WATER LEVEL OF LAKE ERIE. REPORT OF COL. JARED A. SMITH, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, FOR THE UNITED STATES ENGINEER OFFICE, Cleveland, Ohio, July 26, 1897. GENERAL: I have the honor to forward herewith record of water levels on Lake Erie for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897. The records were taken at the light-house, Monroe, Mich., and in the harbors at Cleveland and Ashtabula, Ohio, and Erie, Pa. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Brig. Gen. JoHN M. WILSON, JARED A. SMITH, Chief of Engineers, U. S. A. WATER LEVEL OBSERVATIONS FOR LAKE ERIE FOR THE FISCAL Monthly mean water levels for Monroe, Cleveland, Ashtabula, and Erie harbors, expressed in feet below the plane of reference adopted in 1876, that plane being the surface of high water of 1838, and 2.34 feet above the mean level, 1860 to 1875, inclusive: Stations. Monroe, Mich.. Ashtabula, Ohio. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. Feet. Feet. Feet. Feet. Feet. Feet. Feet. Feet. Feet. Feet. Feet. Feet. 2.93 2.87 3.20 3.41 3.90 3.84 4.10 3.72 3.32 2.69 2.46 2.25 WATER LEVEL OF LAKE ONTARIO. REPORT OF MAJ. WILLIAM S. STANTON, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, FOR THE UNITED STATES ENGINEER OFFICE, GENERAL: In compliance with letter of July 26, 1897, from your office, I have the honor to transmit herewith, in duplicate, the monthly means of the water levels of Lake Ontario at Charlotte and Oswego, reduced to the United States Lake Survey plane of reference for Lake Ontario. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Monthly mean of water levels of Lake Ontario below the plane of reference in 1876, which is 4.98 feet above the zero of the gauge at Oswego. Charlotte Stations. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June. Feet. Feet. Feet. Feet. Feet. Feet. Feet. Feet. Feet. Feet. Feet. Feet. WATER LEVEL FOR LAKE SUPERIOR. REPORT OF MAJ. CLINTON B. SEARS, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDİNG JUNE 30, 1897. UNITED STATES ENGINEER OFFICE, Duluth, Minn., July 19, 1897. GENERAL: I have the honor to submit the following monthly means of Lake Superior water levels at Marquette, Mich., below plane of reference adopted by the United States Lake Survey in 1876 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897. Very respectfully, Brig. Gen. JOHN M. WILSON, CLINTON B. SEARS, Major, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A. Chief of Engineers, U. S. A. Monthly mean of water levels for Lake Superior at Marquette, Mich., below the plane of reference adopted by the United States Lake Survey in 1876, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897. Station. 1896. 1897. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. Marquette, Mich.. Feet. Feet. Feet. Feet. Feet. Feet. Feet. Feet. Feet. Feet. Feet. Fert. 3.21 3.21 2.87 2.54 WATER LEVEL OF LAKE MICHIGAN. REPORT OF CAPT. GEORGE A. ZINN, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1897. UNITED STATES ENGINEER OFFICE, Milwaukee, Wis., July 8, 1897. GENERAL: I have the honor to transmit herewith diagram* showing water level of Lake Michigan at Milwaukee, Wis., and Escanaba, Mich., for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897, and table of monthly means. Monthly mean of water levels for the stations given, below the plane of reference adopted in 1876. Stations. 1896. 1897. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. Milwaukee, Wis Feet. Feet. Feet. Feet. Feet. Feet. Feet. Feet. Feet. Feet. Feet. Feet. 4.84 4.35 4.08 (a) (a) (a) 4.59 4.19 a Bay frozen over. APPENDIX D D D. EXPLORATIONS AND SURVEYS IN MILITARY DEPARTMENTS. DDD 1. EXPLORATIONS AND SURVEYS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI. ANNUAL REPORT OF MAJ. WILLIAM L. MARSHALL, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1897. UNITED STATES ENGINEER OFFICE, HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Chicago, Ill., July 14, 1897. SIR: I have the honor to submit the following report as engineer officer of this department for the year ending June 30, 1897. No field work has been done during the year. The office force has consisted of one clerk, Frederick A. Petersen, who has acted as draftsman also. The office work has consisted in the preparation of maps and drawings, tracings, reproductions, etc., for the use of the Department Commander and the other officers connected with these headquarters. Also in the issuing of instruments and other articles of engineer property to the officers at the posts in the department, to be used in surveying work and on reconnaissances and marches of the troops. In compliance with a letter from the War Department of date December 2, 1895, work was commenced in preparing a map of the country embraced in this department. For this purpose it was divided into an eastern and western half, the former comprising Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, and Indiana, while the latter consisted of Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Indian Territories. Each half was divided into 50-mile squares, numbered for facility in reference from unity upward. The resulting sheets were 25 inches square and filled in from the General Land Office maps and other available sources. Thus six sheets of the country around Forts Leavenworth and Riley, Kans., were prepared and sent out in 1896 for revision and completion, while later in the year and during the winter four sheets of the country around Forts Brady and Wayne, Mich., were being prepared to be forwarded to these posts in the spring of 1897 for the necessary revision. On April 7, 1897, however, a confidential communication was issued from the War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Military Information Division, in which new instructions were given for the guidance of the department commanders in the preparation of a progressive military map. These instructions necessitated that all the work done in this department had to be abandoned and a new system introduced. This last work has progressed quite slowly for various reasons. Chief among them is the fact that there is only one clerk in the engineer office, who can not give all his time to this map work, for the reason that there is always current work of a various nature which has to be attended to. Several tracings were made for reproduction and 185 blue prints were taken from these for distribution among the officers of the department. Mounted 12 maps for officers at these headquarters. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, W. L. MARSHALL, Major, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A., Engineer Officer, Department of the Missouri. Brig. Gen. JoHN M. WILSON, Chief of Engineers, U. S. A. DDD 2. EXPLORATIONS AND SURVEYS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE COLUMBIA. REPORT OF MAJ. THOMAS H. BARRY, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1897. ENGINEER OFFICE, HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE COLUMBIA, SIR: I have the honor to submit the following report of the official transactious of this office for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897: PERSONNEL. This office was in charge of First Lieut. John L. Sehon, Twentieth Infantry, A. D. C., until May 8, 1897, when he was relieved pursuant to General Orders No. 12, current series, headquarters Department of the Columbia. C. A. Homan, civil-service clerk, has remained on duty in this office throughout the year. FIELD WORK. Survey levels and grade stakes for a quarter-mile race track for athletic purposes at Vancouver Barracks. Minor surveys for the improvement of the water, sewerage, and drainage systems at Vancouver Barracks. OFFICE WORK. In compliance with request dated office of the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, August 22, 1896, a map of the Department of the Columbia, revised to date from the latest railway guides, Land Office surveys, and the best attainable compilations in this office, was forwarded to the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, September 25, 1896. Three hundred copies of the new (fifth) edition of the military map of this department were received January 4, 1897, and are being issued as called for. A map showing the definite location of the Spokane Falls and Northern Railway from Spokane to the international boundary has been compiled on a scale of 2 miles to 1 inch from maps and data loaned by the chief engineer of the Spokane Falls and Northern Railway. |