The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-17
TYPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY.
How the Work Is Going Along In
Maine.

Comm iHioner G. S. Hiohborn of the
Marie Typographical survey, IL very en-
thusiasti, over the work that has been
accompli ihsd this year and what viii be
done in tie future. He believes that IL is
one Of the things that will help the State
of Maine both directly and indirectly in
the course of years az the work is conn
pletei and that no taxpayer win be sorry
the email sum of money was expended
Oh the work.
MIR. Hiohborn was over in the Winter
port section where the surveyors are at
work. one day last week, and he saw the
progress of the work that il going on un-
der the oirecti IN Of the Stats and the u.
S. geolor icsl survey department..
'tThe work will continue until
the cold weather arrives" said MIR. HIGH
journal, ami ttel the surveyors have a
winters work te'ore them to ge>
the work into shape and to attend to the
making OF the plates beaI ing the results
of the work.
elbow great has the work thi, season
tesn?"
"Atout 425 square miles have been
covered over the survey. Ii takes in IT, g
town. OF v inlelp port on one 81 e Of the
PtnObseot ana Oriand on the east side,
tot ether " it'll all tt e section north up to
the Ban yor ii 10. Tais makes about 425
square miles which is nearly completed
TIE has been septic II of the country
trian yulatei north of bangor for the
work of coming years. They have one
manipulation VIE e their points are A
miles apart. This takes some high land.
Their triangulatiOn sections will keep
them at wcrk for three yesrs to come ut
the same rate that they have tesn going
another yesr and the gen rJsity OF the
n axt legislature depended upon for the
fnt Ire work, which we hope Will be On a
larger scale than at present.
'How 10 that section OF the county for
Workinz imp"
ey aud no mistake. 1t is terrible place
to do this SORT of work. You know TO
make a typographical survey ever foot
OF land has 10 be shown. In rome of t he
places wherS they have been ut work it Is
in thieketi and in othtr places it Is
among rosks and bluffs. Taey make q
recori OF every few feet und to do this
she emit re- section has to be trsvereed one
way and another. Those men have hsd
to climb and crawl and work AROUND eve-
ryway. Taey are foot sors END hand fora
where thsy have done so much walking
and climbing. 1T has been rrible JOB
fer them.
Maine Ia a difficult State for anything
OF tits orr for tn are ar5 SO many hills
and dales AMI rough places with tbs
wooded section. 1t IL far different from
the plains o! the West for surveying.
"We have decided to have maps made
that will fhow the fertility of the land
a..k l. L a
cd sect on5 sh owing wher3 each sort of
wood grows, AMI in what quantit'e s.
You see t1s surveyors will go In and
make up heir maps from TIN tigsr5s and
plans they have made during the sum-
mer. 1t will be finally drawn on stone
and plates made from it that will show
every foot OF tbs land as distinctly as
though the sur.aos had been photo.
grsThsd. Ths fh ides and lines will de-
note tie depres5ions and thu hills, and
each will be so that one eau tall its exact
condition.
"Tae maps that we shall have made
fer the soil and tne t timber growth will
be on Transparent paper in colors SO thlt
one of the transpar sncies can be placed
over tbs CHI rts OF the section and In this
way tae location determined. To have
ths soil and the timber shades on the
same chsrt with the typographical map
would confuse all. This soil and timber
map Is not usual but we thought 1t
would be good idea as 1t was suggested
to us.
"We ara already receiving requests for
the charts of some sections. Individuals
and firms are writing US for information
about some of our mineral resources.
These will come later, however, when
the government makes its geological and
photographic survey of Maine. 1t is one
of the things that goes with the topo-
graphical survey. this government sur.
vey Of the geological resources, though 1t
will not follow until our charts are made.
10 have a complete geological map and
also Autographed map will be of
much value to Maine in ways and
everyone knows"
The commissioner hopes to have the
maps OF the section surveyed, along tine
first OF the spring, and they will be on
sale to anyone who has interest enough
Ia the matter to purchase them.-Kenne-
Eco Journal.