The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-10-06

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main points. The three netiods for
doing this, when the points are nof
intervisibles are: First coi,fiacts
ing the ternishal points by Sils., l1las
tion. Second By sletsail lII3ine tiie
latitudes slH ol1 itndes o a]Is fers
n1inal ira 1s9salss 4
The lesl uligt b the
Simplest in cir6,zsI slces,
as when between Jhs ter
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wooded and exceedingly hilIy
throughout, q trial line run on q. ran
dom course would have been very
expensive and would have necessi-
tated as much cutting as the actual
line required. Again if the trial line
is out considerably, the distances to
various points along the line must be
accurately known, so that proper
offsets can be made from them to the
true line. Besides this advantage.
the previous attempts at straight trial
lines had been run with a compass.
which is now known by good sur
Yeyors to be a physical impossibilitv.
The second method. that of deter
mining the latitude and longitude of
the terminal points, is one wholly out
Of reach of the ordinary surveyor.
70 determine the true bearing of the
boundary line by this method requires
the most superior astronomical in
struments, expert observers, the
adoption Of very accurate methods
and an expenditure Of at least a
month Of time. This method was
therefore dismissed as not practical
in the present instance.
Resort was thus had to the trian-
gulation method. This is one that
the surveyor, provided with a good
transit, can safely and advantage
ously employ, and, after brief recon
naissance Of the line, DR.. Bauer de-
cided that this method was the only
one practicable in this case and at
the same time most expeditions.
In this method the terminal points
were first precisely fixed, and these
points We're connected by a series of
trlanglesy z FroaSt Aesg 'F~trtal re
was obtained, III s6h WasAound tb Bess
only 1s feet to the mile ont Of the
true line.
The Importance of the establish
ment of the trne boundary line Is
that under the last survey q portion
of the coal fields, which have hither
to been considered to lie wholly IN
Allegany county, will now lie in Gar
rett county and viii be taxed accord
ingly.
The Franklin and Piedmont Mines
now lie wholly in Garrett county.
while the fields of the Phoenix Mine
and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS lie party
in one county and partly in the other.
The act authorizing the survey made
no provision for the appointment of
commissioners or surveyors represent
ing the counties involved. In order
to rectify this the State geologist re-
quested Surveyors w. McCulloh
Brown, of Garrett county, and John
Schaidt, of Allegany county, to assist
DR.. Bauer. Mr.. Schaidt was unable
to accept and recommend Mr.. L. L.
Beall, who was appointed as the sur
veyor representing Allegany county.
The surveying party was finally
composed as follows: L. A. Bauer.i in
charge; L. L. Beall, Allegany county;
W. McC. Brown, Garrett county: c.
a. Ashby, head lineman; J. NJ. Harris.
j. L. A. Burrell and G.. P. Blackiston.
assistants.
Some very fine new maps are used
to illustrate the report The com
plete map of the boundary line is
based upon the work of the topogra-
phic corps of the United States Geo
logical Survey. The region to the
north of Homecoming was surveyed
during the season of 1897. the
remainder during summer of 1898. As
soon as the later sheets have been en-
graved a more complete map of the
boundary line, in colors, will be pre-
pared. DR.. VIM. b. Clark, State ge-
ologist, expressed much approval of
the work of the work yesterday, and
said he considered it the best report
on boundary survey that has taken
place at any stage.
DIR. Bauer, who directed the work,
has been in charge of the magnetic
studies of the State Geological Survey
for the past two years, and in that
capacity conducted the astronomical
and magnetic work of the western
boundary survey during 1897 He was
formerly member of the staff of the
United States Coast and GeodeticSur
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