54 SPIRIT LEVELING IN NEW YORK, 1896 TO 1905. 
NIVERVILLE, SOUTHWEST VIA STUYVESANT FALLS, TO HUDSON. 
Feet. 
Niverville, near northwest corner of water tank, in brick about 4 feet from ground; bench 
mark of the Massachusetts topographical survey commission, marked "B-O-M", center 
of hole 322. 936 
Niverville, in southwest corner of brick water tank, 3 feel from ground; bronze tablet stamped 
' ' ALBANY 323 " 322. 924 
Valatie, road crossing; west rail 245 
Kinderhook, 100 feet south of station, north side of highway, 10 feet west of track; top stone 
over drain 259. 02 
Stuyvesant Falls, west end of bridge over Kinderhook Creek, in end of north wing wall; 
bronze tablet stamped ' ' ALBANY 156" 156. 376 
Rossman station, road crossing 100 feet south of; east rail 63. 6 
Stockport, road crossing just north of station; west rail 47. 
Stottville, 150 feet north of station, road crossing; east rail 125. 4 
CATSKILL QUADRANGLE. 
Hudson, on northeast end of upper station, 1 foot from ground; bronze tablet stamped 
' 'ALBANY 151 " 151. 543 
Hudson, Diamond street; crossing electric railway and railroad 151. 1 
OOXSACK I E QUADRANGLE. 
Hudson station; United States Coast and Geodetic Survey bench mark No. 4 (railroad bench, 
the usual round-headed bolt, in west side of top of stone pier under iron column, under over- 
head bridge in streel leading to docks and Athens Ferry; the first one north of Hudson sta- 
tion. The pier is under the second column from south end in the east row of three) 10,686 
GREENE, ULSTER, AND SCHOHARIE COUNTIES. 
GILBOA, KAAI ERSKILL, AND PHOENICIA QUADRANGLES. 
The elevations in the following list are based upon the Gristmill bench mark near Albany, 
the elevation of which is now accepted as 13.863 feet above mean sea level. The leveling 
was previously reported upon in Bulletin No. 185, but has been readjusted to accord with 
the 1903 adjustment of precise leveling. The leveling was done in 1900, tinder the direction 
of Mr. C. C. Bassett, topographer, by Messrs. W. S. D. Moore and George Bailey, levelmen. 
The standard bench marks are stamped "ALBANY" in addition to the figures of elevation. 
PHOENICIA QUADRANGLE. 
BOICEVILLE, NORTH TO PHOENECIA. 
Feet. 
Mount Pleasant, in front of station; top of rail 713. 9 
Phoenicia, in front of station; top of rail 796.2 
Phoenicia, Ulster and Delaware Railroad bridge, south pier, top of east end; aluminum tab- 
id stamped "804 ALBANY" 805. 171 
PHOENICIA, NORTHWEST ALONG THE ULSTER AND DELAWARE RAILROAD, TO HIGHMOUNT. 
Shandaken, steel bridge at forks of road, top of southwest wing wall ; bronze tablet stamped 
' ' ALBANY 1071 " 1, 071. 401 
Big Indian, at station; passenger-room doorsill 1,213.85 
Pine Hill, in front of station; top of rail 1,661 ; 2 
SHANDAKEN. SOUTHWEST TO BIO INDIAN, THENCE SOUTH TO SLIDE MOUNTAIN POST-OFFICE. 
Slide Mountain, rock at northwest corner of post-offiee; bronze tablet stamped "ALBANY 
1065" ] , 665. 070 
SITANDAKEN, NORTH TO LEXINGTON. 
West Kill, 1.3 miles south of top of Deep Notch, west side of road, on bowlder; aluminum 
tablet stamped "ALBANY 1901" 1,901.096 
West Kill, small steel bridge on south of road, east sill; chisel mark 1,464.51 
PHOENICIA, NORTHEAST TO LANESVILLE. 
Chichester, in front of station; top of rail 1,014.7 
Chichester, 1.7 miles northeasl of, north abutment of bridge, easl end, top stone; chisel mark. 1,151. U) 
