xewell.] REPUBLICAN RIVER, NEBRASKA. 33 
Measurements of some of the more important of the headwaters of 
Republican River have been made, the principal of these being the 
North and South Forks, near Benkelman, and of the Frenchman River 
at Palisade. Other stations on the tributaries of Kansas River will be 
established in Kansas, in order to obtain the discharge from the Solo- 
mon, Saline, Smoky Hill, as well as of the Republican near its mouth. 
BENKELMAN STATION, ON NORTH FORK OF REPUBLICAN RIVER. 
This station is on the left bank of the stream, about one-third of a 
mile southeast of the house of Mr. L. Morse, a farmer, who serves as 
observer, and about 2 miles west of Benkelman. The gage consists 
of an oak stick 2 inches wide by 6 inches deep and 10 feet long. It is 
inclined 30° to the horizontal, footmarks being 2 feet apart along the 
rod. It rests directly on beveled blocks, which in turn are supported 
by 6 by 8 inch cross-ties, well bedded, tamped, and covered. Lag screws 
are put through the rod, block, and into the ties. The channel at this 
point consists of loose sand and is nearly straight. The 5-foot mark 
on the rod is 1.62 feet above the top of the oak stake, about 5 feet south- 
east of the corner post of the fence around Morse's Grove. 
Observations at this point were begun on November 4, 1894, and con- 
tinued throughout the year. A measurement made by Prof. O. V. P. 
Stout, December 0, 1894, when the water stood at a height of 1.74 feet, 
showed a discharge of about 75 second-feet. The height of water was 
fairly constant. 
BENKELMAN STATION, ON SOUTH FORK OF REPUBLICAN RIVER. 
This station is located about one-fifth of a mile west of the road run- 
ning south from Benkelman and close beside the road which runs west 
from the south bound road just after crossing North Fork, on the left 
bank of the river. The observer is Mr. Joseph L. Wright, jr. The 
distance of the observer's house from the gaging station is about 1 
mile. The gage is of the same character as that on the North Fork of 
Republican River, except that the rod is 12 feet long. The channel is 
sandy and straight, but only about 150 yards below a bend. The 6-foot 
mark on the rod is 0.11 foot higher than the top of the oak stake by the 
fence post north and east of the road. 
PALISADE STATION, ON FRENCHMAN RIVER. 
Observations of river height are taken immediately above the bridge 
of the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad, about three-fourths of 
a mile above the railroad station at Palisade, Nebr. The observer is 
Mr. J. M. Reed, a farmer living at a distance of about 75 yards from 
the gage. This consists of an oak stick, 2 by 4 inches and about 14 
feet long. One end is buried in the sand, and the other is fastened by 
lag screws to two 6 by 8 inch cross-ties about 5 feet long, each bedded 
Bull. 131 3 
