The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-06
no CHANCE TO ROAST
CASH APPROPRIATED FOR SURVEY
OF FOREST RESERVES WELL
SPENT.
SECRETARY MAKES REPORT.
REMARKABLY ACCURATE WORK
DONE IN THE, FAR
WEST.
WORK NOT YET COMPLETED.
Important Suits I'm the Great North
ern Land Cases Ar
EUed.
SECRETARY MAKES REPORT.
"oRh NOT YET COMPLETED.
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WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 5.-The
secretary Of the interior has sent RI
the senate the answer of the geological
survey to Senator Wilson's resolution
lnqulring what was done with the
money appropriated for the examine
ton of forest reserves in the far West
set apart by President Cleyeland's
proclamation Of Feb. %, 1897. The re-
ply brings out some interesting facts.
The response to the inquiry shows that
the work was put into the hands of
three capable assistants, Edward M.
douglas, topograher, and Richard U.
Goode, geographer, doing the topo-
graphical work. while the forest survey
proper was undertaken by Henry Gan
nett the chief topograhper of the sur
vey. II Mr.. Wilson's idea was, as COM
monty understood, to show by the sur
Vey's own admission that it had ac-
complished nothing in its summer of
work. the report will disappoint him
materially.
In the Lewis and Clarke reserve IN
Montana, Mr.. Douglass had one tri
| angulatfon party Of four men, who meas
urea one base line, located eighteen tri-
ahgulatlon stations, connecting with an
astronomic station at Helena, and pre-
pared a sketch map Of the area work
Gu over, covering about half the re-
serve.
In the Flathead reserve, in Montana.
d party OF TOUR men located four sta
tiors ana made a sketch map of about
one-third of the area
! In the Teton reserve. in wvon,ino ,
party Of ten men carried their trjangu-
or hn
l54 miles Of spirit-level lines. sur
veylng LIZ miles Of road, and carefully
locating eight triangulation stations
ana 6O land-survey corners.
In the Uintah reserve in Utah saye,,
men were employed, divided into two
trlangulation parties and one level mar
| W. They located eleven triangulatior,
stations and ran fifty-seven miles of
spirit-level lines.
In the Big Horn reserve in WYOMING
eighteen men were employed, who To-
Gated twenty-five trianguIation sta
tons, ran 3lS miles of spirit-level lines
and surveyed 1876 square miles for a
topographic map. To show the pre-
c1slon of their work, the checking test
applied to one line with a circuit or
lS9 miles showed a variation Of only
13-thousandths Of a foot.
In the Black Hill reserve in South
Dakota the number of employees
varied at different times, fifty-seven
being the number at the close of the
season. They were divided into one
triangulation party. two spirit-level
parties, three topographic parties and
! three land-survey parties. They sur.
Veyed and made topographic map Of
$40 square miles, ran $50 miles Of spirit
level line, and 539 miles of township Or
section line. The total cost of this
work, under Mr.. Douglas, although it
! included considerable outfit of field
instruments, etc, was only about $685.
| 000
Mr.. Goodies work was similar in
character, but covered other districts.
| The questions he had to solve were
the extent and variety of forest
growth and drainage areas, the rela-
tive proportions of plain, valley and
mountain, the possibility of utilizing
water supply, etc. Some Of the coun-
! try through which he Travelled is the
most difficult in the United States to
survey. 1t is rugged and precipitous,
| very sparsely settled and has almost
no roads and very few trails. In many
| instances the men were forced to take
| their instruments and supplies on their
backs and go upon Journeys Of two or
three weeks duration into the hardest
| parts of the mountains, where even
-.
Under existing law every foot Of the
| lines surveyed must be actually chain
! ed. Some of these lines could be run
only with great difficulty In crossing
drainage areas 5000 or 1000 feet above
| intervening Valleys it was necessary
to make long detours, Or what are
| technically called "meanders," to de-
! termine the lines. In these instances
| the average measurement of one mile
would probably involve two miles Of
| travel. The results of the surveys in
Mr.. Goodies district, however, have
| been the preparation Of reconnaissance
maps covering areas of a total of more
| than IL 900 square miles. These maps
differ from the regular detail topo-
graphical maps simply in not going
into some Of the usual minutia. Mr..
Goodies country included the Bitter
| Root reserve in Idaho and Montana,
where he had five parties Of varying
sizes, but making an average Of thirty
| five men; the Priest River reserve i'll
Idaho. where twenty-five men were
employed; the Washington reserve in
Washington, where thirty men were
employed, and the San Gabrielle and
San Jacinto reserves in California,
where twenty men are still operating.
The total result Of the seasons field
work by Mr.. Goode may be thus
summed up:
Astronomic stations determined ......-...
Base lines measured ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Square miles of detailed topography -. 1.5GO
Square miles OF reconnaissance ......... IL, 5UJ
| Square miles of tr!angulation ......... 10, SEQ
Miles of spirit level lines ................ 1896
| Miles Of meander roads and trails 1874
Miles Of land lines ................ $50
Streams gagged Observation-Disclosures. IL
| Talya