New-York tribune., 1903-06-29
NEW-YORK STATE MAPS.
Cooperation zoith Geological Surrey
Secures Exceptional Service.
IFRoM THE TRIBUNE BUREAU.

co-operatton of New-York State through the
State Engineer and Surveyor, the United States
Geological Survey has been enabled to give espe-
cial attention to the topography of the State,
with the result that larger portion of New
York has been mapped than is true of any other
State in the Union
These maps. which are prepared from data
and surveys accumulated by the State Engineer
and the working members of the Survey, are of
more than usual value Drawn upon a, scale Of
one inch 20 the mile they are printed In three
colors and show plainly the cultural features,
streams and water courses and the topographic
outlines. Every road and byway is clearlysset
forth and to the automobilist and bicyclist, as
we'll as to other tourists. they are Indispensable
Each map represents an of approximately
two hundred and twenty square miles and each
is given a specific name. as for instance. the
Penn Yam Quadrangle" the "Kinderhook
Quadrangle etc.
one of the most interesting of the maps just
completed is the Alexandria Bay quadrangle.
which includes the country in the vicinity Of
Alexandria Bay and the far famed Thousand
Islands Nev-York on the American side of the
St. Lawrence River With the exception OF the
river part of the quadrangle. which was sur
veyed by the United States Lake Survey. this
work was done by the United States Geological
Survey in cooperation with the State OF New
York.
The region mapped embraces portions of the
towns of Alexandria, Orleans and Theresa, JEFF
ferson County, and of Hammond, st. Lawrence
County, and includes the villages Of Alexandria
Bay. the well known summer resort: Omar,
Plessis, Redwood and Chippewa Bay. west
minister Park, Point Vivian and ST. Lawrence
Park noted summer resorts, are also shown
the map. Near Redwood are Butterffeld, Mill
site, Sixberry, Crystal and Clear lakes all beau
tiful sheets of water, abounding in fish and
much frequented by disciples of Izaak Walton
The Hampstead quadrangle, Long Island, in
cludes nearly the whole of the southern half of
Nassau County and a narrow strip along the
eastern boundary of Queens Borough, New 1ork
City-about hundred and fifty square miles or
territory, exclusive of the part of the ocean
shown large part of the quadrangle lies be
low the first twenty-foot contour line and only
along the northern edge does the land arise
above the hundred-foOt line. The coast line was
transferred from the United States Coast Survey
charts The map is on the scale of one mile TO
the inch. The numerous cultural features are
accurately represented and several of the reser-
voirs of the Brooklyn water supply system ap-
pear the map.
The Cortland quadrangle covers territory en-
tireIy within Cortland County and is named
after it's beautifully situated county seat Cort-
land is noted for its manufactures. and is an
important railroad centre, the Lehigh Valley,
Erie and the New-YOrk Central all running into
the city. Several low grade valleys OF the
Tioughniogd River and its tributaries traverse
the quadrangle and come together at Cortland
The country IS very fertile and is given up to
general and dairy farming In sections the topog-
raphy is very bold. The elevations vary from
/ $50 feet in the Tioughniosa Valley to 213O feet
above sea level in the town of Virgil
The timber on this area is noticeably free
from oak fact all the more noticeable because
near Binghamton. in the adjoining county 10 the
south, oak predominateS
The topographic map of the Naples quad
rangle covers an area of PA square miles in
Yates Ontario and Steuben counties The beau
tiful village of Naples. near the southern eno OF
Canandaigua Lake, IS situated nearly IN the
centre of the quadrangle. The slopes OF the
hills about Naples are especially suited to grape
growing and in the fall immense quantities of
grapes are shipped to market by rail, by way
of Geneva or by boat by way of Canandalgua
The bold character of the topography of the
QUADRANGLE is we'll brought out by the contour
lines drawn at twenty-toot vertical intervals
which show the rise in elevation above sea level
from CSC feet the lake to over two thousand
feet in the surrounding country. Canandalgua
Lake. famous for its superb scenery, IS SHOWN
only in part this map. The backbone or
Central New-York crosses this quadrangle the
drainage in the southern part of the area finding
its way into the Susquehanna and the drainage
of the northern part finding its way into the ST
Lawrence.
A topographic map of Richfield Springs quad
rangle covers about two hundred and fourteen
square miles including Richheld Springs and the
adjoining parts of Otsego and HerkiIner counties:
The village of Richfeld Springs, with part OF
Canadarago Lake, is shown on the western
limit of the map The part OF OtSego Lake ABOVE
Five Mile Point is also shown Summit Lake
near the centre of the quadrangle. is on the dl-
vide between the Susuuehanna and the Mohawk
rivers The waters to the north of this lake flow
into the Mohawk. and thence into the Hudson
River. and streams heading south of Summit
Lake flow into Otsego Lake, which Is one OF the
sources of the Susquehanna-
The southern part of the territory is rather
rugged the hills rising 10 between eighteen
hundred and twenty hundred feet above sea
level The celebrated summer resort, Richheld
Springs noted for it's medicinal sulphur springs.
is /, ,327 feet and Canadarago Lake. near which
II is situated is 1876 feet above the sea. The
historic and beautiful Otsego Lake Is II9t rect,
and its bold eastern shore rises 70 I,9Vo Ieet
above sea level at Mount Washington ana near
" two thousand feet few miles further south
The country is admira bly, adapted 70 DAIRY 1drL- m
ing but the lack of railroad facilities makes the
marketing of the products both difficult and
costly Formerly the manufacture or cneese was
an item of considerable importance, out most
of the cheese factories have been closed and
the milk is now sent CondenSing factories.
where il is canned for the market The hop
growing industry hourishes in the southern part
of the territory covered by this map.
The KinderhoOk quadrangle, except a narrow
strip of Rensselaer, County along the northern
edge lies within Columbia County, and includes
about two hundred and twenty square miles OF
territory The country is broken and wooded
in the eastern part of the quadrangle where tne
eastern slopes of the famous Berkshire tlils
appear. a peculiar feature of the topography De
stfll more broken IL approaches the Hudson
River where glacial action is strongly marked
Through the fertile valley or Kinder NOOK creek
runs the Albany and Hudson electric railroad
which is a third rail system The water power
of Kinderhook Creek. augmented by the reser-
yoir above Nivervie. Kinderhook Lake, IS utii-
lied TO operate a number of factories IN the
vicinity OF Stuyvesant Falls and Stockport
Chatham a railroad centre, is the principal VIZ
lage; the other prominent villages are PnllInoht,
Niverville. Valatie and kinderhook The last
named place is noted as having been the resi-
dence of President Van Buren,
The Penn Van quadrangle is situated IN fateS
and Steuben counties.
states GeologcaI Survey. Washington, for nve