The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-02
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During the fiscal year the commits
sion rejected the survey under contract
No. POS, Montana. The report or the
examination of the original survey ana
of the original and amended surveys
were made by two experienced exam
liners of surveys from this office ana
a careful exhaustive examination anu
comparison of the field notes was made.
1t was found that very few OF the
lines agreed, either in length or Align
ment, or in any other particular Inc
deputy used material for corners an
ferent from those which he reported
in his original survey, and there was
no evidence that any instrument mao
been used in the amended survey, OF
destruction of the old corners effected.
The measurements, topography, me-
ander courses and absence of corners
or any signs of corners made the sur
vey appear to be badly executed. on
four boundaries of four different sec
lions in one township, including the
township corner, no corners were
found by the examiner after most care
full search. nor did the topography as
noted by the deputy agree in any par
ticular with that found by the exam
iner, The deputy was notified, through
the surveyor general. of the intention
of this office to reject the survey as
executed. and he was given so days
in which to appeal from the decision Of
this office: and no appeal having been
taken from this decision the surveys
were formally rejected.
Upon comparison of the plats and
field notes Of the surveys executed un-
der Montana contract No. 317, with the
report OF examinations, they were
found to agree in all essential partic-
,,Jn sy1 fyr-0 90 q }11c wi
the errors made by the deputy were
beyond the limits allowed. All of the
surveys were accepted except the two
townships in which the errors exceed
ed the limits. The deputy accompan-
led the examiner to the field and was
aware of the errors discovered in his
work The surveyor general was di-
rected to instruct the deputy that he
would be allowed to correct his work
in the field, subject to a second exami-
nation.
OF the surveys executed under Mon
tana contract No. 321 all the work
with the exception Of one township
was found satisfactory and duly ac-
cepted In this township the courses
and distances OF several lines were
out of limits in measurement and
alignment, and the deputy was requir.
ed to make the necessary corrections
in the field. The deputy plead inabil-
ity to return to the field by reason OF
| having secured permanent employment
with a railroad company, and asked
| that the work be assigned to another
deputy, or that he be allowed com
passman. The request to be allowed
| to employ compassman was denied
but the surveyor general was author
| lied to issue instructions to another
! deputy providing for the correction ant
completion of the surveys in the sus
pended township. independent of con
! tract No. 321.
In the case of the survey Of an isl
and in the Yellowstone river undo
special instructions issued by the sur
veyor general of Montana. the deput.
did not show in his notes either tn
method or manner in which he trian
gulated to the island or obtained tn
course of a section line upon whic
his work was dependent; the recor
being thus imperfect. the survey wa
suspended and the deputy required t
furnish a new set of notes rectifyin
the omissions in his original notes.
HOSFORD.