The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-27
LIMITS OF ALASKA.
Departure Of Government Sur
yeyors for the North.
BOUNDARY BETWEEN NATIONS.


4 Patterson viii seass Puget soaoG to-day.
the former from @@zsfA~ aud the latter
from Port Townsend. carrying norsH TIE
government coyrss ina. viz PIT "a sne
simmer In work tia. is 10 be us@d ~ .
basis Tor determining the boundary lie
o.tween Alaska and Canada Canadian
! parties are also in the as4e and have a.
l ready gone north.
/ Tae xcrk IL being done under a. insss-
/ nstaousl boundary commission. cosssastsng
| of Dr. 7. e. Asndenhal3. the head Of the
/ Tinted States coast and geodetic survey.
/ and Prof King. chief astronomer OF sue
/ Canadian land snrveT corpx- Canada can
Rot negotiate 3 treaty, bat mast do the
! surveying in this case sna bear ali the er~
/ pense, and Prof. King sas designated by
| tie British government 20 saperintend tie
| work IN ibe inssres; of her majesty sub
/ jects. Both Canadian aad American par
! ties were IN the fed or this same work
| during all Of las; summer. and both SIDES
| are practically pledged 20 complete the
task this season. The treaty between
| 6rea, Britain and Russia deslgnases The
] top % q range Of mountains part IF
| the boundary line. and the surveying par
| ties had some difficulty IN Enfing these
mountains last year. The country Is aii
mountainous and broken. but 10 well de-
fined range appears 70 scientific men On
land, although from the deck Of ship the
| mountains might appear 20 be there
The American parties this year consis.
OF FIVE groups. including twelve regular
officers Of the coast and geodetic survey.
and ;hirfy-txo men hired ss packers and
general workers.
The steamer Patterson winiered in San
u
we're organized there, the Others having
been organized IN Seattle By Capt J. f.
Pratt, who will De IN charge of the largest
Of the parties. Each party works indie
pendenfiy Of the others. We, in conjunc-
tion with them. under the direction Of DR..
MenaenhalI. AZ Washington City. Of the
thirty-two men hired for the work. seven
were secured in San Francisco and tie
balance in Seattle. The topography Of
the country wiil oe carefully delinealeG by
means OF photography and the the ordi-
nary methods tor Typographical work
Ali measurements will he determined by
| iriangulaison. the country being very
rough. The names OF the offcers the
number Of men IN each party and the
work 10 De done are as follows:
T.. r. Dickens. assisted bv NJ. TinsIey
&
the [ max river 10 the boundary.
j. r. Pratt, assisted by r. 4. Young,
]. +. Hayford. A. L. Baldwin and Mr.
Taylor. with fourteen men, Will carry
measurements up the Cnilkas and Tara
and the Chilcoas Inlets and determine the
latitude and longitude oil al astronomical
station II ChilkaI
J. A. F.emmer, with three men. will
eondac; Typographical econnoissanee 10
tie southwark from Chileoos, In the inte-
rior.
Ii. 7. Ritter, with three men, will opes-
eraie 10 the nor,hwsrG from ChAkas. In
| ths interior.
]. f. Nelsra;k. assisted by Mr. Eiwarsis
and seven men. WILL work from YGkusaI
bav southwark
+. Morse will conduct longitude obser-
/ vattons ~ Siiks, the case station, 10 Ak
/ the Longitude of the station in Cnilkat, the
/ chronometers being carried back and forth
I by the steamer Hassser. j ne Longitude O.
! tue sitks station was established two wears
/ ago irgsn Tacoma, the thermometers being
/ carried back and forth by the steamer
/ Queen. ] he position Of the station in the
state university grounds was fixed 5y teie-
graph from Tacoma
The steamer Patterson will take north
T sas parties OF Mr.. Dickens and Mr.. Nc
I ezath and Mr.. Morse. with their supplies,
( and then 20 or her regular photographic
/ aosk In Alaska, in which she has been
/ engaged Tor several years. The Hsssser
4 will carry she parties OF Mr.. Prai, M
! Ritter aud Mr.. F.emuler 70 their de.tins-
1 Sons. and viii then carry chrononleters
7 back and forth between S4tka and Chllkat,
! Ta. Hassler Is assignee 10 the boundary
I survey work and 10 nothing else. and also
+ spent last summer in the same work.
The parties Of Mr.. Dickens and Mr.. Nc
trata expecE 20 complete their work De-
fore the season - over and both Will then
/ consolidate Win Mr. Pratgs party. which
/ wla then consist Of nine officers aaa
issnty-s.x men. AL expect 10 return
/ here hy The 'lrst Of October. Us making
the measurements the parties wIl! have 10
woFk NJ the streams " sich are very rapid
I aad always swollen IN the summer from
/ melting snow. For this work Mr.. Pratt
has had constructed In Seattle during the
past winter three boats especially ADAPTED
/ 10 river work aaa after his owg IDEAS Of
/ What river boat should he. Each boat "a
! Meet long. feet aIne inches vide and *
inches deep. carrying ihsee pairs Of souls.
+ Tie boats a-s oulit o. cedar gnr-e-eietatAs
( Of az snch thsck and each weighs, COM
( fleie, - yoanas. being easily carried by
tsa meD. They are constructed some
/ thlag after tie ssy.e o. awhaiehoa. IN.
/ wltb good Geal Of sheer 50 as 70 10 easilx
/ turned snAi stean launch aefourtnr
| - she Cossl ana ge3aetlc su-vev. aod nov
I Il Alaska. vii be used % ias snletx.
/ number If officers lu the different
( ysgass came Sest over tae Great No-th.
ern. o. rather started that wav. ana their
! baggage has not yst arrived il viii have
I T. oe forwarded 20 then laser ~ me AZ.
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