OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT. 39 
For the reason that many of our triangulation stations are used 
by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, that office has 
undertaken the problem of adjusting their position. The ad- 
justed position of twenty-two stations has been received at your 
office. 
This compilation is of great importance, for it will give the pre- 
cise latitude and longitude of upwards of two hundred monu- 
ments, signals, church spires, light-houses and prominent objects 
in southern Connecticut, situated west of the Connecticut River; 
besides the exact distances between the same, also the azimuths 
and back azimuths. Local surveyors will be glad to avail them- 
selves of the advantages accruing from the publication of this 
table. 
The criticism has been made that I have resorted to hair-split- 
ting exactness in the conduct of your work. I admit that your 
work is based on a triangulation scheme which is, to a good de- 
gree, standard in quality. It was apparent to me that the oyster 
farms here and there, in years to come would be of great value, 
and a demand be made for exact determinations of boundaries. 
These lines oftentimes are several miles from the shore. ‘The 
truth may not be deduced from false premises, hence the effort 
to obtain proper base lines. 
I quote from my report of 1883: ‘It is probable that the tri- 
angulation work is in conception bold enough, and in execution 
good enough, to meet tests to which expert hydrographers may 
in the future put it, in view of the large property interests in- 
volved.” 
The office work connected with the production of angles for 
buoying out the ground sold by the State has been done with 
rapidity and with an intense appreciation of the difficulties of 
producing safe results. My success as a fine line draughtsman 
will be tested and shown when computed work is adopted in place 
of protractor work in determining the location of these farms. 
The carping of my short-sighted critics has been largely due 
to their lack of appreciation of the problems entrusted to my 
care. 
I can but regret that the appropriation for the Engineer De- 
partment for the coming two years is so small, for I had hoped 
to be able to give my whole attention to your affairs and put the 
accumulated data of the office into suitable form. 
