The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-10
,O,sr NRvEY CONTROVERSY.
q the WsTh - tire Civilian thart Walkers
nsatt.faetarS, a. Charged:

accuracy Of the otncial charts ihdicattn 9
areas Of safety aud points ~ dans along
the more than IoooO miles of odr coast line
10 matter Of supreme importance. u all
the s,nuosiries Of tho Goa" line Of the
! United States proper, ALASKA. HAWAII. tho
Philippines and Porto Rico. including all
/ the islands. hays. sounds and tide Affected
rivers. are followed. the actual coast line -
found 70 sIeeed Ioo.oco miles.
Our maritime interests require complete
and accurate survey and record Of the nature
and the form OF this far reaching actual
coast Une. accurate kno~leise Of the depth
! n water and the character OF the bottom,
the location OF reefs and shoals and o,Ler
dangers 10 nAvigators. eKSct infor .na'ion
regarding the rise and fall of tides. the
force and direction OF currents and the
character and amour: Of magnetic dis
turbence throu zhout IN" entire coast area.
The necessary surveys are nos made and
the records are kcp, and publ shed by q
bureau known as the Coas, and Geodetic
Survey. originally organized in 1897 az q
bureau under tho Treasury Department
In 1909 the ANIMATION was transferred TO
the Department Of Commerce and Labor.
Certain recen' limitations that this bu-
reau was a few years age un~isely trans
ferred from the cont rol Of the Navy be-
par'ment to a civil branch OF he admin
iSraiion are not in accordance With the
facts The only ground for those intima-
'ioas appear 10 be hat q reorganiSa, ion
IN isss divided he shore work be, ween
army officers and civilians and put most of
Of orrc.rn n, m. ,.yy Wh.n 81. o,vu -,
broke on, IN. .,r, .nb 60, oe-s.r. -.
detached from m. service and sine. ,ss,
the army has had no place in the work
Aner The war naval officers were again
assigned TO the service. and from that time
until tn. outbreak NJ IN. "a, vith snair ,hs
hydrosrapbic work %. .ho,, .ou.IIr IA
vided bet veen civilian. and naval orncer.
In Ises he naval oricer. u.re again win
drawn and in 200 an ac, Of Cooere.s s.,ah.
lished the service on n purely civilian ba.i.
The efficiency OF the service il en,ireIy n
question Of fact and not a, all a question q,
individual opinion wba,h 81 the a orr should
ne done bv civilians or bv orreer. Of The
navy A. Q result Of dinerence Of opinion
assert ions have been made renectins ON
the present conduct Of the bureau and nv
request Of tho Maritime Exchange OF New
York Senator Depew Introduced in Congress
q resolution calling for an Investigation
The nature and tho extent OF the service
lay " perhaps peculiarly open to attack
4 comparative recent expertenee will serve
as an illustration. 4 little more than three
years AFRO an en,erpri sing reoorter for n
New Work paper learned that the only pub
lieueu survey OF Wnaf IN hts Ignorance OF
the matter he called the -CsorRea shoala
and Georges Bank. va. made nv Wiki.
In 1857 II IL true tina, IN. pubIi.hed chart.
bear that date but thew do not record IN.
fact that IN. G,org.. Rank inrl,,dIns ,hs
shoaI ha. b.en re.urv.vsd hv IN. co..,
survey Al freuu.n, in,.rxaI. w,,h m. ,..,,I,
Of confirming IN. accu,.cx N, IN. o,ig,,.i
survey and therefore NO chanv. va. n.sd.J
IN N. chart. sec,trin, the s,nno,, ., IN.
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Maritime Excb.nza n, phI.a.l,,LI. ,s.
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y" me princeton we're r"~ind-d III" sur
W. '"e" hSu" 'ohhtIh~h 'h~ ACCURACY OF
1"c 'nA''~ anu Ahoen new lh'"tmd'ioh Nv
IHIh'shthS hdd'on1l ~oundingS
hepof'~ OF error ln charts are re- ~tVSd
Almo-i daily by he bureau some Of hp-s
are properly founded Various natural
for"--. such ~ earthquakes tid~- ana ocean
currents are active IN changing n. I..,I a.,
The ocean An such r.port. ar. promnfi,
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