Descriptions of Stations 



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United States continued. 



Goat Island, California, 1916 continued. 



McDowell Point, 85 56'.2; lighthouse on Alcatraz 

 Island, 104 07'.7; campanelli, 234 40'.2; center of 

 gable on Western Pacific ferry, 299 55'.0. 



Goldendale, Washington, 1918. Three stations were oc- 

 cupied in city park, about half mile (0.8 km.) north 

 of town. Station A is 153.5 feet (40.79 meters) east 

 of wire fence bounding park on west, 122.5 feet 

 (37.34 meters) north of wire fence between park and 

 cemetery, 94.5 feet (28.80 meters) southeast of south 

 corner of blockhouse, and 109 feet (33 meters) south- 

 east of flagpole which stands 67 feet (20 meters) south- 

 west of west corner of blockhouse, and 76 feet (23 

 meters) east of west fence of park; marked by pine 

 peg. True bearings: flagpole on court-house grounds, 

 3 30'.7; flagpole on court-house tower, 4 05'. 0; pole 

 near Majestic Hill, 45 33'.2; Mount Hood, 53.9; 

 flagpole near blockhouse, 134 03'; south corner of 

 blockhouse, 176 05'; U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey 

 station, 220 yards (201 meters), 270 03'.2. 



Station B is 37.4 feet (11.40 meters) south of station 

 A on line to flagpole on court-house tower, near north 

 side of wagon trail leading from park entrance to 

 city water reservoir, in group of large pine trees, 43 

 feet (13 meters) northeast of pine tree south of wagon 

 trail, 6.7 feet (2.04 meters) east of pine tree, 7.7 feet 

 (2.35 meters) southeast of pine tree, 26.5 feet (8.08 

 meters) southwest of pine tree, and 7.6 feet (2.32 

 meters) west of pine tree. 



Goldendale, C. & G. S., 1914, Washington, 1918. Station 



is a reoccupation of U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey 

 station of 1914, in city park, about half mile (0.8 

 km.) north of town, about 250 yards (229 meters) 

 east of road, about 300 feet (91 meters) west of lower 

 reservoir, 121.3 feet (36.97 meters) north of cemetery 

 fence, at a point 221 feet (67.4 meters) east of stone 

 marked Lester V. Thomas which stands 33 feet (10.1 

 meters) south of fence, about 50 feet (15 meters) we?t 

 of ditch running from reservoir and 36 feet (11 meters) 

 south of center of cart road to reservoir; Mount Hood 

 is seen approximately in line with small stone marked 

 Mary Brown standing about 25 feet (8 meters) south 

 of Thomas stone; marked by bronze station-mark set 

 in cement. True bearings: Presbyterian church 

 spire, 12 25'.2; flagpole near court-house, 12 59'.5; 

 Lester V. Thomas gravestone, 57 26'.4; station 

 A, 90 03'.3. 



Great Gull Island, New York, 1917. On military reser- 

 vation in small garden, about one-third length of 

 island west of eastern end, 20 feet (6.1 meters) above 

 high-water mark, and 18 feet (5.5 meters) from edge 

 of bluff on south shore. True bearing: Little Gull 

 Lighthouse, 245 57'.0. 



Green Mountain Falls, Colorado, 1918. About 200 yards 

 (183 meters) east-southeast of railway station on 

 Colorado Midland Railway, about 70 yards (64 

 meters) northeast of stream, on dump thrown out of 

 small excavation just east of a larger excavation, 

 about opposite point on stream where it is joined by 

 brook coming out of mountains past hydo-electric 

 plant. True bearings: west vertical edge of hydro- 

 power-house on hillside, 49 23'.2; flagpole on school- 

 house, 102 19'.4; east gable of railway station over 

 ticket office, 118 27'.0; flagpole on pavilion on 

 mountain, 128 39'.4; summit of peak near railwav, 

 2 miles (3 km.), 328 34'.4. 



Greenport, A, Long Island, New York, 1914. Reoccupation 

 of United States Coast and Geodetic Survey station 

 of 1904, and C. I. W. station A of 1909, 1910, and 

 1913. In northern part of school grounds just south 



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United States continued. 



Greenport, A, Long Island, New York, 1914 continued, 

 of row of large maple trees; marked bv marble post 

 lettered on top U.S.C.& G.S.1904, with a drill-hole 

 at center marking precise point. True bearings: spire 

 of Presbyterian church, 203 22'.2. 



Griswold Landing, A, Connecticut, 1917. Near end of 

 northern pier for Griswold Hotel, across Thames 

 River from New London, near point at east side of 

 entrance to New London Harbor, on macadamized 

 road leading to pier, 41.5 feet (12.65 meters) back 

 from outer edge of pier and midway between its ends. 

 True bearings: New London Ledge Lighthouse, 

 15'.6. 



Halfway, Colorado, 1918. About 250 paces south of and 

 up Dark Canyon from Halfway House on Pikes Peak 

 cog railway, about 50 paces south of small flood gate 

 on brook in Dark Canyon, 82.3 feet (25.09 meters) 

 south-southwest of nearly rectangular boulder about 

 6 feet (2 meters) high and 7 or 8 feet (2 or 3 meters) 

 long and wide, and 44.S feet (13.66 meters) northeast 

 of spruce tree about 18 inches (46 cm.) in diameter. 

 True bearings: Pilot Knob, 14'.7; south end of 

 ridge of dormer window, 182 37'.0; spruce tree on 

 slide, north side of Engelmann Canyon, 191 42'.0. 



Hampton, Virginia, 1917. Exact reoccupation of U. S. 

 Coast and Geodetic Survey station of 1912, in south- 

 east corner of grounds of National Soldiers' Home, 

 on sea-front, in front of hospital, about 18 paces 

 south of driveway, and 15 paces from sea-wall 

 measured along a line through station to central 

 tower of hospital, about 200 feet (61 meters) west of 

 sea-wall along inlet at southeast boundary of grounds; 

 marked by limestone post 6 by 6 by 30 inches (15 by 

 15 by 76 cm.), projecting slightly above ground, with 

 brass station marker in top, True bearings: flagpole, 

 above trees, 115 38M; finial on cupola at center of 

 hospital, 192 02'.5; spire on church at Fortress 

 Monroe, 299 35'.3; finial at extreme left of Chamber- 

 lain Hotel, 307 27'.0. 



Holland Island., Maryland, 1919. Near southern ex- 

 tremity of island, on a piece of bare ground formerly 

 intersection of a short road to beach with main road 

 running parallel with beach, about 30 feet (9 meters) 

 east of present high-water line along beach, about 

 45 feet (14 meters) southeast of an old shed, and 

 about 175 paces along road leading south from 

 nearest dwelling-house, rear portion of which has 

 been washed down by tides. True bearings: Holland 

 Island Bar Lighthouse, 3 42'.0; church spire on Hol- 

 land Island, 212 41'.7. 



Iron Mountain, Colorado, 191S. On summit of mountain, 

 as far toward northern edge of area as precipitous 

 character of sides of mountain permits. True bearings : 

 Summit House, S5 06'.9; box on Eagle Cliffs, 110 

 08'.4; magnetic station Manitou, A, 162 54'.6; 

 center of "V" in Cave of Winds (sign painted on 

 entrance to cave), 167 33'.6. 



Jones Park, Colorado, 1918. In small basin or clearing 

 in timber called Jones Park, which is in northeast 

 corner of Teller County, and on Bear Creek, about 

 one-eighth mile (0.2 km.) from trail junction on 

 county line, about 15 feet (4.6 meters) south of 

 wagon road from Colorado Springs to Lake Moraine, 

 58.5 feet (17.8 meters) from northwest corner of wire 

 fence inclosure, and about 60 feet (18.3 meters) 

 north of creek. True bearings: nearest end of ridge 

 of log house, about 100 feet (30.5 meters), 15 26'.7; 

 post, about 200 feet (61.0 meters), 17 36'.9; nearest 

 end ridge of oufc-house, about 100 feet (30.5 meters), 

 34" 58'.3; .stump of dead pine on summit of mountain, 



