52 SPIRIT LEVELING IN NEW YORK, 1896 TO 1905. 
Feet. 
Newburg Junction, 0.5 mile north of, east end of south abutment of railroad bridge; point on 
bridge seat 518. 22 j 
Arden, 300 feet north of, north abutment of bridge over stream; point on top, east end, chisel 
mark '. 522. 16 
Arden, 300 feet north of station, railroad bridge over stream, in pier top, east end; bronze 
t ablet stamped "ALBANY 519 " 520. 695 
Doyles, 0.25 mile east of, face of large bowlder in road; bronze tablet stamped "ALBANY 
' 718" 719. 921 
Turners, 300 feet west of, west abutment of bridge, on north end ; chisel mark 554. 78 
Monroe, 0.5 mile east of, west abutment of culvert ; point on top of north end 592. 32 
Oxford, 300 feet east of, east abutment of overhead bridge; point on north end 531. 92 
OXFORD, NORTH TO BURNSIDE, THENCE EAST TO CORNWALL. 
Craigville, 300 feet north of, south abutment, east end of cattle pass; point second step from 
top 423. 42 
Farmingdale, 500 feet north of, south abutment, east end of cattle pass; point on top 379. 27 
Elsmere, 0.5 mile south of, west end of north abutment of cattle pass; point on second step 
from top 372. 80 
Burnside, 1.25 miles east of, in west face <>f cast abutment of concrete-arch railroad bridge 
No. 35; bronze tableta stamped "359 ALBANY " 358. 823 
Meadowbrook, 400 feet east of; point on north end of east abutment of culvert 337. 2 
Cornwall, 0.4 mile east of, south abutment of Erie Railroad bridge; point on coping at west end 338. 34 
Cornwall, west abutment of New York, Ontario and Western Railway bridge; point on step, 
north end 271. 82 
COLUMBIA AND DUTCHESS COUNTIES. 
CATSKILL, CLOVE, COPAKE, COXSACKIE, KINDEKHOOK, AM) MILLBROOK QUADRANGLES. 
The elevations in the following list arc based upon the Gristmill bench mark near 
Albany, the elevation of which is now accepted as 13.863 feet above mean sea level. The 
descriptions are mostly republished from Bulletin No. 185, and the elevations are cor- 
rected to accord with the latest adjustment. 
The leveling on Millbrook quadrangle was done in 1899 under the direction of Mr. C. C. 
Bassett, topographer, by Mr. Seth Van Loan, levelman; that on Catskill, Kinderhook, and 
part of Copake quadrangles was done in 1900 under Mr. Bassett, by Mr. George Bailey, level- 
man; the remainder on Copake quadrangle was done in 1902 under Mr. A. H. Bumstead, 
topographer, by Mr. G. C. Mills, levelman. The standard bench marks are stamped with 
letters ''ALBANY " in addition to the figures of elevation. 
CLOVE QUADRANGLE. 
Feet. 
Dover Plains, in northwest corner of bank; aluminum (?) tablet stamped "ALBANY 406". 406.566 
MILLBROOK QUADRANGLE. 
WASHINGTON HOLLOW, EAST VIA MILLBROOK, TO DOVER PLAINS. 
Millbrook, 2 miles west oi, south parapet wall of bridge over stream; point in stone 459. 56 
Millbrook, west side of Millbrook Bank near southwest corner; aluminum tablet stamped 
' ' ALBANY 568" 568. 824 
DOVER PLAINS, NORTH ALONG THE HARLEM RAILROAD, TO MILLERTON. 
Wassaic, 600 feet south of, north abutment of bridge over stream; point on west end 453. 13 
Amenia, in corner stone southwest corner of Amenia Bank; aluminum tablet stamped 
'ALBANY 573" 573. 87 
Coleman, 0.87 mile north of, west end of north abutment overhead bridge; point on second 
step from top 586. 68 
Millerton, first bridge north of, south abutment, west end; point on second stone from top. 499. 56 
a This bench mark was set in 1905 by Mr. 0. E. Knickerbocker, engineer maintenance, of way, New 
York, Ontario and Western Railway, and replaces the old bench mark stamped <l 357" which is at the 
same elevation but incased in concrete reenforcement of abutment. 
