Clarence King — Geologist 



purpose the Fortieth Parallel topog- 

 raphers after their term of service in 

 the latter Survey had expired. The 

 work of these two organizations be- 

 came so popular that each desired to 

 cover the whole of the unsurveyed 

 area in the West, and their rivalry in 

 time became so intense that the influ- 

 ence of either party with Congress 

 was used to curtail the appropriation 

 allotted to the other. As a final result 

 of this rivalry the time came when 

 there was serious danger that all 

 government aid for geological work 

 would be cut off. It was mainly 

 through Kind's influence amonof the 

 leading scientific men of the country 

 and his tactful management of affairs 

 in Congress that this crisis was 

 averted. The question was referred 

 to the National Academy of Sciences, 

 and their recommendations, which 

 were on lines laid down by him, were 

 finally adopted by Congress, and on 

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