Object: Precise Leveling in the United States 1903-1907

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PRECISE LEVELING IN THE UNITED STATES, 1903-1907. 
X 2 .—3.6 kilometers N. of Graceville, Bigstone Co., Minn., near the NE. comer of sec. 34, T. 125 N., 
R. 46 W.; 15 meters W. of Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Ry. track, 10 meters S. of the line 
of travel; at the right-of-way fence and the intersecting highway lines; adjoining land of Wm. Rice. 
(Note 2, p. 126.) 
Y 2 .—Graceville, Bigstone Co., Minn., 12 meters W. of the center of Second street, midway between 
St. Peter and St. Paul streets; near the center of the E. side of lot 10, in the NE. corner of the public- 
school grounds, 0.9 meter S. of N. fence and 0.5 meter W. of E. fence. (Note 3, p. 126.) 
City.—Graceville, Bigstone Co., Minn., at the SE. corner of Fourth street and Studdart avenue, 
on the top surface of the sandstone water table of Brennan Brothers’ store; 2.4 meters W. of the center 
of the doorway; a cross in outline 0.6 meter E. of the W. wall, 9 centimeters S. of the front edge of 
stone, and 0.4 meter above the sidewalk. 
Z 2 .—Graceville, Bigstone Co., Minn., at the entrance near the SE. corner of Graceville House, 
belonging to A. E. Heymann, on the NE. corner of Third street and Studdart avenue; in the center of 
the sandstone doorsill, 0.2 meter N. of front edge of the sill; 0.1 meter above sidewalk, and 1.7 meters 
W. of SE. corner of the building. (Note 1, p. 126.) 
A 3 .—Graceville, Bigstone Co., Minn., 120 meters S. of the station, 20 meters W. of Chicago, Mil 
waukee and St. Paul Ry. track, on the grain elevator of the Monarch Elevator Co.; 0.4 meter S. of the 
extreme NE. corner of the building; on a stone 7 centimeters above the ground, 6 centimeters W. of the 
E. edge of the stone. The letters U. S. B. M. were chiseled in the adjoining wood. (Note 5, p. 127.) 
B 3 .—1.6 kilometers S. of Graceville, Bigstone Co., Minn., near the SE. corner of sec. 9, T. 124 N., 
R. 46 W.; 8 meters E. of Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Ry. track, at a grade crossing, 10 meters 
N. of the line of travel, 11 meters W. of the right-of-way fence, at the highway line, 0.2 meters below 
the level of the rail. (Note 3, p. 126.) 
C 3 .—6.2 kilometers S. of Graceville, Bigstone Co., Minn., in the SW. 34 of sec. 28, T. 124 N., R. 46 
W.; 15 meters E. of Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Ry. track, at right-of-way fence, 325 meters W. 
of the house of F. R. Rothwell, 9 meters N. of a private road leading to it. (Note 2, p. 126.) 
D 3 .—8 kilometers S. of Graceville, Bigstone Co., Minn., in the NW. 34 of sec. 4, T. 123 N., R. 
46 W.; 14 meters E. of Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Ry. track, at a grade crossing, 6 meters W. 
and 13 meters S. of the lines of travel, adjoining the land of L. E. Daly, 345 meters S. of his house. 
(Note 25, p. 128.) 
E 3 .—3 kilometers N. of Clinton, Bigstone Co., Minn., in the SW. 34 of sec. 4, T. 123 N., R. 46 
W.; 18 meters W. of Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Ry. track, at a grade crossing, 11 meters N. of 
the line of travel; at the highway line, right-of-way fence and SE. corner of the field of Jos. Rothwell. 
(Note 2, p. 126.) 
F 3 .—-Clinton, Bigstone Co., Minn., on the S. side of the main street, 50 meters E. of the main l’ailway 
track; under the city water tank, in the bevel of the upper and western edge of the northern pier of 
the western pair, 9 centimeters S. of the N. edge of the stone, 2 centimeters E. of the W. edge, 25 
centimeters above ground. (Note 5, p. 127.) 
G 3 .—Clinton, Bigstone Co., Minn., on the N. side of the main street, 80 meters E. of the main 
railway track, in the front standstone doorsill of the Erickson Building; 9 centimeters N. of the front 
edge of the sill, 0.75 meter E. of the center of the doorway, 0.15 meter above the sidewalk. (Note 
1, p. 126.) 
1I 3 .—2 kilometers S. of Clinton, Bigstone Co., Minn., in the SE. 34 of sec. 21, T. 123 N., R. 46 
W.; 17 meters E. of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Ry. track, at a grade crossing, 8 meters 
N. of the line of travel; at the intersection of the highway line, the right-of-way fence, and the SW. 
corner of a cultivated field belonging to M. Vigness. (Note 2, p. 126.) 
I 3 .—7.5 kilometers N. of Ortonville, Bigstone Co., Minn., in the SE. 34 of sec. 16, T. 122 N., R. 
46 W.; 17 meters W. of Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Ry. track, at a grade crossing, 7 meters 
N. of the line of travel; at the intersection of the highway line, c right-of-way fence, and the SE. 
corner of a cultivated field belonging to Claus Carlson. (Note 2, p. 126.) 
J 3 .—4 kilometers N. of Ortonville, Bigstone Co., Minn., near the center of the N. side of sec. 33, 
T. 122 N., R. 46 W.; 7.4 meters W. of Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Ry. track, 240 meters S. of 
a grade crossing; upon the highest point of a granite bowlder, 1.3 meters by 1.8 meters by 0.5 meter. 
(Note 8, p. 127.)
	        
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