4 NEW HAMPSHIRE EXPERIMENT STATION (Bulletin 264 

 PURPOSES OF THE SURVEYS 



The Town of Fremont, believing^ that it would do well to clear up 

 the ownership situation in those parts where the lines were indis- 

 tinct and owners doubtful, voted an appropriation to start a map of 

 the town. The aim was, without too much expense, to straighten 

 out the boundaries with the aid of the owners and others who knew 

 the country, as well as by deeds and other records. A map was to 

 be made showing the lines themselves, the name of the owner of 

 each lot and any markers which would help in locating the lines and 

 corners on the ground. They also wanted obscure lines surveyed 

 out and established. This last object the present survey did not at- 

 tempt. 



The Experiment Station at the University of New Hampshire had 

 just completed a survey of Durham for basic data on the land utili- 

 zation problem, and offered to cooperate with the town and secure 

 additional land utilization data from the Fremont survey. The 

 Station also wanted to test the adaptability of the methods used in 

 the Durham survey to this new problem. 



The Tax Commission of the State undertook to make the map of 

 Boscawen without direct action or financial aid from the town. The 

 Commission had believed for some time that towns should have maps 

 indicating the location of all properties within their bounds for as- 

 sessment purposes, and in the spring of 1930 selected the town of 

 Boscawen as one to be mapped. The particular reason for the selec- 

 tion of this town was because the southern part of it, especially the 

 area in and around Penacook, had been surveyed and mapped by 

 local surveyors who were willing to cooperate with the Tax Com- 

 mission in making the map. The map was to be drawn by these 

 men, who had invaluable information and records of the town prop- 

 erties, w^orking with the agent of the Commission, who was to do 

 the field work. 



The objects of the Boscawen survey were somewhat the same as 

 those of the town of Fremont. As it was to be the first one to be 

 attempted in the State, it was meant to be a test of the adap- 

 tability of the method to the making of reliable maps at a low cost. 

 Approximate costs, the best methods of procedure to be followed in 

 field and office, the details to be shown on the map, a suitable card- 

 index system and other information gained through experience 

 would then be made available to any interested towns. 



LOCAL CONDITIONS AFFECTING THE SURVEY 



The methods to be used, the results obtained, and the costs vary 

 with the conditions in the town as well as with the aims of the sur- 

 vey. 



Fremont 



The Town of Fremont is situated nearly in the center of Rocking- 

 ham County on the Nashua, Worcester and Portland branch of the 



