Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-15
STATE HOUSE,.
Results Of Topographic
Survey Work
Done in Cooperation with U.
S. Geological Survey.
Dates Arranged for Spraying and
Pruning Demonstration.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Regular Meeting of Governor and
Council, Friday, March IS, at 10 A. M.

The State Of Maine in 1899 provided
for topographic survey of the state
in cooperation with the United States
geological Survey. From that date to
the end of 1911 the total money appfo-
priated by the State for this purpose
was s37 900, which has been met by an
cutlal amount from the federal depart
ment This amount is far less than
the sums shown below for Il number
of the states which have varied from
s77 900 from Illinois to $270,000 from
Ohio In justice to Maine, however, 1t
can be stated that number of states
have appropriated less and few have
not yet adopted the policy Of making
any appropriations for cooperative
work with the United States Geology
cal Survey
This is u very important work Tor
this State and it is hoped that the APP
preparation for the State Water Stof-
age Commission under which the
money is expended will be largely IN
creased by the Legislature in the near
future.
The topographic map resulting from
the survey of an area by the United
states Gcologic:il Survey becomes at
once the mother map OF that AREA
MANY maps of the same area may lie
made subsequently, from ordinary
schoolboot maps to special automobile
or read maps but they are usually
based on the survey topographic map
which is tied to fixed points. such as
mountains and hills and referred for
its various attitudes to- mean sea level.
Recognizing the great Importance
and value of such a basic map and
the fact that the Federal Geological
Survey with the trained and exper-
ieaced topographic engineers can most
accurately and economically make the
map, many of the states are cooperat-
ing with the survey and coming for
ward with state money to equal or
more than equal the federal allot-
ments In other words the states are
turning over their money to the Cow
ornment Survey in order to expedite
the completion of their State topogra
phic maps.
Such cooperation between the Unit
ed States Geological Survey and the
State of Ohio was commenced in 1901
and since that date the State has APP
propriated $4,000 for the purpose. the
federal government expending 1898 900.
The state of West Virginia has ap-
propriated for cooperative work Sl56,-
0oa and the federal government S1i9.-
600 In Pennsylvania $16S.237 has been
expended by the State and like
amount by the federal government
In Illinois cooperation was begun in
1895 and the state has since expended
1888 and the federal government,
$70.423. The state of California inau-
gurated in 1903 definite scheme of
cooperation with the federal survey
with view to a systematic survey of
the entire state and since that time
has contributed si22e00 for the work.
which has been meet with an equal
amount of federal funds.
Many other states have been and
are still contributing in like manner
for the purpose of carrying to com
pletion as rapidly as possible the top
ographic mapping of their unsurveyed
areas. The total amount of money
contributed by the State for coopera-
tive surveys during the current fiscal
year is $I7S.G 900 to be met by s1iS,000 of
federal funds.