ORGANIZATION OF PARTIES. 



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When mistakes are made in the record, the defective figures should not 

 be erased, but simply crossed out, and an explanation furnished in the col- 

 umn of remarks. Great care should be taken not only to avoid "cooking" 

 or "doctoring" notes, but to avoid suspicion thereof. 



The following example of form of record is taken from the primary 

 triangrdation executed in 1889 in western Kansas: 



Bean d of measurement of horizontal angle. 



[Station: Tow aship 



1 15". 9 



i 29' 03". 98 



iii.i' of station. 



ORGANIZATION OF PARTIES AND PROSECUTION OF WORK. 



A party for carrying on primary triangulation usually comprises only 

 the chief and an assistant, with the addition of a driver and cook, in case the 

 party is living in camp. Frequently, however, a man is employed to super- 

 intend the construction of signals, and it is generally f< »und economical to em- 

 ploy such a man. The chief of the party is expected to select the stations 

 and direct the forms of signals to be erected, and to measure angles. In a 

 mountainous country the selection of stations is usually a simple matter. 

 From the summit of a mountain the chief of a party may be able to select 

 stations for considerable distances ahead and to order the erection of signals, 

 turning over to the man employed for that purpose the business of erecting 



