Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-04-09

The Maryland Geological Survey
is now ready 10 issue the topographic
and election-district map OF ST.
Mary 5 county upon which experts
have been engaged for the past two
years. Every resident Of MARYLAND
Is entitled to a free copy OF this map
on application To DIR. VIM. Bullock
Clark, the State Geologist, at his
headquarters in the Johns Hopkins
University, baltimore. II mailed
the packing and postal charge il ten
cents.
The survey for the new inap be.
gan several years ago and has been
carried forward by the Maryland
Survey in cooperation with the
United States Survey, each furnish
ing bali OF the necessary funds.
st. Mary's has not had heretofore
any adequate maps. the old road
sheets once used being obsolete and
the first maps of tho national govern
ment inaccurate in many particulars.
The new map Is in every sense what
it's name suggests complete pict.
ure of all the surface features of the
county. The scale upon which IL
has been drawn, an inch to the mile.
is large enough TO make this record
quite clear. "Contour" lines In
brown indicate on the map every
change of 20 feet in the height OF the
land. The hills, plains. and do.
pressions, the drainage possibili.
ties, the grading OF the roads, aud
all other features Of the county's re-
lief are clearly expressed by these
contours, while the delineation Of
the roads includes even private
ways and paths; and single houses
are also shown.
This map will serve rs "a base for
geologic and agricultural maps of
those 10 shortly follow IL. The
State Survey = map Of Prince Geor.
ge's has also just been completed
and one of Calvert was finished
sometime ago. The Kent sheet also
will be completed soon and numerous
others are In preparation.
AT recent meeting Of the Mary.
land Geological Commission DIR.
Glars showed plat OF the Mines
Building ut the st. Louis Exposition
on which was indicated the space
allotted TO this State. With 10 he
presented letter from DIR. ]. A,
Holmes, Chief OF the department Of
mines, the following quotation from
which explains itself: II may as
well be frank enough 10 intimate 10
you that this space Is adjacent 10
other state exhibits which are being
planned on an elaborate scale and
you will have TO make most excel.
lent exhibit IL you desire 10 keep
Maryland near the front raak In
this respect. Do not allow your.
self to Imagine for q mome..t that
you will be competing with exhibits
such as you so readily surpassed at
Buffalo and Charleston.
Il feel greatly interested In the
success OF your exhibition for the
reason that the exhibits which YOU
have made for Maryland ut previous
expositions have set new and high
er type for other states, and I want
you 10 show at this great Worlds
Fair that this admirable example
which you have set Is one that car
be made TO meet the general approx
al OF the American people as we'll as
the Jury OF Awards.
The Survey Of course has no funds
itself for this purpose but IL is 70
be hoped the Maryland Commission
ers to the st. Louis Exposition will
not lose this opportunity of extend
ing the prestige won by the State
through its industrial exhibits at
Buffalo and Charleston.
Mr.. A. n. Johnson, the Surveys
highway engineer aud Mr.. w. w.
Crosby, she highway engineer Of
Baltimore county recently inspect
ed the model road built for the
Commissioners Of Queen Anne's
county OF Stag from Sparrows Point.
The road, although built over pecu-
liarly bad soil weathered the winter
incomparably better than any other
road in its neighborhood, was east
ly passable at all times, and is in
good condition for further use. The
two engineers agree that the Stag
will prove in the end much cheaper
for oad-building on the Eastern
Shore than the oyster shells hitherto
used there in the best forms of con-