fitch.] IN INDIAN TERRITORY. 81 
SPIRIT LEVELING. 
The elevations in the following list are based on bench mark XLI 
of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, located at Fort 
Smith, Arkansas. This mark was placed in 1889, and is a copper bolt 
leaded in the west wall of the United States jail (brick). The bolt is 
in the first course above the limestone base, and about 1 meter above 
the ground. It is in the fifth brick from the panel formed by the side 
of the building and the brick ventilator. The jail is a new pressed- 
brick addition to the old United States building. A cross was cut in 
the end of the bolt, and the intersection of the lines forming the cross 
is the bench mark. The letters "U. S. B. M." were cut in the base 
stone immediately below the bolt. Height above the mean level of 
the Gulf, 446. 29 feet. 
From this bench mark two lines of levels were run, one over the St. 
Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway to Wagoner, Indian Ter- 
ritory; then south over the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway to 
milepost No. 519, where a closure of 0.430 feet was made on the other 
line of levels which had been run from Fort Smith, Arkansas, over 
the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad to Wister, Indian Territory; 
then west over the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad to South 
McAlester, Indian Territory; then north over the Missouri, Kansas 
and Texas Railway to mile pole No. 519. The level lines from Fort 
Smith, Arkansas, to Wagoner, Indian Territory, and Fort Smith, 
Arkansas, to South McAlester, Indian Territory, were run by two 
levelmen over each line. Messrs. J. Phelan and C. II. Hickman 
started the line from Fort Smith, Arkansas, to Wagoner, Indian Ter- 
ritory, but were afterwards relieved by Messrs. A. F. Hassan and R. 
Coe. Messrs. R. Coe and G. A. Purington started the line from Fort 
Smith, Arkansas, to South McAlester, Indian Territory, but Mr. Coe 
was afterwards relieved by Mr. H. C. McCluer. The remainder of 
the railroad levels were run bv a single levelman using 1 two rods. 
From Wister, Indian Territory, Mr. H. C. McCluer ran south over 
the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad to Paris, Texas; and then 
west over the Texas and Pacific Railway to Sherman, Texas, where a 
closure of 0.915 feet was made with line run by Messrs. G. A. Puring- 
ton and W. R. Manning south over the Missouri, Kansas and Texas 
Railway to Sherman, Texas. Starting from Denison, Texas, on the 
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway, Messrs. R. Coe and R. T. Car- 
nal 1 ran west over said line to Gainesville, Texas. From that point the 
line was carried north by Messrs. R. Coe and A. F. Hassan over the 
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 
Territory; then east by Mr. R. Coe over the Choctaw, Oklahoma and 
Gulf Railroad to mile pole No. 66, near Dale, Oklahoma Territory, 
Bull 175 6 
