Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-10-14
A HARD COUNTRY.
TIE Typographical Surveyors Fird
Many Hills and Thickets.
The Work Of the Maine Survey for 1899
Nearly Completed.

lehtnuslaStic over the work that has
been accomplished this year and what
will be done in the future. He believes
that it is one of the things that will
help the State of Maine both directly
and indirectly in the course Of wears
as the work is completed and that no
taxpayer Will be sorry the small sum
of money was expended on the work.
| Mr.. Hichborn was over in the Win
terport section where the surveyors
are at work, one day last week, and he
saw the progress Of the work that is
going on under the direction of the
State and the u. S. geological survey
department.
THE work will continue until the
cold weather arrives" said Mr.. Hich-
born in response to a question by the
Journal, and then the surveyors have
the work into shape and to attend to
the making Of the plates bearing the
results of the work
How great has the work this season
Leen?"
About 425 square miles have been
covered over by the survey. II takes
in the towns of Winterport on one side
of the Penobscot and Orland on the
east side. together with all the section
..rtl d
makes about 425 square miles which is
nearly completed. There has been a
section Of the country triangulated
north Of Bangor for the work Of com
ing years. They have one ,riangula-
ton where their points are A. miles
apart. This takes some high land
Their triangulation sections will keep
them at work for three years to come
AT the same rate that they have been
going this year. Which will have to 60
the same another year and the gen
erosity Of the next Legislature depended
upon for the future work. which We
hope will be on larger scale than at
present
How is that section of the country
for working in?"
The surveyors have earned their
money and no mistake. 1t is a terrible
place to do this sort Of work You
know to make a Typographical survey
every foot of land has to be shown
In some of the places where they have
other places it is among rocks and
bluffs. They make a record of every
few feet and to do this the entire sec
ton has to be traIersed one way and
Those men have had TO climb |
and crawl and work around everyway. |
They are foot sore and hand sore
where they have done 50 much walk
ing and climbing. 1t has been terri
BE job for them.
Maine is a difficult State for anything |
of this sort for there are so many hills |
and dales and rough places with the |
wooded section. 1t is far different |
from the plains of the West for survey |
ing
We have decided to have maps |
made that will show the fertility of the |
land over which they have gone and
the wooded sections showing where |
each sort of wood grows, and in what !
quantities. You see the surveyors will |
go in and make up their maps from the
figures and plans they have made dur
ing the summer. 1t will be finally |
drawn on stone and plates made from
it that will show every foot of the land
as distinctly as though the surface
had been photographed. The shades
and the hills. and each will be SO that
one can tell its exact condition.
The maps that we shall have made
for the soil and the timber growth will
be on transparent paper in colors so
that one of the transparencieS can be
placed over the charts of the section
anu Ill lilS way lHt lbtilltli uttti-
mined. To have the soil and the tim
Der shades on the same chart with the
typographical map would confuse all.
This soil and timber map is not usual
but we thought it would be a good idea
as it was suggested to us.
We are already receiving requests
for the charts of some sections. Indi-
viduals and firms are writing us for
information about some of our mineral
resources These will come later how
ever, when the government makes its
geological and photographic survey of
Maine 1t is one of the things that
goes with the Typographical survey.
this government survey of the geOlogi-
cal resources, though it will not follow
until our charts are made. To have
complete geological map and also
photographed map will be of much
value to Maine in ways that everyone
know