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of the river. One is on a hub 2 by 4 inches, about 20 feet from the 
gage. This hub is flush with the surface of the ground, is driven 2.5 
feet, and is 10.55 feet above zero of the gage. The second is on a 
heavy spike driven into the side of an 8 by 8 inch post, to which the 
west end of the heavy wire across the river is fastened. This post is 
set 3.5 feet in the ground. The elevation of this bench mark is 13.70 
feet above zero of the gage. 
BATTLE CREEK STATION, ON BEAR RIVER. 
Measurements of Bear River were begun at this place on October 11, 
1889, a station being established by Mr. T. M. Bannon near the point 
where the Utah and Northern Railroad formerly crossed the river and 
turned northwesterly on the way to Pocatello, Idaho. This locality is 
below the canyons and above Cache Valley, being about 10 miles north 
of the Utah-Idaho boundary. The name is from that of a small creek 
which enters Bear River from the right-hand side. Computations of 
discharge at this point give the quantity of water coming from Idaho 
into Utah through Bear River, this being available for use at points 
below. No canals are taken from the river itself for a considerable 
distance above, though the waters of several of the tributaries are 
diverted in southern Idaho. 
A number of discharge measurements were made during 1890 and 
1891, furnishing data for a rating curve for this station as given below. 
This has not been verified for 1893 and 1891, so that its applicability is 
in doubt. The benchmarks as originally established are as follows: 
No. 1 is on the west end of cap of first bent of piling of approach on 
west side of river, and is 10.54 feet above zero of gage. No. 2 is on 
the southeast corner of the house of Mr. John Murdoch, the observer, 
about 1£ feet from the ground , on the fourth log. It is 10.95 feet above 
zero. The gage is nailed to one of the bridge piers, and the cable is 
200 feet west. 
On April 29, 1891, Mr. Frank Tweedy established a new bench mark 
in the forks of a double lone cottonwood tree on the north side of the 
river, about 100 feet from the bank of the river, and 200 feet above 
the railroad bridge. This is 8.90 feet above zero of gage. 
The station was inspected on October 29, 1894, by Mr. Arthur P. 
Davis. He found the cable too slack for use in measuring and the tag 
wire missing. The latter he replaced by using 250 feet of barbed wire, 
and after tightening up the cable made a discharge measurement from 
a suspended box, obtaining for a height of 1.90 feet a quantity of 980 
second -feet. 
