Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-18

and up-to-date topographic
man of the United States-com-
- nIete in every detail and de-
signed to furnish valuable lniorihA
tion to the military and aVlaIon
branches of the government-wiu De
the first and largest aim OF the ne"
board of surveys and maps, ap-
pointed last December by the fresi-
dent. which held it's first organization
meeting in Washington last week
The board of surveys and maps was
Amounted by President wilson on
solicitation from various government
map-making agencies OF the gov
eminent to the end that all the
rious map-making bureaus ana oi'i
sions may be co-ordinated unoer oho
organization for the betterment anu
shedding up of map WORK. Inc
military advantage of complete topo-
r,anhic maps of the United states Is
held to be inestimable. and partcu-
1.,lv in these days of fast and rar
living airplanes, which. at present
cover enormous distances IN osS'
,vine over territory as yet ihaoe
ouateIy mapped and surveyed. Inc
United States geological survey mas
been charged with the vast tash y,
manning partially explored areas VI
the country and has been at Wofk ioi
the past thirty years on it's stupen-
aous lob. but to date only As per cent
of the area OF the United states mas
heen covered by standard topographic
mans and it is estimated a ni'n u
these now need revision therefore,,
~. mood for a standard topographic
man and a series of detailed maps 10
h.,d to be the biggest work OF Ine
oeu board, according to its cnairmaH'
n r. Merrill. who is also executive
...-.t,rv of the federal power commas
sion.
Outside Aid Invited. = 81
~ the end that the best technical
advice may be secured from an pr
agencies. as well as the federal
..sncias interested in better map
making. the board has called ipto con-
su1tat,ou representatives Of twenty
.vo non-federal agencies to consti-
tute an advisory council: These or
panizations and their representatives
are as follows: American Association
oel state Highway ohcials. va
watson: american Automobile AS
ISOLATION, A. G.. Seller: AmeracAnro
estry Association. p 3. hfesoa.e''ii
American Geographical society Dr.
isaiah Bowman; American inse.tuse
=, EIectrical Engineers. John b. FIN
NV. American Institute OF MINING
and Metal Engineers. William T..
westarvelt; American Railway En-
y,neerine Associ alton. ]. H. Mioufn'
American Society of Agricultural En-
pineers. +. A Writ American SOCIETY
Of Civil Engineers, Prof. James n
lynch. American Society OF Mecnanl-
cal Engineers. ]. Waldo Smith; Amer
ic.n water Works Association. Rob-
ert f. Horton; Appalachian Mountain
Club. Charles w. Blood; Association
of American Geographers. Prof. n M
Fenneman; Association OF state
BIOLOGISTS, Wilbur A. Nelson; En-
gineering Council. A stuart baio-
win: Geological Society OF America
DIR. George H. Ashley; National Elec-
trict Light Association. l. +. Moui-
iron: National Research Council. Dr.
p. p. Mathews: Rocky Mountain Cluo,
Enos Mills; Sierra Club. Prof. Joseph
n lie Conte. and Society Of Automo-
tive Engineers, c. II. Young. DIR. Ma
thews has been elected chairman OF
the board and will call lettings OF
60 with thu
board.
OrSanixation Of the Board.
The board itself is constituted as
follows: Col. c. o. Sheriff., represent
ing the Corps of Engineers. U. S. A;
William Bowie of the coast and geo.
detic survey; Col. c. H. Birdseye of
the geological survey, Frank Bond of
the general land Office, ]. H. Robinson
of the Post Office Department. C. F.
Hfarbut of the bureau Of soils, e. c.
Bebb Of the reclamation service. In
terror Department; c. D. Curtis of the
bureau of public roads, W. NJ. Reed Of
the bureau of Indian affairs, r. l.
Farris of the Mississippi river COM
mission, F. G. Ray, representing the
United States lake survey; ]. H. Van
wagenen of the international bound
airy commission, o. C. Merrill (chair-
mani of the forest service, G. W. Lit
tlehales of the photographic office,
Navy Department, and Col. Samuel T.
MackaN of the military intelligence
division, general staff, L. S. A.
be held the second Tuesday in Sep
TENDER at which time work done by
the various organizations represented
on the board will be taken up and
approved. When approved the result
will be sent to the President.
Correlation Of Surveys.
One Of the chief functions of the
board after the general topographic
map Is completed will be to correlate
the survey work of various map
making agencies, federal and nom
federal. so that a standard set Of map
guides and map-making methods may
be laid down for future use by all
agencies. The board will take into &C
count in it's surveys and detail maps
topography of the country with re-
gard to valuable geologic deposits.
and will cooperate with the American
Automobile Association in a move
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