Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-12-06

,ba Wild aud rocky country OF lower
psnobsrot all summer kept the people on
The hack-roads guessing hat they were
doing. have now packed away their sur
ee4Hrg implements and are busy with pen
aud INK drawing he first installment OF
Names official map. There are lots OF
mars = Maine In existence, but from q
.cieri actopographor's view hey are more
or les guess work, and compared with the
map Maine Is going to have, but a. an Of
hand outlin sketch to a perfect mathe-
nalics drawing.
People who read the newspapers have
.een from time to time. mention OF the
tact that Maine was TO have map. that
the survey had commenced this year and
at the rate at which the work was pro-
crossing it would take nifty years to COM
pete the map OF Maine. This does not
signify that it must necessarily take that
time Tor there is every reason to believe
that the patriotism OF coming legislators
viii see to 1t that there are generous APP
propristions Tor carry ing on the work
Tie last legislature appropriated 5000
tors starter, to be used IN two years. To
this tho ttnitcd States government added
alike amount. which made 5000 avail
able for this year This has been ex-
oendet The sum started party at
Buck ort this spring and they have been
toire uard and faithful work, no doubt.
Wan the amount available was known,
- decided that an area in extent,
-
paa he completed this year and the same
amaaut next year Maine will then have
stu and complete map, or rather Two
usp-, Of the country lying within the
bgaud- OF longitude IS 20 and Is 30 and
atGade - 30 and 69.po, OF an area OF about
81 .qusyc miles. This wee BIT Of Maine
s located partly In Hancock. Penobscot
ani Waldo counties. The mort hern line
--asse- the Penohscet RIVER at or near the
B4neor south line, aud tire southern limit
ctosses tho river at the lower end Of
Verona Island. TIE territory takes In all
Of the towns OF Han pten, Wiuterport
Frankfort, Prospect, and part OF New
burg Monroe, stockton, searsport and
>sanyille, all OF Orrincton. Bueksport
Dedham and a portion Of Brewer, Holden
Ellsworth, Penob-cot Rnd Surry.
This sect ION OF Maine probably present,
As many difficulties and u ~ much, II
not more, varied Ia character ~ any sec.
lion in which the survey Wi be made
There G5a large areas 4 ] =sci country and
,samp- a. vel ~ the caH~tdrrsbIe noun
Aiu- VI the i1tty Frsuaturt range, bai
| he tic hiI'@ u Dcdhum. There are many
ponds ana streams, snd in the eastern
'ec,len ere vast stretches - unhroken
!osets y hefe the party were Obliged to
.nPi5y special guide aud 10 camp Tor
u4ss OF country " here 40 one would have
oeaston to penetrate Tor years, but
tsase are as faithfully mapped a. thu mlst
.hickly settled portion.
Bgck-port was ehu-ep ~ a starting
point because iii that vicinity number
Of points OF Inauguration had been e--
Abiisbcd by the coast survey, aud II Was
Eery convenient Tor "huttiug on" the
nes survey with the previous work rs
aid down in the various charts ON the
Penobscot river and bay, all OF which
take In a considerable potion OF the sur
rounding country.
From glance AT the sect lon surveyed 1t
seems ridiculously small, but when one
Examines the actual worA done, the terri
Tory covered, the immense amount Of
data collected and the talnutene-s with
which II has been assembled upon the
finished charts. then the wonder Is that
20 much has been accomplished.
The work has been done by a party OF
Tour engineers OF the United States geo
logical survey, " no were ordered to Maine
i'on their work in different parts OF the
country. 1t ia expected that next years
work will be done by Maine men, posi-
oiy excepting the engineer in charge.
The work WAS in charge OF a topograph-
s', +. w. Clark, OF Washington, an at
Ache OF the United States geological sur
'ey Mr.. Ciark's work was the general
Supervision the assem- bling OF the work
Of tie other mem beers and drawing OF the
nap Itself from their data and from his
oEn observations. He covered the entire
"untry, sketching in the contour lines
Which denote the elevation or depression;
noting the buildings along the highways,
which appear on the map hardly larger
MAN dots; also noting the wooded or cul
''sted portions, and a hundred and one
other matters OF more or less technical
nature. He is the map maker and 1t VIII
Ne from his finished work that the plates
VIII be made aud The photographic stones
Prepared
air. Clark had charge OF locating the
previous marks of trIangulatlon ana OF
S'aoilshihgs new ones. number oil
monuments have been erected on elevated
poih1s in the section.
10 one member OF the party, j. h. Mad
4eu' OF New York, was assigned the work
- surveying the roads and making maps
- we ponds. lie has traversed practl-
any every foot OF highway within the