﻿Ill] 
  Special 
  Report 
  No. 
  7 
  : 
  Meridian 
  Lines 
  319 
  

  

  Line, 
  Monuments, 
  Etc., 
  U. 
  S. 
  Engineers 
  {Ouachita 
  River 
  Survey). 
  

  

  '^ 
  ' 
  Permanent 
  reference 
  line, 
  Columbia, 
  Ouachita 
  River 
  survey, 
  is 
  

   in 
  Franklin 
  parish, 
  L,a., 
  on 
  the 
  left 
  bank 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  opposite 
  

   the 
  town 
  of 
  Columbia. 
  Both 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  line 
  are 
  marked 
  alike 
  

   by 
  a 
  4 
  centimeter 
  gas 
  pipe 
  about 
  1.6 
  meters 
  long, 
  with 
  a 
  cap 
  on 
  

   top, 
  and 
  a 
  circular 
  flange 
  attached 
  near 
  the 
  lower 
  end 
  by 
  lock 
  

   nuts. 
  The 
  pipe 
  is 
  bedded 
  in 
  cement 
  and 
  projects 
  above 
  ground 
  

   about 
  I 
  decimeter. 
  

  

  ' 
  'Permanent 
  reference 
  point 
  is 
  about 
  2.4 
  kilometers 
  below 
  Colum- 
  

   bia, 
  near 
  the 
  bank 
  of 
  Bridger 
  Bayou. 
  It 
  is 
  about 
  7 
  meters 
  north 
  

   of 
  the 
  front 
  fence 
  of 
  the 
  Ivy 
  Davis 
  plantation. 
  Witnessed 
  by 
  

   three 
  trees 
  with 
  triangular 
  blazes, 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  "Double 
  China 
  berry, 
  0.4 
  meter 
  in 
  diameter, 
  29 
  meters, 
  77° 
  00'. 
  

  

  China-berry 
  0.4 
  meter 
  in 
  diameter, 
  ig 
  meters, 
  131° 
  45'. 
  

  

  China-berry 
  0.3 
  meter 
  in 
  diameter, 
  16 
  meters, 
  143° 
  55', 
  

  

  Northeast 
  corner 
  of 
  a 
  cabin, 
  24.5 
  meters, 
  126° 
  45'. 
  

  

  Elevation 
  of 
  cap, 
  27.01 
  meters," 
  [Cairo 
  Datum.] 
  

  

  '^ 
  Permanent 
  azimuth 
  point 
  xsou 
  the 
  main 
  top 
  bank 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  

   opposite 
  Columbia, 
  near 
  where 
  the 
  road 
  from 
  the 
  ferry 
  comes 
  out 
  

   of 
  the 
  woods, 
  and 
  joins 
  the 
  main 
  road. 
  It 
  is 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  plan- 
  

   tation 
  fence 
  and 
  about 
  7.5 
  meters 
  from 
  the 
  main 
  road. 
  It 
  is 
  

   about 
  30 
  meters 
  east 
  of 
  a 
  cabin 
  and 
  about 
  260 
  meters 
  west 
  of 
  St. 
  

   Peter's 
  church. 
  Witness 
  trees 
  blazed 
  with 
  triangular 
  blazes 
  as 
  

   follows 
  : 
  

  

  " 
  Sweet 
  Gum, 
  0.5 
  meter 
  diameter, 
  19.5 
  meters, 
  356° 
  45'. 
  

  

  Locust, 
  0.3 
  meter 
  diameter, 
  6.8 
  meters, 
  310° 
  00'. 
  

  

  Locust, 
  0.3 
  meter 
  diameter, 
  6.4 
  meters, 
  109° 
  05'. 
  

  

  S. 
  W. 
  Corner 
  St. 
  Peter's 
  Church, 
  291° 
  29'. 
  

  

  Azimuth, 
  P. 
  R. 
  P.— 
  P. 
  A. 
  P., 
  94° 
  49'." 
  

  

  Harrisonburg 
  

  

  General 
  location. 
  — 
  Main 
  line 
  on 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  D. 
  Spann's 
  property 
  

   passing 
  just 
  east 
  of 
  his 
  house. 
  

  

  Marks. 
  — 
  Grand 
  Gulf 
  sandstone 
  boulders, 
  with 
  lead 
  plugs. 
  

   N', 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Spann's 
  house, 
  5 
  feet 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  north 
  yard 
  

   fence 
  ; 
  N' 
  by 
  fence 
  at 
  N. 
  E- 
  corner 
  of 
  house 
  ; 
  S 
  and 
  S' 
  are 
  near 
  

   the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  field 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  a 
  little 
  branch, 
  about 
  360 
  

   to 
  380 
  feet 
  south 
  of 
  W 
  . 
  Two 
  boulders 
  in 
  the 
  school 
  house 
  yard 
  

  

  