98 SPIRIT LEVELING. [bull. 185. 
INDIANA-KENTUCKY. 
DAVIESS, GIBSON, PIKE, DUBOIS, WARRICK, AND SPENCER COUNTIES, 
IND. ; DAVIESS AND HANCOCK COUNTIES, KY. 
Boonville, Petersburg, Rockport, Tell City, Velpen, Huntingsburg, De- 
gonia, and st. meinrad quadrangles. 
The elevations in the following list are based on Bench Mark Z of 
the Coast and Geodetic Survey at Washington, near Vincennes, Ind., 
a □ cut on the sill of a basement window at southeast corner of court- 
house. The elevation of this, as corrected by the latest adjustment of 
that Bureau, is accepted as 508.599 feet above mean sea level. 
The leveling on the Boonville and Petersburg quadrangles was done 
under the direction of Mr. R. C. McKinney, topographer, by Mr. L. E. 
Granke, levelman, in 1899. 
The leveling on the Rockport and Tell City quadrangles was done 
under the direction of Mr. Charles E. Cooke, topographer, by Mr. Dean 
Halford, levelman, in 1900. 
The leveling on the Velpen, Huntingsburg, Degonia, and St. 
Meinrad quadrangles was done under the direction of Mr. Charles W. 
Goodlove, topographer, by Mr. C. E. Hewitt, levelman, in 1900. 
All bench marks are referred to the Coast and Geodetic Survey 
bench mark at Vincennes, and are stamped with the letters " VIN" 
in addition to the figures of elevation: 
INDIANA. 
Feet. 
Evansville, corner of Main and Water streets, an iron projection on iron 
door sill of brick building, 48.84 feet above zero of water gauge 377. 874 
T. 6 S., R. 10 W., sec. 14, southeast corner of; at intersection of roads, 4 
feet west and 3 feet 7 inches north of fence corner; iron post, marked 
"387 VIN" 386.897 
Evansville, at Evansville and Terre Haute railroad depot, top of rail . . . 382. 7 
T. 5 S., R. 10 W., sec. 24. at southwest corner of; about 3 feet south of 
southwest corner of schoolhouse; iron post, marked " 390 VIN " 390. 394 
T. 4 S., R. 10 W., sec. 25, at center of; at northwest corner of crossroads; 
iron post marked " 429 VIN " _ 428.904 
T. 4 S., R. 9 W., sec. 21, northeast i of; 27 feet north and 29.5 feet east of 
east end of bridge over canal; iron post, marked " 392 VIN " 391. 778 
T. 5 S., R. 9 W., sec. 21, center of; at southwest corner of crossroads, 13 
feet south of fence corner ; iron post, marked "411 VIN " 411.238 
Stephenson, in T. 6 S., R. 9 W.; 2.5 feet south of southeast corner of 
schoolhouse, west side of road and 500 feet north of railroad; iron post, 
marked "389 VIN" 389.267 
T. 6 S., R. 8 W., sec. 6; 0.3 mile west of center of; 4 feet north of fence, 
at forks of road; iron post, marked " 454 VIN " . . 453. 743 
Boonville, 85 feet west and 95 feet north of amphitheater in fair grounds, 
in meridian stone; aluminum tablet, marked "395 VIN " 395. 344 
T. 4 S.,R. 8 W.,sec. 27, at center of; 6.67 feet west and 2.25 feet south 
of fence corner, at northwest corner of crossroads at cemetery; iron 
postmarked "487 VIN" _ 487.201 
