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front of the house of John Bedts, and about 325 ft. from the line between 

 Franklin and Gasconade counties. The station was said to be in sec. 10, 

 tp. 45, r. 4 W. Polaris obs. on elongation. 



Station 106— /« Gasconade Co. Lat. 38° 37'; Ion. 91° 29'. On the 

 land belonging to Fred. Bruhns. a quarter of a mile N. and 260 ft. E. of 

 the S.W. corner of sec. 19, tp. 45, r. 5 W. The station is on the bank of 

 First creek. The value for declination here was very much smaller than 

 at surrounding stations, but no error could be detected in our work. 

 Whether the discrepancy was due to some minute local effect or not, we 

 could not remain to determine, as sickness at home made it desirable to 

 reach the telegraph as soon as possible. This is the only case of the kind 

 so far reached, excepting in the Iron Mountain region. Two Polaris ob- 

 servations were made on elongation. 



Station 107 — /« Osage Co. Lat. 38° 28'; Ion. 91° 41'. On the land 

 of Fritz Kaldeweiher, near the centre of the S.E. qr. of the S.W. qr. of 

 sec. 9, tp. 43, r. 7 W. The station was 50 ft. N. and 33 ft. W. of the N.W. 

 corner of Kaldeweiher 's house. Polaris obs. on elongation. 



Station 108 — Z«»«, Osage Co. Lat. 38° 28' ; Ion. 91° 50' . Station 

 on L'Ours creek* on the Jefferson city road, about half a mile from town. 

 The S.E. corner of James N. Clark's yard is 72 ft. W. and 68 ft. S. of the 

 station. Polaris obs. on elongation. 



Station 109— /« Callaway Co. Lat. 38° 43'; Ion. 92° 01'. On Little 

 Auxvasse creek at the crossing of the New Bloomfield and Fulton road, 

 about 40 rods S.W. of the N.E. corner of sec. 28, tp. 46, r. 10 W. A spring 

 across the creek and just at the ford lies N. 65° E. 165 ft. Polaris obs. on 

 elongation. 



Station iio — Near Stefhe7is'' Store, Boone Co. Lat. 38^ 58' ; Ion. 92° 

 05'. About one half mile S. of the village. The old Fulton road is 12 ft. 

 W. and the bank of Cedar creek is 105 ft. N. Polaris obs. on elongation. 



Station 111 — Centralia, Boone Co. Lat. 39° 13'; Ion. 92° 05'. The 

 station was on a vacant lot 48 ft. W. of the centre of the street leading 

 directly S. to the depot and crossing of the Chicago & Alton R.R., which 

 is about a square and a half distant. The centre of the street to the N. is 

 distant 77 ft. and leads E. to a flouring mill, the smokestack of which bears 

 S. 90° 44. 1 E. Polaris obs. on elongation. 



Station 112 — In Monroe Co. Lat. 39° 24'; Ion. 92° 10'. On the S. 

 bank of the Long Branch of Salt river. The station was 150 ft. from the 

 creek and midway between the road and the W. fence. The station is on 

 the W. line of sec. 20, tp. 53, r. 11 W., and about 120yds. from the middle 

 of this line. Polaris obs. on elongation. — Some years since the county 

 surveyor of Audrain Co. called my attention to this region as showing 



* Named after the first (French) settler on its banks. A postoffice near the stream was 

 afterwards named "Loose Creek" P.O. by some poor speller, and fhis official name has 

 since been applied to the stream, which appears on some maps as " Loose Creek." 



