44 PRIMARY TRIANGULATION AND PRIMARY TRAVERSE. * 
Geographic positions along Whitecastle Lumber Company's railroad. 
Station. 
Latitude. 
Longitude. 
Lake Natchez, east edge of, center of railroad, at edge of lake, 25 feet 
north to cypress tree with cross cut on face, 25 feet south to cypress 
tree with cross cut on face ." 
30 02 42.4 
30 05 0G.7 
30 00 20.8 
91 13 07.3 
Second-class road crossing, 1,400 feet north of end of long trestle 
Branch railroad northwest, 250 feet east of, road crossing, center of 
track 
91 13 10.4 
91 12 42. 3 
Geographic positions along highways. 
Station. 
Richland lane, junction of railroads about 1,000 feet north of store, 
bridge over small stream crossing lane, center of bridge 
Three corners, T road west, 20 feet west to field gate, 200 feet north to 
second-class T road east 
Three corners, T road northwest, 30 feet west to corner of wire fence, 80 
feet northeast to gum tree 
Cane railroad crossing, center of track 
Latitude. 
30 06 50. 1 
30 08 00.0 
30 08 34.2 
30 09 19 5 
Longitude. 
91 11 27.7 
91 10 44. 1 
91 10 26.5 
91 09 57.8 
Geographic positions along Texas and Pacific Railway between Whitecastle and Plaque- 
mine. 
Station. 
Latitude. 
Longitude. 
Whitecastle station, 0. 36 mile northwest of, road crossing, north rail. . 
Whitecastle station, 0.36 mile northwest of, at crossing of Richland 
lane and Texas and Pacific Rwy., at corner of fence, 65 feet west of 
crossing, 30 feet south of center of Texas and Pacific Rwy., iron post 
stamped " Prim. Trav. Sta. No. 8, 1905 " 
o r rr 
30 10 24.0 
30 10 23.9 
30 10 35.7 
30 11 22.7 
30 12 22.9 
30 13 36.1 
30 15 34.8 
30 16 42. 1 
30 17 30.6 
30 17 33.8 
30 17 31.97 
o / // 
91 09 17. 1 
91 09 17.8 
Dorsey ville station, 125 feet southeast of, road crossing, center of track. 
Dorseyville station, ].2 miles northwest of , road crossing, center of 
track 
91 09 43.8 
91 10 30.5 
Bayou Goula, 50 feet southeast of, road crossing, center of track 
Bayou Goula, 1.6 miles northwest of, road crossing at platform at tres- 
tle No. 80 D, center of track 
91 11 06.2 
91 11 49.8 
Seymourville station, 1.4 miles southeast of road crossing and cane rail- 
road crossing Texas and Pacific Rwy., center of tracks 
91 13 00.5 
Seymourville, road crossing, center of tracks 
91 13 40. 6 
Plaquemine station, 50 feet south of, main street crossing, center of 
main track 
91 14 12.0 
Plaquemine, in north face at northwest corner of Iberville Parish 
court-house, aluminum tablet stamped "Prim. Trav. Sta. No. 9, 
1905 " 
91 14 01.3 
Plaquemine, Catholic Church spire, United States engineers' triangu- 
lation point 
91 14 02.85 
BOSSIER, CADDO, AND DE SOTO PARISHES. 
MANSFIELD AND SHREVEPORT QUADRANGLES. 
The following geographic positions were obtained by primary trav- 
erse run by Sledge Tatum in 1905, incidental to the primary-traverse 
control in northeastern Texas. These positions form a portion of the 
circuit extending from Marshall, Tex., via Shreveport, La., to Atlanta, 
Tex., and are given on the United States standard datum. 
