Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-08
NATIONAL PROBLEMS.
ARTICLE xI.
GOVERNMENT SURVEYS USEFUL.
NESS or UNIFORM MAPS OF
THE WHOLE COUNTRY.
saving OF gniions OF Dollars Wealth Of
son Indioatcd-siiuernl Richness
Accurately Located.


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Copyrighted, 1851
Recent inquiries into tho management
OF the scientific burenus nc Washington
have brought the question Of the rela
lions Of our national government 20 70
/ search before the public These depart
ments Of our state have been slowly dc
ycloping dniing nc past si%ty years inc.
hhYe Dow attained rcnaIkaole pace II
PUT ayhlSm Vi administration 9nu nay,
| uyHo US hohVr Among haNVhs' IDe Wei
informed STUDENTS OF other countries un'
~ sn''' wy ptst eNiueucps tllaI our "
'uollC Dettpl appreciates inc prone O
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Inc accounts Oh NE United States geo
io@lcai survey, Tor instance, were found
~ peIlecI uIucr III lJs multlarlouS big,
rendered ny over lOOollicers, no account
was rejected. Inc TACT that these depart
mems OF puDilc science, though subject
70 continuous scrutiny, have been grow
ing with inc growth OF The country, Of
lords strong presumption OF their real
usefulness.
GREAT rrBLIG SERVICE or SURVEYS.
mat the government surveys are of
great service TO the state Will be clear to
any ialr-mlndcd person who VIII consider
Iheir relations TO It's material prosperity
inc inquirer should first consider how
lar the present HE of man turns on the
modern knowledge of the earth cen-
fury or 80 ago tho science of the earth
was essentially unknown, Men dwelt
upon the earth, winning shat they might
OF its advantages, with sCanty knowledge
TO guide their cndeayors, The first step
towards n public survey was IN making
charts OF the shores and the maps
OF the lands. Gradually, as the science
OF geology advanced, IL became pos
sble TO chart the deeper parts
OF the earth, thus giving the miner and
the quarryman something like the help
which Is afforded the ship.mastcr by his
maps and sailing directions. Although
geological maps and their ACCOMMODATING
descriptions date from the beginning OF
this century, their value To 10 public has
been so generally 1ocogna.d that thew
have been Instituted in e, ny civilized
country. About thirty nf ian sto,os ~
the Union have organized these surveys
aud several Of them have rcpeatcd the
Worh III order 10 profit by The advance
lnenN OF tne science These state sur
NeNS nave cost the local governments
'nany nlliilons OF dollars, but they have
given lhe foundations OF enduring Indus
TRES ana nave been among the best in
Festll"nts ever made by our eminently
Proctlcnl people.
DISADVANTAGE OF STATE SURVEYS.
In inc work OF these local surveys there
mas pceh one great disadvantage in that
eacll mas dealt with limited geological
lieid' Ihough valuable in their time,
tnese STATE surveys do not serve the ma
uonal needs. The umtcation Of our
mining industries, and the description of
our Underground resources, should be
carried on without reference to state
lines. 1t should have a degree of uni,
ii,oinity not possible with the old system.
w IVA national survey, 4 higher degree
OF specialization can he obtained in the
work OF the experts than was possible la
the state surveys, where, in many cases,
lhe same man had TO conduct Inquiries
Wh,ch realty demanded large CORPS of
men, each pursuing single line Of re.
search,
GEOLOGICAL STORY OF TuE WHOLE
COUNTRY.
The last stem In the ornnn,,,tio, .,
our national science system conSIs,od ~,
the establishment of a rovernmnut ',o' :"
logical survey. The govornment hol
maintained srvernI of th n"
In the public lands of tho , ,aSsS
tories. In 1874 these cnrns warn c,,,,
bined undor the title of Tho genlo IL
survey Of the United States ana chornnd
with the work of uniting and comniot1nc
the ueolooiral occn,nt au'' completing |
try. The first part of this work 10 thn
of n topopranhicaI no, ,i. t"v
shall exhibit the real form OF tho pros '' Of