Descriptions and elevations of bench-marks on the Missouri Rtver, etc.-Continued.
Equals B. M. 26" of 1879, and is also initial bench of construction party, their elevation of it being 100,000 feet; on 4.5-foot elm, 60 feet from river, 300 feet below 536, just above Charleston, Kans. On 1.3-foot elm, 70 feet from river, on foot of bluff, three-eighths of a mile above Charleston, Kans., 700 feet below mouth of creek On 3-foot oak, 100 feet from river, on foot of bluff, east side of ravine, 2 miles above Charleston, Kans..
On 1.5-foot linn, on foot of bluff, 60 feet from river, 900 feet below mouth of Mosquito Creek, one-quarter mile northeast of house of C. W. Hargis, 3 miles above Charleston, Kans....
On 2.4-foot black walnut, 120 feet from river, on bluff, 300 feet above creek, in first valley above Mosquito Creek, three-eighths of a mile above A 530, 4 miles above Charleston, Kans
On 3-foot elm, 30 feet from river, at foot of bluff, 1,740 feet above La- fayette Landing, 1,000 feet above ▲ 526...
336 (131) Lafayette Landing. 337 (130)
On 1.4-foot water oak, 40 feet from river, at foot of bluff, one-half mile below mouth of Wolf Creek, 770 feet below foot of willow bar, 1,300 feet below A 520, 5 miles below Iowa Point, Kans.. On 3-foot elm, in woods, 150 feet from river, 3,500 feet below miles below Iowa Point, Kans.
On 2.5-foot black walnut, 30 feet west of railroad, 50 feet from river, at foot of bluff, 1,250 feet below 514, 14 miles below Iowa Point, Kans.
Cross (+) cut into top of stone foundation at northwest corner of en. gine-room of 34.story brick-grist mill owned by Ball Brothers, one- quarter mile south of Iowa Point, Kans., and about one-half mile from river..
Cross (+) cut into top of stone foundation at northeast corner of main part of above mill..
B. M. 23" of 1879-south end of window-sill of two story brick, on northwest corner of Main and Commercial streets, Iowa Point, Kans 446.618 "B. M. 24" of 1879-south end of window-sill of the third building north of Main street, on west side of Commercial street, Iowa Point, Kans.; a brick store, forming part of the block of buildings upon which is "B. M. 23".
On 3-foot elm, 50 feet west of railroad track, 140 feet north of fence corner, 600 feet below 1 story frame house on east side of track, 13 miles above Iowa Point, Kans..
On 2-foot cottonwood, 2 miles below White Cloud, Kans., in small clump of cottonwoods, at upper edge of corn-field
On 1.3-foot cottonwood, 100 feet from river, 2 miles below White Cloud, Kans....
NOTE. The connection of benches 343 and 344 with the main line was unchecked.
On 2.5-foot elm, in small corner of woods between railway and corn- field, 70 feet east of track, 50 feet northeast of fence, 14 miles below White Cloud, Kans
Equals "B. M. 21" of 1879-east corner of door-sill of small door east of main entrance to two-story brick livery stable, 75 feet west of southwest corner Main and Water streets, south side Main street, White Cloud, Kans.
347 (120) Equals "B. M. 20" of 1879-southeast corner water-table of Union Hotel, a three-story brick (first story, Main street front, of stone,, on northwest corner Main and Water streets, White Cloud, Kans Gange B. M.-Spike driven into south end of east wood-sill of water tank, 375 feet above White Cloud Depot....
On 2.5-foot twin cottonwood. 100 feet east of Atchison and Nebraska Railroad, 2 miles above White Cloud, Kans........
On 2-foot burr oak, 100 feet east of railroad, 300 feet east of foot of bluff. 1,000 feet from river, one-quarter mile below head of bottom. nearly west of A 492, 1 mile below mouth of the Great Nemaha River, Nebraska.
On 1.1-foot twin elm, in ravine, 200 feet south of railway, 600 feet above mouth of Great Nemaha River, Nebraska..
Cross (+) cut into the upper surface, southern edge, of coping stone of east pier of Atchison and Nebraska Bridge across the Great Ne maha River, 3 miles below Rulo, Nebr.....
352 (115) On 3.3-foot white elm, 250 feet south of railroad, on line between prairie and woods, one quarter mile west of bridge across Great Nemaha River, Nebraska..
On 2.1-foot cottonwood, 100 feet east of railroad, 1,000 feet from river, 1,000 feet from bluff, three-quarter mile below Rulo, Nebr............ Equals "B. M. 18 "of 1879-cross (+) cut into top of buttress masonry, at northeast corner of stone engine-room of brick grist-mill, owned by Hosford & Gagnon, Rulo, Nebr...
Cross (+) ent into top of buttress masonry, at northeast corner of elevator adjoining the above mill
Descriptions and elevations of bench-marks on the Missouri River, etc.—Continued.
360 (107) 361 (106) 362 (105)
On 1-foot black walnut, 60 feet from bank on foot of bluff, 400 feet above mouth of creek, three-quarters of a mile above Rulo, Nebr.. On 2.5-foot cottonwood, at foot of bluff, at rivulet, where road up river from Rulo enters bottom, 2 miles above Rulo, Nebr. On 1.7-foot red elm, at foot of bluff, 100 feet northwest of one-story frame house, 34 miles above Rulo, Nebr., by line along foot of blufl's..
Top of stone foundation at southeast corner of one-story brick dwell- ing of Russell Durfee, on foot of blaff, one-quarter of a mile from river, about 5 miles above Rulo, Nebr
On 8-inch twin elm, at foot of bluff, 150 feet from tiver, 860 feet below head of bottom above Rulo, Nebr
On 2-foot oak, at foot of bluff, 24 miles below Arago, Nebr... On 3-foot twin basswood, 30 feet east of bluff, 800 feet from river, 1 mile below Arago, Nebr...
Cross (+) cut into upper surface of foundation stone under window on south side, near southwest corner of two-story brick store of Joseph A. Kitt, north side Main street, Arago, Nebr..
B. M. 16" of 1879-top course of masonry at southeast corner of foundation of two-and-one-half-story frame house, north side of Main street, 75 feet west of brick store described above.... On 2.5-foot elm, 40 feet from river, on side of bluff, 1 mile above Arago, Nebr
On 2-foot elm, east side of road, 3 miles above Arago, Nebr On 2-foot cottonwood, on east side of road, 4 miles above Arago, Nebr., by bluff line
On 3 foot elm, edge of river, foot of bluff, 1,000 feet above mouth of creek, three-quarters of a mile below foot of willow bar, 5 miles, by bluff line, below Saint Deroin, Nebr On 2-foot red elm, on west side of road, at foot of bluff, three-quarters of a mile above foot of willow bar, 900 feet south of school-house, about 4 miles below Saint Deroin, Nebr
371 (96) 372 (95) Saint Deroin. 373 (94)
375 (92) Hillsdale. 376 (91)
377 (90) Aspinwall. 378 (89)
On 1.3-foot maple, a double tree, 70 feet from river, one-quarter mile above Hillsdale, Nebr., at head of bottom
On 3-foot elm, in ravine, 120 feet from bottom and 600 feet from river, about 2,300 feet above Saint Deroin Creek, where the latter leaves the bluffs, 1 mile below Aspinwall, Nebr.
On 1-foot black walnut, 100 feet from river, on left bank of creek at Aspinwall, Nebr
On 1.8-foot black walnut, 280 feet south of house of C. Griffin, in hog lot, 40 feet east of 10 d, 33 miles below Saint Deroin, Nebr. On 2.5-foot twin elm, at foot of bluff, 60 feet east of wagon road, 100 feet below fence corner, about 13 miles below Saint Deroin, Nebr On 1.2-foot elm, on east side of road and foot of bluffs, at break in bluff line, three-quarters of a mile below Saint Deroin, Nebr On 3.3-foot elm, near east line of Nebraska street, Saint Deroin, 600 feet from river, 500 feet north of A. J. Ritter's store.. On 1.7-foot white elm, at roadside, 50 feet from river, on bluff, 1,400 feet below creek, five-eighths mile above Saint Deroin, Nebr.. On 2.5-foot elm, at foot of bluff, 40 feet north of road, 70 feet west of Meadow Creek, one-half mile from river, 1 mile southeast of Hills- dale, Nemaha County, Nebr
On 1.9-foot red oak, in ravine, 50 feet from river, five-eighths of a mile below mouth of Little Nemaha River, Nebraska
On 9-inch maple, 50 feet southeast of house of D M. Frazier, three- quarters of a mile south west of Nemaha City, Nebr. Cross (+-) cut into top of water-table at northeast corner of Huber House (J. B. Huber), corner of Kansas avenue and Nemaha City, Nebr
City. 381 (86) | On 3 5-foot cottonwood, about 1,000 feet below A 422, between rail road and bluff, three-quarters of a mile above Nemaha City, Nebr. Cross (+) cut into top of stone foundation at southeast corner of Jonathan Hagadorn's brick dwelling, on foot of bluff, 120 feet west of railroad, three-quarters of a mile from river, 13 miles above Nemaha City, Nebr.
Equals B. M. 14" of 1879-on 2.5-foot cotton wood, northwest corner Main street and Levee, on curb-line, 30 feet north of north line of Main street, Brownville, Nebr.
On 10-inch ash, at foot of bluff. 75 feet west of railroad. at point where railroad comes to bluff, three-quarters of a mile above Brownville, Nebr....
On 1. 1-foot twin willow, 50 feet south of railroad, one-quarter mile from river, 33 miles above Brownville, Nebr.; 75 feet east of line be tween cornfield extending down from Honey Creek and woods- the field owned by Eli Ralsbeck, the woods by Dodd... On 1-foot white oak, 100 feet from river, in ravine in bluffs, one-half mile below A 400, 2 miles below Peru, Nebr......
Descriptions and elevations of bench-marks on the Missouri River, etc.—Continued.
Horizontal furrow in head of copper bolt leaded into face of sand- stone bluff near lower end of exposure, 13 miles below Peru Depot; 1,150 feet above 400; 850 feet below first creek entering river from bluffs below Peru, Nebr
On 2.1 foot cottonwood, 50 feet north of Col. Thomas Maygor's house, on Nebraska Railroad, three-quarters mile northwest of Peru, Nebr. 491. 086 Spike in sill of west window, north side, of brick school-house, Dis- trict No. 2, Nemaha County, Nebr. one-quarter mile north of "Bill" Tyner's house, on Peru and Nebraska City Wagon Road, 1 miles north of Peru. Nebr.. On 1.3-foot cottonwood, 75 feet southwest of house occupied by Na- than Kelso, at intersection of line between Otoe and Nemaha counties with Peru and Nebraska City Wagon Road. This road runs due north from a point about one-quarter mile west of Peru, Nebr.
391 (76) On 2-foot hackberry, 75 feet northeast of house of J. H. Resseguie, one-quarter mile from River, about 4 miles due north of Peru, Nebr.; vicinity of R. B. 898.
On 3-foot twin red elm, 150 feet west of railroad, 300 feet from river, 300 feet above fence-corner, 24 miles below Otoe City, Nebr.. On 2.5-foot cottonwood, between railroad and river, 300 feet above 378, 800 feet above railroad section house, 1 mile below Otoe City, Nebr.. Equals bench of Nebraska City construction party; on spike in root of 1.5-foot burr oak, at southeast corner of J. D. Carmichael's house, Otoe City, Nebr.....
394 (73) Otoe City. 395 (72) 396 (71)
On 1.5-foot willow, 100 feet west of railroad, 6,800 feet above Otoe City, Nebr., by measurement along railroad.
399 (68) Nebraska 1 City. 400 (67)
On 1-foot elm, 30 feet west of track, in ravine, 1,000 feet above point where river leaves bluff. 24 miles below Nebraska City, Nebr. Nail in knot, in pile in railroad embankment, 50 feet below Nebraska City, United States water-gauge
Equals B. M. 11" of 1879; datum of Construction party 100 feet lower top of water-table at southwest corner of office of Registered Dis- tillery No. 2, State of Nebraska, at foot of Main street, Nebraska City, Nebr
On 8-inch ash, at foot of bluff, about 13 miles above foot of Main street, Nebraska City, Nebr..
On 10 inch elm, at foot of bluff, 200 feet below stone quarry, 24 miles above Nebraska City, Nebr.. by measurement along base of bluff. Equals Permanent Bench of Construction party; on gas pipe set in cement at site of 354. The bench is on a spur of the bluff, 21 miles above head of Nebraska City Island Chute, 1,900 feet above mouth of Walnut Creek
402 (65) On 1.3-foot cottonwood, at foot of bluff, 40 feet from river, behind willow bar, about 300 feet above field, 22 miles below Wyoming, Nebr
B. M. "A: equals bench of construction party; on 2-foot cotton- wood, 60 feet below B. M. 402
Equals permanent bench of construction party; on gas-pipe set in Neligh's house, three-eighths mile below Wy- oming Landing, Nebr..
On 1.3-foot willow, in woods and underbrush, 150 feet back of bench behind willow bar, about one-quarter mile above mouth of Weep- ing Water Creek, about 1 mile above Wyoming, Nebr.. On 2-foot elm, three-eighths mile from river, on edge of bench be- tween prairie and willow bar, near house of James W. Baker, 21 miles below Jones' Point, Nebr..
406 (61) On 2.5-foot cottonwood, 325 feet from river, 150 feet above cornfield, near lower edge of timber, about 1 mile below Jones' Point Ferry, Nebr
On 1.2-foot ash, at foot of bluff, 230 feet from river, 600 feet below house and ferry landing at Jones' Point, Nebr.; just above wagon- road where it enters the bluff.
On 10-inch black walnut, on side of bluff, 60 feet from river; at foot of narrow bottom. 14 miles above Jones' Point, Nebr On 10-inch walnut, 90 feet from river, near right bank of Raike's Branch, 500 or 600 feet below 326, 3 miles above Jones' Point, Nebr
On 2.1-foot elm, 130 feet from river, on right bank of Missouri Creek, 1,100 feet below 324.....
On 2-foot elm, 170 feet from river, near right bank of creek, where river returns to bluff, below narrow bottom, 600 feet above ▲ 324, 33 miles below Rock Bluff, Nebr...
Horizontal furrow in head of copper bolt leaded into face of rock at Calumet Point, 13 ruiles below Rock Bluff, Nebr.
Horizontal furrow in head of copper bolt leaded into face of rock,
just beneath 416, one-half mile above village of Rock Bluff, Nebr. 536. 903
Descriptions and elevations of bench-marks on the Missouri River, etc.-Continued.
On 3.3-foot cottonwood, 25 feet from water of chute opposite lower point of Tobacco Island, 20 feet below fence, and approximately opposite 314....
Horizontal furrow in head of copper bolt leaded into rock, 60 feet below ravine opposite head of Tobacco Island, 1,400 feet below Northern Point, upper edge, of coping of west pier, Burlington and Missouri Railroad Bridge at Plattsmouth, Nebr. Equals "B. M. 9" of 1879-on northeast corner of iron window-sill, ground floor, west side of Main-street entrance to three-story brick, southeast corner Main and Third streets, Plattsmouth, Nebr "B. M. 10" of 1879-top of bevel of water-table at southwest corner of three-story brick on northeast corner Main and Sixth streets, Plattsmouth, Nebr....
418 (49) Horizontal furrow in head of copper bolt leaded into point of hard rock, about 200 feet above lime-kiln, 13 miles above Plattsmouth, Nebr
419 (48) Platte River. 420 (47)
On 1-foot cottonwood, on first rise of ground from bar, 3,000 feet above mouth of Platte River, Nebr...
On 1.3-foot cottonwood, 1,600 feet east by south of house of Joseph Childs, just east of wagon-road, in vicinity of 298..
On 1-foot cottonwood, 50 feet from river, 1,000 feet below mouth of creek, between A's 292 and 294..
On 2-foot elm, 200 feet from bank, 300 feet from rise in bank below A 200
On middle one of three large cotton woods, just east of railroad, one- fourth mile below Bellevue Station, Nebr.
On 11-inch black walnut, at base of bluff 50 feet west of Burlington and Missouri River Railroad, where river leaves bluff, three- fourths mile above Bellevue Station, just above 278. On 1-foot black walnut, reference tree of A 254, at point at which river touches bluff, 7 miles below Omaha, Nebr...
On 2.5-foot red elm, on south bank of brook between bluffs, 200 feet west of Burlington and Missouri River Railroad, 4 miles below Omah, Nebr
On 8-inch white elm, 120 feet eastward from railroad, 300 feet north- ward from house of Aug. Muskat, between A's 242 and 244 On collar (at joint) of north cylinder, west pier of Union Pacific Railroad bridge, at Omaha, Nebr....
Gauge B. M. Head of spike in 16-inch cedar pile, in midst of riprap 150 feet above upper end of willow mattresses, 30 feet from river about one-half mile above Union Pacific Bridge, Omaha, Nebr. 429 (38) Equals "B. M. 6" of 1879-on stone door-step south entrance Omaha Silver Ore Smelting Works-southeast corner of step, marked with a cross (+) cut into stone.
On 8-inch willow 120 feet from river, at month of brook, three-fourths mile above Florence, Nebr., near R. B. 528.
On &inch willow (forking at the ground) 60 feet from river, at mouth of rill, one-fourth mile below 216, at park or picnic ground above Florence, Nebr....
On 1.3-foot willow, leaning southward, west of high-water chute, 600 feet from river, between A's 214 and 216...
On 2.5-foot cottonwood (one of two growing together), 100 feet from high-water bank of river, about 2,000 feet above 206, at outlet of Calhoun or Stillwater Lake, Nebr.
On 5-inch cottonwood, 250 feet from river, opposite foot of long island sand-bar, between A's 200 and 202..
On 1-foot cottonwood, half mile from river, 60 feet from high-water bank, in brush and scattering willows and cottonwoods, 300 feet below prairie, below A 198.
On 8-inch cottonwood, 120 feet from high-water bank, on bench de- scending southward, just below
On 1 foot willow, 75 feet from bank, 2,100 feet below old river bed, about 750 feet below R. B. 461.
On 1.3-foot willow, 120 feet toward river from Sioux City and Pacific Railroad, about one-half mile above Transfer Landing, at Blair, Nebr Gauge B M-on 1.7-foot willow, 50 feet toward railroad from bench 438. On 7-inch ash, at edge of road, on bench, 700 feet above saw-mill at Sandy Point Ferry, Nebr.
On 8-inch forked ash, on bench, 200 feet from river, one-half mile above Sandy Point ferry and saw-mill.
On cottonwood log, on sand-bar, on bank of high-water chute between sand-bar and willow bar, between A's 166 and 168..
On 6-inch cottonwood, on sand knoll, 600 feet from river, about 2,000 feet below 162.
On 2.5-foot cottonwood, reference tree of A 158, at beginning of high prairie below willow flat and lake..
On 1-foot willow, alone in prairie, 100 feet from bank, 300 feet from river, at recess in bank, one-quarter mile above point of small tim- ber, about 500 feet below K. É. © 360..
Descriptions and elevations of bench-marks on the Missouri River, etc.-Continued.
On 1.3-foot cottonwood log imbedded in sand, 600 feet from river, near R. B. 351.
On 1.8-foot cottonwood 200 feet from river, at upper edge of prairie, very near site of 150..
On 1.7-foot forked willow, 120 feet from river, 500 feet below end of willow flat below 148, about at R. B. O 342.
Ou cottonwood stamp imbedded in sand, 1,000 feet below point of small timber, on riverward side of high-water chute near R. B. O
449 (18) Little Sioux River.
On branch of cottonwood log embedded in sand, one-quarter mile from river, one-fourth mile above mouth of Little Sioux River.... 613, 704
On 4-foot cottonwood, 550 feet from river, at end of prairie and be ginning of willow bar, one-quarter mile northwest from house of Charles Blackstone, 3,300 feet from A 138, toward 140.... On box-alder stump, 60 feet from river, about 2,900 feet above On 1.7-foot cottonwood, 200 feet from river, 300 feet south from house of George Hall, near beginning of timber, about 1,500 feet below A 128...
On 10-inch cottonwood, 130 feet from river, at upper end of willow flat, 50 feet from house of Levi Cornell, 1,150 feet below A 124.. On 2-foot cottonwood, at point of heavy timber, between A 122 and A 124: 250 feet from river, near R. B. () 286.. On 1.5-foot cottonwood, 290 feet from river, 14 miles below end of prairie, 1 furlong below site of A118.
Gauge B. M.-on 6-inch willow, 120 feet west from Bench 456. Equals "B. M. 5" of 1879-on 1.8-foot cottonwood, southernmost of a row on west side of Broadway, 50 feet north of Eighth street, Decatur, Nebr
Horizontal furrow in head of copper bolt leaded into face of sand- stone, 1,500 feet below bench 459, 600 feet below rock point sheer to water, midway between A's 106 and 108.
On 3-foot cottonwood, 150 feet from river, 100 feet north of Elm Creek, just below Decatur, Nebr
Horizontal furrow in head of copper bolt leaded into face of sand- stone bluff, at upper end of exposure above Decatur, Nebr.... On root of 14-inch twin elm, 130 feet north from bench behind wil- low bar, 900 feet west from river, at head of bar and near 100 On 8-inch cottonwood, on bench behind willow bar, half way be- tween Maple Landing and head of cut-off above Decatur, Nebr.. about 700 feet above ▲ 98...
On 1.3-foot elm, 150 feet from river, where bank rises from marshy bottom to a height of 20 feet above low water; about 2,000 feet above 92..
"B. M. 4" of 1879-on 3-foot white elm, 125 feet from river, at Omaha Mission; the most northerly of a group of elms at old saw-mill site Horizontal furrow in head of copper bolt leaded into stratum of amygdaloid in sandstone bluff, 250 feet below 76. This is the second exposed rock above Omaha Mission, Nebraska On 1.8-foot elm, 160 feet from river, 300 feet below bench, 4,700 feet above 48.
465 (2) 466 (1) Sioux City.
On 3-foot cottonwood, on left bank of Omadi Creek, Nebraska, 300 | feet from its mouth
Equals "B. M. 1" of 1879-on 2.5-foot red elm, on east side of Ham- ilton street, half way between Second and Third streets, Covington, Nebr
"B. M. 1" of Sioux City construction party-on 3-foot cottonwood, just below Sioux City United States gange
B. M. "A"-center of outside edge of sill of false window of base- ment, west side, near southwest corner of court-house, Sioux City, Iowa
Gauge B. M.-Under side of marked brick in water-table southeast corner of "Sanborn and Follett's" brick building, southwest corner of Third and Water streets, Sioux City, Iowa On 2.5-foot elm, 400 feet back from bench 466, about 500 feet from river
On southwest side of 4.5-foot cottonwood, 500 feet from river, 240 feet northeast of 14-story frame house owned by Levi Evans, 100 feet north of fence between fields above and woods below, 500 feet be- low K 518, about 5 miles above Sioux City, Iowa On 2-foot cottonwood, 350 feet from river, 600 feet above R. B. 581, 150 feet above beginning of field, between 7 and 8 miles above Sioux City, Iowa .
470 (82) On southeast side of 2.5-foot elm, 500 feet from river, 70 feet from edge of high bank, between woods and willow bar, 800 feet below K 498...
On 2.5-foot cottonwood, 276 feet from river, in grove of large cotton- wood trees at wood-yard, 14 miles below foot of willow bar, 400 feet below K 493.
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