Descriptions of Stations 



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Turkish Eufi're. continued. 



Samsun, Trcbizond, 1909 continued. 



following true bearings were determined: flagstaff on 

 south end of hippodrome, 221 14'.1; minaret of 

 mosque, IS-l" 04'.9; dome of Greek Church, 134 14.'3; 

 Samsun Lighthouse, 163 45'.6. Secondary obser- 

 vations were made at a point 299 feet (91 meters) 

 northwest of main station and in line with Greek 

 Church. 



Sazelar, Angora, 1910. Between railroad and the Kutahya 

 Su, 490 paces north of rear door of railroad station, 

 and 4.4 meters south of bank of creek; marked by 

 tent peg driven flush with ground. 



Sert, BilHs, 1910. Southwest of town and north of road 

 from Sert to Jezireh, about ISO yeards (137 meters) 

 west of fountain at entrance to town. The land on 

 north side of the road is laid out in terraces and the 

 station is on the second terrace southwest of the tow'n 

 being 25, 40, 55 and 26 paces respectively from the 

 northwest, northeast, southeast, and southwest 

 corners of the terrace, and 9 paces from foot of the 

 next terrace southwest. It is marked by a tent peg 

 driven flush with ground^ and covered with earth. 

 The following true bearings were determined: leaning 

 minaret in Sert, 215 19'.2; most westerly minaret in 

 Sert, 149 59'.8. 



Sheikh Othman, Arabia, 1909. On the broad open lot 

 between the Mission House and the residency bunga- 

 low on Distillery Road; in line with outer edge of 

 pillars supporting the Mission House veranda on the 

 rear, and 86 paces from north corner of the building. 

 The spike on the dome of the tomb of Sayid Hashim 

 bears 103 42'.8. A secondary station was established 

 131 feet (39.9 meters) east of main station and in line 

 with the dome of the tomb of Sayid Hashim and main 

 station. 



Sivas, Sivas, 1910. North of town, at the edge of the 

 district inhabited by Armenians and called "Hokda," 

 in the southeastern part of a field belonging to the 

 American Mission and intended as the site of a normal 

 school; 9.7 meters north of fountain on roadside, 44 

 meters northwest of the most westerly tree of a row 

 of willows on other side of road, and 45 meters north 

 of most northeasterly tree of grove of willows south- 

 east of the Moslem cemetery across the road to the 

 southwest; marked by tent peg driven flush with 

 ground and covered with earth. The minaret of 

 mosque on bluff to the eastward is in true bearing 

 293 43'.5. 



Smyrna, Smyrna, 1910. North of Smyrna, in a suburb 

 called Bairakh, in southeast corner of a threshing 

 field; near two olive trees on northwest edge of rock- 

 bordered path leading to the house of Vredos Petro- 

 klilos, 18 meters west of the more northerly tree, 

 5 meters north of the southerly one, and 21.5 meters 

 west of a large almond tree on east side of road; 

 marked by a soft white stone about 3 by 6 by 18 

 inches (8 by 15 by 46 cm.) sunk flush with ground 

 and covered over with earth, and marked "C.I. 1910," 

 the exact point being the period after the C. 



Tadmor {Palmyra), Syria, 1910. On plain southwest of 

 the upper ruins of the ancient city of Palmyra (Syrian 

 name Tadmor). Near the western edge of the arable 

 land along the southern edge of the plain are four 

 small knolls; the observations were made between 

 the second and third knolls. The station is 112 paces 

 northwest of the northeast corner of the mud wall 

 inclosing crops, and 96 paces northeast of northwest 



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Turkish Empire concluded. 



Tadmor (Palmyra) , Syria, 1910 continued. 



corner of same wall; marked by tent peg driven flush 

 with ground and covered with earth. 



Tchaouchdjikeuy, Konia, 1910. Northeast and to rear of 

 railroad station, on west bank of a small stream; 

 about 4 meters from edge of stream, and marked by 

 tent peg driven flush with ground. The ornament 

 on northeast gable of main building of railroad station 

 is in true bearing 126 54'.0. 



Tebook, Hejaz, 1910. About one and one-fourth miles (2 

 kilometers) southeast from village of Tebook, on a 

 plain southeast of the quarantine station, 136 paces 

 northwest of center of earth bank around refuse pit, 

 182 paces east of east corner of hospital, and 233 paces 

 south of flagpole at east corner of main building of 

 quarantine station. There is a railroad between the 

 station and the quarantine station, and a spur track 

 runs from the main line to the quarantine station. 

 The station is marked by tent peg driven flush with 

 ground and covered with earth. The top of flagpole 

 at east corner of main building of quarantine station 

 is in true azimuth 175 40'. 5. 



Tekrit, Bagdad, 1910. On the small pear-shaped plateau 

 which rises from the plain southeast of the town and 

 has its small end abutting on the river; 49.4 meters 

 west of south corner of a small stone hut, 40.1 meters 

 southwest of center tree of three fig trees northwest of 

 the hut, and 37.4 meters south of small lone mulberry 

 tree; m.arked by a tent peg driven flush with ground 

 and covered with earth. 



Trcbizond, Trebizond, 1909. The main and secondary 

 stations are on the northern edge of the little plateau 

 near the lower end of the Pyxitis valley. The main 

 station is near the eastern tip of the plateau, 50 and 22 

 paces respectively from the edges southeast and north- 

 east. The flagpole on Battery Point north of the 

 town bears 137 56'. 7. The secondary station is 

 265 feet (81 meters) 42 03'. 3 west of north of main 

 station. Azimuths from the secondary station were 

 determined as follows: mosque on summit of Boz 

 Tepe, 100 48'.1; lighthouse, 138 0S'.9. A third 

 station was established on the seashore about 0.5 mile 

 (0.8 kilometer) north-northwest of main station, about 

 150 yards (137 meters) west of slaughter house and 

 20 yards (18 meters) from water's edge. The flag- 

 pole on custom house bears 133 23'.4. 



Ummerdjim, Aleppo, 1910. On the plain northwest of 

 railroad station at Ummerdjim, on Damascus-Aleppo 

 Railroad, between Homs and Aleppo; 248 paces 

 northwest of west side of railroad station and marked 

 by tent peg driven flush with ground and covered 

 with earth. The top of southwest chimney of rail- 

 road station is in true bearing 310 40'.0. 



Ushak, Brusa, 1910. North of railroad station of Ushak 

 and south of the village, in a meadow belonging to 

 the government; about 87 paces west of a branch road 

 which leads from main road northwest to village, on a 

 triangular plot of ground bordered on the northern 

 and western sides by cultivated fields and on the 

 south by a shallow ditch; the northern and western 

 boundaries are well defined by a sudden rising of 

 ground. The station is 36 meters northeast of 

 southwest corner of triangle, 20 meters southwest 

 of northeast corner of the triangle, and 9.5 meters 

 southeast of northwest corner of triangle; marked by 

 round tent peg about 1 inch (3 cm.) in diameter 

 driven flush with ground and covered with earth. 



