34 SPIRIT LEVELING IN NEW YORK, 1896 TO 1905. 
Feet. 
Long Lake, 260 feet west of Sabattis's two-story frame house, in west end of outcrop, 130 
feet to left of center of road; copper bolt stamped "U. S. G, S. 1663 Ft. B. M." 1,658.681 
Long Lake, front line of Lake House, 35 feet south of house, on bowlder; chiseled mark ("Col- 
vins B. M. 71 A ") 1, 636. 64 
Long Lake, 2.75 miles southwest from Grove House; 130 feet east of fork in State road to 
Forked Lake, 50 feet south of road, north face of large bowlder; aluminum tablet stamped 
" 1726 ALBANY " v 1, 726. 514 
LONG LAKE, EAST TO ESSEX-HAMILTON COUNTY LINE. 
Long Lake, 4 miles east of, 35 feet west of 4-mile post, in outcrop 14 feet to right and 2.5 feet 
above center of road; copper bolt stamped "U. S. G. S. 1863 Ft. B. M." 1,858. 46£ 
Essex-Hamilton County line, 0.87 mile west of, south side of Fishing Brook, in bowlder 12 
feet to left of and 3.5 feet above center of road; copper plug stamped " U. S. G. S. 1698 Ft. 
B. M." - - 1, 694. 227 || 
HAMILTON, HERKIMER, AND ONEIDA COUNTIES 
LITTLE FALLS, McKEEYEK, OLD FORGE, KEMSEN, UTICA, WEST CANADA LAKES, AND 
Nil MURT QUADRANGLES. 
The elevations in the following list result from a readjustment of leveling reported upon 
in the Appendixes to the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth Annual Reports of the 
Director of the United States Geological Survey, with a few additions. 
The leveling was done as follows: On Utica quadrangle, under Mr. J. II. Jennings, 
topographer, in 1896, by Mr. A. B. Pomme. On Little Falls quadrangle, under Mr. C. C. 
Bassett, topographer, in 1898, by Mr. Clark Brown, levelman; under Mr. A. M. Walker, 
topographer, in 1898, by Messrs. E. L. Faison and M. S. McDiarmid, Ievelmen; and under 
Mr. Jennings, in 1890, by Mr. A. B. Pomme. On Remsen quadrangle, under Mr. W. II. 
Lovell, topographer, in 1897, by Mr. E. L. McNair, levelman; under Mr. Jennings, in 1897, 
by Mr. Brown and also under Mr. Bassett by Mr. L. T. Ilaney, levelman. On Wilmurt 
quadrangle, under Mr. Lovell, in 1897, by Mr. McNair; and under Mr. Walker, in L898| 
by Mr. McDiarmid. On McKeever and Old Forge quadrangles under Mr. Jennings, in 
1897, by Mr. Brown, and under Mr. Walker, in 1898, by Mr. C. II. Semper, levelman] 
On West Canada Lakes quadrangle, under Mr. Walker, in 1898, by Messrs. Semper and I 
McDiarmid. The standard bench marks are stamped variously "R," "A," and 
"ALBANY," and also without datum letters, and with figures of elevation mostly Correcl 
except those set in 1896, which arc usually 2 feet too great. 
I 1I< A QUADRANGLE. 
Feet. 
Utica, rear of post-office building, west of east basement door; bronze tablet stamped "419". 417.201 
Utica, Turner street, Herkimer-Oneida County line, on fence line between the New York 
Central and Hudson River Railroad and trolley tracks; bronze meridian tablet 466.321 
Utica, Albany street, Starch Factory Creek, stone-arch bridge, north abutment, west wing; 
northeast corner of top step 522. 90 
Utica, the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western and the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg 
railroads; northwest corner of foundation of northwest pier (New York ('(Mitral and Hud- 
son River Railroad bench mark) 408. 79 
STEWARTS CORNERS, VIA MOYER CREEK, TO FRANKFORT. 
Rushmer road, first barn east of Stewarts Corners, between third and fourth telegraph poles 
Nos. 9588 and 9587 east of barn, on bowlder half in road and half in field ; copper bolt st a mped 
•*U. S. G. S. 1380 feet B. M." 1,378.471 
Lock No. 45, canal engineer bench-mark No. 204, at coping at end of northeast gate; towpath 
lock, stamped "©" 427. 326 
SAUQUOIT, EAST ALONG HIGHWAY, TO NORWICH CORNERS. 
Norwich Corners, south face near east end of residence of II. A Smith, in foundation wall; 
aluminum tablet stamped " 1318 A D.I 1903 " 1,318. 151 
UTICA, NORTH VIA TRENTON PLANK ROAD, TO SOUTH TRENTON. 
Deerfield, J. A. Auert's brick building, middle door; north corner of stone doorsill 427.68 
Salem Welsh Church, Trenton plank road, 600 feet west from plank road, on foundation 
stone at southeast corner; chisel mark 815. 70 
