwaS compelled 10
desist from running land finally concluded
10 start Easi on the line and meet Mr. M
I Ieft my n On 10 the camp (exceps ons) and
taking one ofmy lighses. wagons proceeded
on East, and on the evening of'he 18th mel
Mr. MrS2i miles from my camP hc'Was
encamPed on the waters Of The Nsmaha.
he had no. discovered any miSsakes 10 I'D.
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