APPENDIX 
BENCH MARKS. 
Each bench mark listed below consists of an iron pipe 3i 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. 
Drainage " with elevation of top of bench mark to the nearest foot. Elevations refer 
to Gulf datum. A much greater number of bench marks were made by driving nails 
ill notches cut in roots of trees, and in other ways. The locations and elevations of 
any of these may be learned by inquiry addressed to the Chief of Drainage Investi- 
gations, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 
List of department bench marks. 
Klova- 
tiou. 
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 Stew art, 100 feet north of center line of Southern Railway depot in public square. 
At Kilmichael, west side Doris road, | mile south of railroad crossing at bend in road, 10 feet north 
of 8-inch oak in northeast corner of pigpen. 
At Vaiden, 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. Millon'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. 
Blakeman's yard. 
At Hay, 150 feet northeast of Illinois Central Railroad station, in front of store owned by the 
Powell estate, of Yazoo City. 
At Forlorn, 50 leet west of center line Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Raihoad and 40 feet north of 
railroad vv^ater tank. 
At Cox Ferrj", 12 feet north and 6 feet west of northeast corner of Cox's house, in front yard 
between two west posts of boll tower. 
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