Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-07-11
THE SURVEY IN TOWNSHIP So,
RANGE 24-MIDDLETON
TOWNSHIP.

TOWNSHIP.
There being so much contention
about the survey in township 90,
range "a, in Middleton township, l
think l owe a duty to my friends
in that neighborhood, to express
an opinion in regard to the same.
1t is not to intrude upon the public or
make show for electioneering pur-
poses, being determined not to run for
any public favor out OF the hands of
the dear sweet people, generally any
more, but in spite of all my inborn
modesty and bashfulness, my indul-
gent friends concede to me some GER
tain degree of ability in the profession,
beside the dear reader may keep in
mind, whatever opinion given here, is
not my own poor learned one, but sto-
len from the record.
There is all idea prevailing, even
among very respectable citizens and
men Of high intellect in this township,
that Bliss, former county surveyor,
raised all this fuss by, as they say, di-
viding up the excess of land from east
to west all over the different sections in
the township, instead of, as directed
by government orders and frequent
decisions OF the supreme courts, throw
ing same ON the range line west in the
township. This idea is an entirely
mistaken one and cannot be supported
by anything feasible, as far as Bliss
record shows and, 1 hope, these very
same gentlemen will not make me the
target of their excitement, when here
plainly say that Bliss never did do such
a thing. He never established or mov-
ed the corner between sections 81 and
80 on township line between townships
40 and so, range "a, nor the cores
ponding corner miles north, corner
between section 5 and + on line be-
tween townships 80 and 81, range "a.
In his survey for Nathan Corder
No. 34l, ON record, starting at the
northeast corner of township so, range
"a, he stakes off first 5 straight miles
ESQ chains each), north lines of sections
2, 3, 4, and 5, township so, range "a
corrects the northwest corner of Sec
ton 5, west 33 links, leaving for soutf
line of section 81, township 81, range
"a, 93.57 chains he then sets the corner
between sections 5 and 6, township 80
range "a, as directed by the govern
ment field notes 203 links west, leaving
a length for north line of section 6 o
.54 chains, that is Z links more thai
the government field notes call for.
He consequently acted there just in the
same way and manner as every othel
sensible and dut1ful surveyor in hi
place would have done likewise, il
other words, he threw all the surplu
or excess of land to the range line west
did not leave particle of it east. Blu
this does not appear to be the com
plant. Bliss successor in office, VIII,
has from the same township two sur
veys only ON record, says in his survey
No. 487 (for Groves aud Plattenburg)
that "this work is based upon an incor
rect corner on the south township line
and in No. 4SS, having become satisfied
that the corners on south line of town
ship so Grange 24) are incorrect,
ceased to do work upon them" Al
these corners were not Bliss corner
only; most of them had been recogniz
ed by Messrs. Weedin, Bledsoe an
even Maclean. Said corners had to b
considered to stand upon the statute c
limitations, and their destruction o
change would have served to throw
still another township 40, 2D in confu
sion.
am positive that our present coun
, ty surveyor, Mr. Weedin, who has
still more extended local knowledg
and older experience than mine, vii
sustain what l have said here, an
when survey, as Bliss survey doe
gives to everybody the land his dee
calls for, l should say everybod
should be satisfied and should not ir
dulge in erroneous conjectures an
ideas, partly misunderstood or on
: partly understood altogether and III
supported by anything; and the quicl
n er Bliss survey generally will be il
troduced all over the township, Il
j. quicker the trouble will disappear th
darkens the Middleton horizon. Not
ing need be done abruptly or sudden
ly, the changes can take place grad
ally, but the changes will have to
made, stand or break, only the wor
e thing will be to drive things to cost
lawsuits. II. kRAUsE.
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