APPENDIX I. 



BENCH MARKS. 



Each bench mark listed below consists of an iron pipe 34 feet long and 3 inches 

 in diameter, set in the ground to a depth of 3 feet. The top of pipe is covered with a 

 bronze cap on which is stamped "Office Experiment Stations, U. S. Dept. Agr. 

 Di-ainage" with elevation of top of bench mark to the nearest foot. Elevations refer 

 to Gulf datimi. A much greater number of bench marks were made by driving nails 

 in notches cut in roots of trees, and in other ways. The locations and elevations of 

 an J- of these may be learned by inquiry addressed to the Chief of Drainage Investi- 

 gations, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. 0. 



List of department bench marks. 



Eleva- 

 tion. 



Location. 



Feet. 

 353.47 

 311.55 



345.33 



290.77 

 248.79 



234.60 



231.30 



212.00 



204.47 



178.56 



157. 31 



At Ste-wart, 100 feet north of center line of Southern Railway dejiot in public square. 



At Kihnichael, west side Doris road, i mile south of railroad crossing at bend in road, 10 feet north 



of 8- inch oak in northeast comer of pigpen. 

 At \'aiden, about 1,000 feet south of Illinois Central Railroad station and 100 feet south of railroad 



section house on west edge of railroad right of way, 10 feet north of cattle guard. 

 At West, 250 feet east of Illinois Central Railroad depot, in northwest comer of G. MiUon's yard. 

 At Durant, 1,700 feet east of center line of Illinois Central Railroad, at foot of bluff on south side of 



public highway running east from Park Hotel. 

 At Goodman, 100 feet south of Illinois Central Railroad station, near west wall of brick store 



owned by Tate & Co. 

 At Pickens, 150 feet east of Illinois Central Railroad station, in northwest corner of hotel yard, 75 



feet south of public highway crossing river bottom. 

 At Vaughan, 150 feet northwest of Illinois Central Railroad station, in northeast comer of J. L. 



Blakoman's yard. 

 At Hay, 150 feet northeast of Dlinois Central Railroad station, in front of store owned by the 



Powell estate, of Yazoo City. 

 At Forlorn, 50 feet west of center line Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad and 40 feet north of 



railroad water tank. 

 At Cox Ferry, 12 feet north and 6 feet west of northeast comer of Cox's house, in front yard 



between two west jyosts cf bell tower. 



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