The Republican journal., 1909-12-23
The Survey of the State.


It Is to be Continued ALONG Hvdroor,rh;c
and Typographical Lines with the Aid of
a U. S. Engineer.
WASHINGTON, D. c., December 20. 1909
Mr.. Cyrus C. Babb, member of American
Society of Civil Engineers, and recently
Project Engineer of the Milk River pro-
]ect, Montana, for the U. S. Reclamation
Service. has severed his connection with
the service by transfer to the U. S. Geo.
logical Survey. AS District Engineer he
Will have charge of the cooperative work
IN the State Of Maine under the terms of
an agreement recently signed between
the Director of the U. S. Geological Sur
vey, the Governor of the State of Maine
as chairman of the Maine State Water
Storage Commission, and the chairman
OF the Maine State Survey Commission.
Mir. Babb is graduate of the Civil
Engineering Department of the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology, class
OF 1880. Since his graduation he has
been almost constantly in the employ
ment of the U. S. Government, first in
the photographic Branch of the U. S.
Geological Survey, and afterwards. on
the creation of the U. S. Reclamation
Service, as engineer. In his earlier hy-
geographic work, as Assistant Hydro
grapher, he had charge of the office
work of the photographic branch. He
lnaugurated the system of photographic
surveys in the Southern Atlantic States.
Later as photographer he was inspector
of photographic surveys west of the Mis-
sissippi river for the Geological Survey.
His work covered the establishment of
gaging stations throughout the west, and
detailed reservoir surveys, especially in
Arizona and Utah.
On the creation of the Reclamation
Service by act of Congress of June II,
1902, he was designated as engineer in
that work. AS project engineer of the
Milk River project, Montana, he had
charge Of the preliminary surveys, and
the determination of the general features
of the engineering development of this
project.
His work has touched questions of law
IN connection with the adjudication of
water rights or Milk River as between
the United States and private canal COM
panies in the Milk River Valley. Besides
the engineering problems incident to the
work, his field has covered the forma-
ton of Water Users Associations, pur-
chase of lands for reservoir sites and
canal rights of way, and many other as
ISOLATED problems incident to the man.
agement of United States Reclamation
Service irrigation project.
By act of the Legislature of the State
of Maine, two commissions have been
created, the State Survey Commission
and the State Water Supply Commission.
These commissions have entered into
an agreement with the Director of the
Geological Survey, whereby the work
authorized by the acts shall be carried
on under the direction of the Geological
Survey. The agreement in question
provides for a cooperative survey of the
natural resources Of the State, including
the continuation of topographic map
ping, the determination of the amount
and availability of the water resources,
their present development and the best
methods of their further utilization, also
the further determination of geologic
resources.
Mr.. Babb is a native of the State to
which he has been assigned. His head
quarters will be at Augusta
Cyrus C. Babb of Washington, D. c.,
who has been recently transferred from
the United States reclamation service to
the United States geological survey, and
as district engineer, is to have charge of
work in the State of Maine in co-opera-
ton with the State authorities. arrived
in Augusta, December Is, and with his
wife and three-years-old son, Dudley,
viii reside at the Augusta House for the
present He has been assigned quarters
in the Blaine mansion on the second floor
and with whatever assistants he finds
necessary will occupy two rooms facing
north on this floor. Engineer Babb will
at once begin collecting information to
submit to the State Water Storage com
mission in regard to what has been ac-
complished in the past along hydro
graphic and topographic lines. The re-
suit of Investigations by the State Sur
vey commission has been published from
time to time in special reports of the
United States geological survey. 1t is
expected that this data will, under the d.
rection of Mr.. Babb, be collected and put
into proper shape so as to make Ii avail
able for the people Of the State.
Stops earache in two minutes; toothache or
pain of burn or scald in five minutes; hoarse-
ness one hour; musceache, two hours; sore
throat, twelve hours-Dr. Thomas Eciectric
Oil, monarch over pain.
Shaw College Students 25th Reunion.
The students of the Shaw Business
College, Portland, will celebrate their
25th annual reunion at the Auditorium,
Portland, on January l, 1910. Governor
Fernald, Mayor Strout, and Hon. E. c.
REYNOLDS have been invited to address