OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT. 15 
they were wanting, to build signal structures on prominent points. 
Twenty-two of these signal structures were built. All these ob- 
jects, when selected, had to be surveyed and connected together 
by a system of triangulation. All these were mapped on a large 
scale, and when the survey of a lot was made on the water with 
reference to these points on the shore, the results were returned 
to the office, and then it was easy to map the lot in its proper 
place. When all the lots were so surveyed and mapped, the im- 
portant duty of examining each lot in the light of its designation 
could be properly performed, and not before. ‘There are more or 
less discrepancies in every case; but the Commissioners have 
rarely failed, after conference with the claimants, to satisfy them 
in their adjustments and mapping according to title. 
They have been for some time engaged in this kind of work on 
the New Haven map, and it will be the first map completed by 
them according to the requirements of the law. It will accurately 
show every detail of every lot in New Haven waters under State 
control, as held and owned by legal title, and so mapped that a 
hundred years hence it can be as readily found as now. 
Some.of the final work has been done on some of the other 
maps. All the necessary information, as we have seen, has been 
obtained and thoroughly systematized, ready for use, and the 
Commissioners are anxious to push the work to completion. It is 
the most important work that has been imposed upon them. It 
requires experience, judgment, patience, and, above all, the strict- 
est impartiality and honesty. 
It is respectfully submitted that the gentlemen who have initi- 
ated this great work, built it up from its very foundation, and 
gathered the material ready to complete it, should not be deprived 
of the satisfaction of carrying it through to the end. To put 
this work, at its present stage, under the control of new and 
inexperienced men, would seriously interrupt and delay it, and in 
the end would cost the State an increased expense. It would 
require months for new men to acquire the necessary preliminary 
knowledge of the material in the office to enable them to work 
with facility and success. It is believed that no one questions the 
honesty and efficiency of the present Commissioners. The chief 
complaint against them is based upon the expense incurred; but 
any such criticism is unfair. Considering the nature and extent of 
the work done, it will be difficult to show that one dollar has been 
spent unnecessarily, or that the Commissioners have not reduced 
