The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-01-30

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laft ~ fenrst Mar have b~, >.
Stored. and in ssms saus tkess !.
stored poIuts nft rFttsi AZ A. lt.nt
ftfi. iu that the fefof.ls N lhs tioteta
mrhi Survey do not tails vlil the faet.
on the ground. ~ some rnass ubas.
he Old station has liean destraVeJ =,
Loot. 4 has been Impossible or lotrpedl
eni 10 replace q new monument on A.,
old site. In few such eases A af.t
class monument has been set AZ A .uit
able poin, In the same vicinity. bnt a.
yet not located with sufficient ae.
curacy. Until they are thus ioeatad
they are of little more use "a n sn,'
veyor than any other Indicated .ign.l
such ~ a church spire or aag s,aT
Aud just here let me say that Ia, -,
ting signal or monument I ,,oa, a.,
mechanical work involved in nnt,in,
IL on the ground in readiness a., NO.
while bv locating il | mean tbo vo.L
involved in determining i,s La..i,..''.
and distance from the es,ahl;sha1
points such az Trig. Stations In a sy.
TEN of triangulation. so that il n,Iso ie.
comes fixed point of reference on the
earth's surface to which other poInts
may be referred.
Many of our primary stations are
naturally located on prominent beod.
lands commanding an unobstructed
view for miles in manv directions
Some of them would require several
hours and much hard work TO fac and
unless tagged they are absolutely az
no help to the surveyor. Every time
he wants to sight one of those no;nts
he has to re-hag it. A permapent sIg.
nal like those on Diamond Head
Punchbowl or Tantalus would obviate
the difficulty and greatly facilitate ,ba
work of locating points from which
they could be sighted.
All this shows that there ;s mucb
work demanding the immediate otton
tion of an expert backed Inv rho Terri.
torial Government. The work of de.
cay and destruction goes steadily ON
50 that the longer the work of restora.
ton and protection is DELAYED the more
costly and difficult il will be
Again. the citv is in oreot need 90
having its street lines definitely estab.
lished by street monuments. The Ter.
ritorial Surveyor has done much valua.
bic work in this line. but the establish.
ment of County Government has taken
this duty out of his hands and as vet
no one has been desipnated tn assume
such work. To have the main Trio
Stations located by one Government,
and the street monuments nv anotber
is an unfortunate comnlicatiop Tbey
are essentially parts of one system and
demand unity of action
have been set bv the nresan+ Terri+or;.,I
Surveyor and his assistants. but from
press of other duties. from lack of
funds and on account of reneated in.
few of them have been daft.
ntely located. Their hearing and dis.
lance from the Trig. Stations and from
each other has not been measured
Some of these monuments have been
covered up to depth of several inches
by the macadam nut on the streets
after thev were set. One denartment
of the Government has Tins IGNORED
and interfered with the work of an
other.
In closing this brief statemept of +ba !
present condition of orr reference
points, trust that this INTELLIGENT an.
lience will agree with me that the mat.
ter is of vital interest to everyone pres.
ent and demands our united and prompt
effort to save what is left of fine, sys- |
tenn OF Trig. Stations; to restore or re-
place as far as practicable those which
are lost, to set permanent signals
"here needed at stations already To-
'a.ed, 10 correct the triangulation rec
'ras where they are evidently faulty,
ocating street monuments so that the