174 SPIEIT LEVELING. [bull. 185. 
LOS ANGELES, VENTURA, AND KERN COUNTIES. 
Tejon, Camulos, Santa Susana, and Calabasas Quadrangles. 
The elevations in the following list are based on a bronze tablet 
in north stone buttress of main entrance to post-office building at 
Los Angeles, the elevation of which was determined by leveling of 
1897 from a bench mark of the Coast and Geodetic Survey at San 
Pedro and is accepted as 270.119 feet above mean sea level, as pub- 
lished in the Appendix to the Nineteenth Annual Report, page 382. 
The leveling was done by Mr. H. S. Crowe, levelman, in charge. 
All bench marks are stamped with the letters "L. A." in addition 
to the figures of elevation. 
burbank, via chatsworth park railroad, to chatsworth park. 
Burbank, 117 feet northwest of northwest corner of depot, on west side 
and 51 feet from center of track; iron post, marked "563 " ... 
Burbank, 1 mile northwest of, 16 feet south of center of track, opposite 
east end of pump house on C. E. Patterson's ranch; on west corner 
of railroad signpost. 10-penny wire nail . 
Burbank, 1.5 miles northwest of, on southeast end of trestle 474 A: in 
guard rail top of bolt 
Burbank, 2 miles northwest of, south side of railroad; in telegraph pole 
No. 475, 8-penny wire nail 
MacNeil siding, west end of; center of track at road crossing 
Telegraph pole 476, south side of railroad, railroad spike on 
Trestle 476 A, southwest corner of; in guard rail, bolthead 
Trestle 476 B, southwest corner of; guard rail, bolt in top of 
Burbank, 3.8 miles northwest of, 20 feet south of center of track, at 
road crossing; in railroad signpost, 8-penny wire nail 621. 23 
Lankershim Toluca post-office, 85 feet east of northeast corner of depot, 
a,u northwest corner of Eighth street and Fernando avenue, on pepper 
tree 30 inches in diameter, 10-penny wire nail 631.49 
Trestle 477 A, at west end of, base of rail . _ . 640. 07 
Telegraph pole 478, south side of railroad, 4-penny nail on 648. 61 
Garnsey siding, opposite signpost, base of rail _ 663. 03 
Garnsey siding, 300 feet west of, south side of railroad; on telegraph 
pole 479, 8-penny nail 664. 38 
Garnsey siding, 300 feet west of, 3.5 feet east of telegraph pole 479, 50 
feet south of railroad track; iron post, marked " 665 L.A."_ 665. 035 
Trestle 479 A, on first bent east of west end of; on guard rail, top of 
bolt ... 664.54 
Kester siding, 50 feet south of center of track; on telegraph pole 480, 
5-inch cut spike . . .. 675.16 
Telegraph pole 481, 65 feet south of center of track; 4-penny cut nail on. 692, 15 
Telegraph pole 482, 50 feet south of railroad; 6-penny wire nail on 697. 48 
Telegraph pole 483, 50 feet south of railroad; 20-penny cut nail on 707. 28 
Trestle 483 C, opposite, 50 feet south of center of track, 4 feet east of tele- 
graph pole 484; iron post, marked " 704 L. A"..' . . ... 704.333 
Telegraph pole 484, 50 feet south of track; railroad spike on . . 704. 03 
Encino siding, at east end of switch; first bolthead from west end of 
south side of trestle 484 C. 709.03 
Feet. 
562. 
798 
577. 
02 
587. 
83 
592. 
,69 
596. 60 
604. 
,06 
608. 52 
616.85 
