Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-18
OPENING Of THE
UINTAH RESERVE
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| dividing; therefore there remain about
seyenty-seven (O townships yet TO be
surveyed, Some Of the work lies in
very rugged and heavily tlmbered
| mountains, where only mile or two a
day can be rum in the valley. OF course,
several miles can be made in day.
1t must be borne IN mind that the
work In the field does not constitute all
that the deputy has to do. He has to
make map OF his survey on q scale of
two feet TO tho mile, and write up
the field notes In strict accordance with
the manual OF Instructions, issued by
the Hon. Commissioner, Including as
Economical observations, trIangulations,
! etc.
The notes Of one mile OF survey will
occupy from three fourths TO a whole
page Of typewriter foolscap paper. A
township OF six miles square contains
60 miles Of subdivision lines, and "a
miles Of boundary lines; but, in figur-
Ing on a number Of adjacent townships,
II miles of boundary are usually al
lowed Therefore, IN round num-
bers, In ia full and fac
tional townships, there will be
approximately eight thousand five
hundred (s,500) miles OF section and
boundary line, besides. in this case,
probably two hundred fifty (25O) to
three hundred 5000 miles Of reserya-
ton boundary Upon this boundary
corners are set at every mile and half
mile, besides angle corners at each
change of course, so there may be
many corners In mile.
The clerical and draughtng work Of
| the deputy after he leaves the field
| II often greater, and sometimes takes
| longer than the actual field work
After the deputy has completed his
returns and filed them In the office of
the L. $. surveyor-general they arc
taken up for examination by expert
examiners, These examiners take the
field notes Of the deputy, compar them
carefully with the deputy's plat, and
note all differences all the solar and
stellar observations are checked (sey-
eral iolars are taken each day) the
corners must not contain less than
certain number of cubic inches, and
must be set regulation distance In
the ground; the pits and mounds must
be certain size; the courses and dis
tanccs must be checked; and II must be
ascertained whether the sections and
townships close within a certain limit;
the exact language Of the Manual must
also be followed.
After the notes have all been correct
ed and differences explained and
Strengthened out by the deputy, they
are turned over to the draughtsmen,
who make an original plat. and cal
oulates the areas Of the fractional Sec
tlons, dividing irregular sections up in
TO lots, All the sections bordering
upon the reservation boundary viii be
irregular and require an immense
amount Of calculating, as the boundary
Is meander, or zig-zag line. The
notes are then given to the typewriters
for transcrbing.
This Office is required to make three
finished maps or plats OF each town
ship, one for the general land Office at
Washington, one for the surveyor. gen
erals office, and one for the local land
office. These maps take several days
each TO make, after the calculations are
made, as there Is Il great deal OF work
upon them, In the shape Of topography,
etc,
After all the maps are made, then an
exterior diagram, in duplicate, is made,
on scale of One-haf inch 10 the mile,
embracing all the townships IN the con.
tract, showing topography etc; this Is
a work Of several days.
Finally, when the maps and diagrams
Of each contract are completed and the
notes transcribed, they are compared,
which requires several people for
number of days.
From what has been stated II will be
observed that about II plats, with the
corresponding notes, Will, according to
the statements of the deputies, be filed
In August and September, most prob.
ably In September This win Involve
the examining OF, approximately. 5000
miles of line; the making of 23l town.
ship plats and 20 exterior diagrams,
besides the transcribng OF nearly 5000
pages Of field notes; to say nothing OF
the thousands Of calculations to be
made; and the checking out Of the mile
age, which Is necessary In order 10
make out the deputies accounts.
Taking the reservation as a whole,
there viii be $40 township plats and 81
exterior diagrams to make; 25O-3OO miles
Of boundary to plat aud check out; and
upwards Of $500 pages OF field notes to
be typewritteni together with a quanti-
ty of miscellaneous work necessarily in
cldent to so large a survey.
II Is, of course, understood that the
work will be examined In the field by
special government examiners, who will,
doubtless be on hand TO take up their
work as soon as any contract is com
pleted in the field,
ANXIOUS TO RUSH WORK,
This office is anxious to do every
la -. alb h NJ
as can be seen from the statements
made IN the fore part Of this letter, no
time was lost In the preliminary steps,
Additional force will be secured as the
field notes are filed; and every effort
put forth to expedite matters so that
the reservation may be thrown open
without delay as far as this Office Is
concerned.
attach a diagram indicating the re-
latlVe positions of the various contracts
and showing how one deputys work Is
dependent upon that Of another. The
contracts are surveyed from cast TO
west The townships marked with a
Y were entirely or partly surveyed
several years ago, the portions left un-
surveyed then Will be completed under
the present surveys.
j think your excellency will readily
understand from the somewhat eS-
tended and detailed facts and figures
above given, the true situation. II the
returns are not filed until August and
September, land 1t Is not probable that
they can be much before) the opening
OF the reservation by October |, cannot
be accomplished,
This office has done all that II could,
and is doing all that can be done to
further the work; but, In my opinion,
Il will require at least another year to
complete II. Very respectfully
EDWARD III. ANDERSON
U. s, suryeyor-dcneral for Utah.
SOME FURTHER FACTS,
The surveyor general calls attention
IN the fapt that mint resolution "a of