The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-11
A Practical Surveyor.

The Office of county surveyor is an i'm
portant one 1t is an Office that has a
great deal more business in it than poll
tics The man who r uns for this Office
must have some other qualifications be-
sides mere knack for catching votes.
The lines and boundaries of the land in
the county lies in his hands, not only as
far as the present is concerned, but for
the future. Every piece of his work is
of necessity of fundamental importance.
Every corner stone that is located in
error, every line that is run wrong,
creates an endless deal of trouble and
public expense in the future. Every
piece of correct work is not only valuable
for today, but is an invaluable
prevention of litigation tomorrow. 1t
is highly necessary then, highly sensible
that a man elected to this place shall be
experienced in his profession. Not
theoretical receptacle or vacuity of text
books, but an experienced practical en-
gineer. An engineer whose talents are
the hard-won horde of many years of
arduous study and actual practice.
These are T. A. Bayleys good points.
He is practical engineer, one who by
his own efforts and his own endeavors
has made himself the proficient engineer
that he is. Personally he is a man of
sterling worth, excelling in good habits
and good sense. A little of Mr.. Bayley's
history attests the ability of the man.
Mr. T. A. Bayley was born in New
Jersey in 1853. He went to school and
finished the course in the local high
school. His parents were not able to
send him to college so he started out in
the world for himself under a civil en-
gineer as an apprentice, and by working
hard, got enough together to attend a
night school in civil engineering. He re-
manned with his first employer eight
years, going up from rOdman to first as
sistant and finally Gaping the climax by
buying out the business of the man for
whom he had worked. He remained in
business by himself for three years. At
this time, like every other man who
ever came to Kansas, he decided that
so he journeyed to this state and located
in Barber county. He was a staunch
Republican and from his manifest abil-
ity was put on the Republican ticket in
that county in '7S and elected by big
majority.
In 1880 he came to Wichita where he
served as city engineer under William
Greiffenstein for seven years, the longest
time that any man has ever been sur
veyor in the city of Wichita.
This is why Mr.. Bayley is conversant
with every line in the city of Wichita
and is SO thoroughly acquainted with
every mark and monument in the city.
His knowledge of the boundaries in the
country is equally extensive. He had
charge of the surveying in this city when
it grew from 5000 to 10000 population.
Of coure he has from actual experience,
the knowledge of great many points
that in a strangers hand would not be |
found without a long search into the /
records and then sometimes possibly |
without success. He has grown up with |
the country, as it were, and has every !
thing at his fingers ends. This is the |
measure Of his competency. He IS an
engineer of wide and practical expert |
ence, which is coupled TO the more i'm
portant fact that he has a close knowl- !
edge.of the land that will come under
his work, if be is elected.