﻿ni] 
  Special 
  Report 
  No. 
  7 
  : 
  Meridian 
  Lines 
  321 
  

  

  meters 
  long 
  and 
  stands 
  on 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  stone. 
  The 
  pipe 
  is 
  covered 
  

   by 
  a 
  cap 
  which 
  is 
  fastened 
  on 
  by 
  a 
  bolt 
  and 
  nut. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  

   small 
  boss 
  on 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  cap, 
  with 
  a 
  hole 
  in 
  the 
  center. 
  

  

  Northwest 
  base 
  is 
  now 
  buried 
  under 
  the 
  front 
  slope 
  of 
  the 
  levee, 
  

   about 
  20 
  meters 
  from 
  where 
  the 
  levee 
  crosses 
  the 
  embankment 
  of 
  

   the 
  V. 
  S. 
  & 
  P. 
  Ry., 
  about 
  300 
  meters 
  from 
  the 
  northeast 
  end 
  of 
  

   the 
  bridge 
  across 
  Red 
  river. 
  A 
  wooden 
  post 
  stands 
  on 
  top 
  of 
  

   the 
  pipe, 
  and 
  projects 
  above 
  the 
  surface 
  to 
  mark 
  the 
  location. 
  

  

  Southeast 
  base 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  field 
  side 
  of 
  a 
  fence 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  

   of 
  a 
  lane 
  running 
  down 
  the 
  river 
  near 
  the 
  left 
  bank, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  

   about 
  200 
  meters 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  turn 
  in 
  the 
  lane 
  and 
  150 
  meters 
  

   west 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  of 
  C. 
  M. 
  Dougherty. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  base, 
  704.34 
  meters, 
  

  

  Azimuth, 
  N. 
  W. 
  B.-S. 
  E. 
  B. 
  296° 
  45'. 
  

  

  Latitude 
  of 
  N. 
  W. 
  B., 
  32° 
  31' 
  38". 
  

  

  Elevation 
  of 
  bolt 
  in 
  stone 
  marking 
  N. 
  W. 
  B., 
  58.37 
  meters. 
  

  

  Elevation 
  top 
  of 
  cap 
  N. 
  W. 
  B., 
  59.61 
  meters, 
  [Cairo 
  Datum.] 
  

  

  Elevation 
  top 
  of 
  capS. 
  E. 
  B., 
  59.83 
  meters, 
  [Cairo 
  Datum.] 
  

  

  '' 
  Permanent 
  refereyice 
  line, 
  Monroe, 
  \s 
  in 
  ouachita 
  Parish, 
  La., 
  on 
  

   the 
  left 
  bank 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  and 
  lies 
  along 
  De 
  Siard 
  street 
  in 
  the 
  

   town 
  of 
  Monroe. 
  Both 
  ends 
  are 
  marked 
  alike 
  by 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  " 
  T 
  " 
  

   rail 
  set 
  in 
  the 
  ground 
  with 
  the 
  top 
  buried 
  about 
  0.03 
  meter 
  below 
  

   the 
  surface. 
  The 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  rail 
  has 
  a 
  cross 
  on 
  it, 
  marking 
  the 
  

   point. 
  

  

  " 
  Permanent 
  reference 
  pomt 
  is 
  near 
  the 
  west 
  end 
  of 
  De 
  Siard 
  

   street, 
  and 
  about 
  28 
  meters 
  from 
  the 
  river 
  bank. 
  It 
  is 
  on 
  line 
  

   between 
  a 
  cross 
  cut 
  on 
  Merchants' 
  & 
  Farmers' 
  Bank 
  and 
  one 
  cut 
  

   on 
  the 
  Block 
  building. 
  It 
  is 
  3.84 
  meters 
  from 
  the 
  first 
  and 
  8.7 
  

   meters 
  from 
  the 
  last. 
  The 
  cross 
  on 
  the 
  bank 
  building 
  is 
  9.36 
  

   meters 
  from 
  the 
  angle 
  in 
  the 
  wall 
  beside 
  the 
  door 
  ; 
  that 
  on 
  the 
  

   Block 
  building 
  is 
  14.32 
  meters 
  from 
  the 
  front 
  line 
  on 
  Grand 
  street. 
  

  

  Elevation, 
  30.83 
  meters," 
  [Cairo 
  Datum.] 
  

  

  " 
  Permanent 
  azimuth 
  point 
  is 
  5.6 
  meters 
  from 
  the 
  iron 
  fence 
  

   around 
  the 
  Monroe 
  cemetery 
  and 
  30.5 
  meters 
  from 
  the 
  corner 
  

   at 
  the 
  gate. 
  Witnessed 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Spire 
  (Col'd) 
  Methodist 
  church, 
  225° 
  01'. 
  

  

  Spire 
  (Col'd) 
  First 
  Baptist 
  church, 
  121° 
  56'. 
  

  

  Index 
  finger 
  on 
  monument 
  to 
  Margaret 
  J. 
  Henderson, 
  9° 
  32'. 
  

  

  