The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-05-14
OUR LINES.


An OmcIaI Survey OF the City in 1867.
Some Points Established at that Time
for Future Guidance.
There has been some talk of late about |
the lines of lots and streets, caused by
some rather wild surveying. 1t is not a
pleasant subject for a man to contem-
plate, after he has lived years on lots
and improved them, to be informed by
some surveyor that he don't live where
he thinks he does-that he has thrown
away the sweat of his brow or, some
hired mans brow, upon the public
street or a slice of some other fellows
lot. No two surveyors ever agree, and
it has been vexed question as to lines.
Some years ago this question arose
and caused a good deal of excitement.
It was found that the old stakes of the
original survey were almost entirely
destroyed. At this time the city council
employed g. NJ. Walker, who had for
merly lived here, and who was an expo
rienced surveyor, to make complete
survey of the city, and to establish many
points, by which future surveys might
be made. The following Is the official
report of that survey, and from it the
people have mostly bought their lots and
made their improvements. 1t is the
only official record now in existence; at
least, so we are told. We publish it for
the information of the public:
The undersigned being dCly sworn,
| Al a. 4 rsNf
September, 1867, he was employed by
the council of the town of Emporia in
LYON county, state of Kansas, per Z. BOr-
ton. chairman of said council, to re-sur-
vey and mark certain streets and ave-
nues in said town of EmpOria; that on
the 10th, 18th, 18th, 18th. 14th, and 18th
DAYS of September and the 9th day OF
October, 1867, he re-surveyed the part
designated of said town of Emporia, and
established and marked the following
points, viz:
The center lines of Exchange, Com
mercial and State streets where inter
sected by that of Third, Sixth and
Ninth avenues.
Also of Commercial street where inter
sected by that of Fourth, Fifth, Seventh
and Eighth avenues.
Also of Sixth avenue where inter
sected by that of Union, Market, Me
chanics, Merchants, Constitution an6
Congress streets, marked with iron bar
30 three-fourths of an inch square ant
: (2) two feet long driven even with tn
: surface of the streets. Those at inter
section of Commercial street with Third
Fourth, Fifth and Sixth avenues hay
small stones placed around and large
| stone placed over each bar
The center lines of Union, Market
!, Mechanics, Merchants, Constitution ant
Congress streets where intersected b.
that of Third and Ninth avenues.
Also OF Exchange and State street
4 where intersected by those of Fourth
: Fifth, Seventh and Eighth avenues.
Also of Commercial street where intel
y sected by north line of South avenue
u and by south line of Twelfth avenue.
Also of Sixth avenue where lnterseci
ed by west line of East street and by cas-
line of West street, marked by woode
stakes from ten inches to eighteen inche
IS long driven to surface of the streets an
= q nail driven at each point of interse'
n ton.
II The corner stone at the northeast col
n ner OF section No. Is, township 10, rang
e IL east, stands in the center line c
N 9th avenue and fifty-five feet - incht
east of west line of East street
T. The stone at center of said section 1
D. stands in center line OF Commerclf
d street. thirty-seven feet six inches sout
of north line of south avenue
The stone at northwest corner of sal
section Is, stands seven feet ten incht
5 north of center line of 9th avenue, an
(. ffty-two feet inches west of east lir
- of West street.
Streets, avenues and lots are as marke
Dc on plat of said town on file in the otiis
Of of the clerk of said Lyon county, Ka
re sas-
- Alleys are 90 sixteen feet wide
G. NJ WALKER, Surveyor
N Sworn TO and subscribed before m
le this 9th day of October, 1867, at Emp
~ ria. Kansas
h [sEALl j. l. WILLIAMS,
= County Clerk Lyon Co, Kansas
STATE OF KANSAS.
LYON COUNTY,
a lie. NJ. Forde, City Clerk of the CT
.ir of Emporia, in the county OF Lyon Al
y state or Kansas, do hereby certify q
above and foregoing to be q full, tri
9 and complete copy Of the original 81
u vey rs made and reported by g
S; Walker, surveyor, and fled in the ON