New-York tribune., 1878-02-19
PROGRESS OF The STATE SURVEY.
IMPORTANT REsULrs-rHR WORK CAv BE COM
PIETrp WITH S1l.300 A POORLY MAPPEI

BhOthlrS Of lllfs SlAlE OF Ell.
IMroRrAST REsULrs-rHR WORK cAS BE CON-
PIETrp WITH $11.300 A POORLY MAPPED
STATE Al PRESENT
ALBASY, Feb. 1S.-The second report Of the
Goard OF Commissioners OF the State survey tho prelim
mary report the Directory, and tho accompanying
documents have been printed After mentioning tho
changes I'm the Board the date OF the last report
the Commissioners say:
The ,r,onculation extends across eleven important
counties IN oi the state, and has afforded
means ~ determining with great accuracy nearly 100
geographical points ying "ithn an aten oI 5000 tiua
miles parts of these counties Within the
,amc area have fixed with equal accuracy the post
I'm of seventy meridian lines iffortnc conve elient
sAndnrIs Of reference for aoccrtauing the dccnation
of The needle and IL tidua but constantly pro-
rr,.lyc changes. THIS has been accomplished with great
economy much oss ens' uf time and money than the
public has generally supposed 10 be possible ana gives
evidence that the whole survey be- made for
# money very smau cO.pared with the value of
such . worS Upon The people inhabng this portion Of
our state therefore, IN, survey has already conferred
benefit II which u would he difficult 20 estimate The
value removing the principal causes OF uncertainty
which have hitherto existed H. surveying operations.
Ibc survey has brought ght the fact that the
MiImark. originally established 10 liX boundary lines
Of counties have, IA many lhsianceS-peIhaps III most
become completely eiaccd while the people To
whom they were familiar are also rapidly dis
been recovered during the past year, and their
positions hnye been fixed FOR all future time by perma-
neut monuments ana by connection WIN inc rlhAgua-
ton Care been taken I'm AL cases not g disturb
isting .iuc object being preserve lines from loss,
and not to unsettle any established boundaries The
survey shows the defects IN ali IN use.
and Villages to the of miles. This IL a constant
source Of trouble and confusion aud these errors
are numerous ana 50 large as 10 afford
convincing evidences 10 any one who in.pects-
however cursoiily graphic representation OF the
.crted be- the worst mapped stat of equal wealth
be found the civilized world. IL has been said by the
state, that haye n better Typographical map of
the surface OF the moon than OF the state OF
Ncw-Yurk. The monuments and merldan lines
OF the state Survey now furnish permanent starting
points, and true directions from which nj courses and
may he
relraced In future throughout the REGION tranSulated
From ths short sketch OF work OF fixing the great
pejnt- and establishing the leading lines, II will be
that when II s done u VIII be lasting IN It's very nature
how IL also ne carried ont IN It's details 10
dvduaa; and all that shall thus be done although at
different and In sections distant from each other,
viii 20 toward making up the end complete and
rect map OF the whole Slate Whatever shall be done
hereafter III Out SURVEYS VIII be consistent ana har-
ac'''Jr are not ascertaned. aud tho leading lines
are not laid down, whatever may be done
by towns ana counties or individuals to
correct errors 10 fix monuments, which shall give
proofs for future security viii he OF no value for general
pnrposcs and all will be lost when at sono time tho
ae shall be forced to make. at It's survey
relieve the people OF the growing evils OF present un-
surveys should bo made by those most concerned them;
and II the state viii give them the starting points from
which hoy can be made will itself heavy cost
ana from many evils IN tho futuIo With =
view, frefOre OF limiting the cost or the work and OF
gaining Immediate results OF value to the whole State,
Ne recommend that WORK of liking the boundaries OF
towns aud counties be omitted and that tho Survey
shall be limited 10 establishing such lines ana positions
as Will enable the citizens of and
20 ut their own expense aud ascertain their exact
limits, and 10 place suitable monuments 10 mark the
same.
The expenditures from January l. 1877, to January
ISIS S3977 A. and prior to that date the expen-
diturcs amounted 1904 % tho balance in the hands
of the board Is 2405 &c. IL Is believed that appro-
pration $4,000 will enable the board to complete
chain of trisngles extending the entire State,
nP tha
with that or the naviSable waters OF the In
terror. Mr. James I. Gardner, Director Of the Survey,
gives Tho details Of the work during the past year,
general results OF which arc gwen briefly IN the COM
mi.-iuns report. The documents accompanying the
reports contain the opinions Of prominent men, property
holders real estate lawyers aud scientific men upon the
impoI lance Of the state Survey.