The morning call., 1893-09-11
NEVADA.

and the Judge OF the United States Dis
trict Court for the Territory came over to
Genoa to hold court
The question arose as 10 whether Genoa
was in Utah or California, and as a result
an expedition was sent out TO locate the
boundary line between the two; and
since that time party has been out every
few years, but the work of none of them
has been accurate.
There are two reasons for this, said
Professor Davidson yesterday. "The
methods and instruments used were not
competent for the work and the starting
point for the survey was never located a
il should have been. Consequently the
lines that have been run are not accurate,
though the one viii we shall make will
not be far from the old one and will make
no substantial change in the territory.
1.-The main difficulty has been to get a
starting place for our line. The east line
OF the State IS descri bed as extending from
the Oregon line south along the one hun
dred and twentieth meridian to the inter-
section of the thirty min tn parallel, then e
extending In southeasterly direction to
the Intersection of the thrtv-ifth parallel
and the Colorado River. But it happens
that the point OF intersection OF these two
lines, from whic the State boundary
should run toward the southeast. is near
The center of Lake Tahoe, body of water
% miles long by 10 miles in width and in
some places 1900 feet deep.
Now the pro blem is to find where that
point is in the lake and then run a true
line from there TO the shore, so that we
may have point on solid ground from
which to work. The depth of the lake
and the distance across it makes it diff
cult thing To locate the crossing OF these
two lines, because we have nothing sta
tionary to work on, and then after we
h We found this point line must be car
the water fQr gAVnrai mllaa tn
reach the shore.
I'VE had another difficulty to overcome
at the other end Of the line. The Colo
RADIO River has width of four miles be-
tween its real banks. but is filled only dur
ing the wet season, and for the rest of the
year the river makes narrow channel for
itself, which is constantly changing be-
tween these banks, and what was the CEN
ter of the channel at the time of our sur
vey was not in the channel at all when
another was made. Indeed, at one time
the river doubled back and crossed the
parallel three times, which was very con-
fusing TO the surveyors.
1--WE have taken the point at the center
of the channel with reference TO its ex-
treme width, and until those banks,
which are forty feet high, shall change
our boundary line will not be again af-
feet d.
But now those two points are definitely
determined and the surveyors will go on
with the work of triangulation. Lines
will be run for ten miles Oh each side of
the boundary, thus covering a district
twenty miles wide. This will extend the
full length of the distance from Tahoe 10
! the Colorado River.
"At least TWO years will be necessary to
complete the work, and probably three
! seasons will be consumed before we are
/ done with it. The character Of the cOun-
! try is very mountainous in the vicinity of
| fDAI Ia IL hnEN a 10
to the south. The highest point on the
! line is where 1t crowns peak that is
! 1924 feet high, and the boundary runs
within few hundred feet of the summit.
| 1t is very difficult matter to do our work
! in such country as this, and he signals
! along the line will not need TO be close to-
! gether, though in the valleys we will set
! them up Gloss together, aud they will
| probably average five miles apart for the
whole distance.
I'VE will not disturb any Of the old
monuments. We expect to find number
! of them, and will search them out and
make mole of the distance they are from
the correct line. But we will leave them
where they stand, and use them in that
wav.
The work will be thoroughly done. The
methods we employ are the best, ana when
we are done there will be no further Ques-
tion about the boundary between this
State and Nevada. But, as L say, there
will be no important changes, and as the
line passes through such a rough country
but few people will be affected"
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