\| | | I | | ll Ill | ih | merit aR Bit site ee ee a ae division of Oakwood peg ; A. Thorn Swift John Severance JHESIS LIBRARY Michigan State University PLACE IN RETURN BOX to remove this checkout from your record. TO AVOID FINES return on or before date due. MAY BE RECALLED with earlier due date if requested. DATE DUE DATE DUE DATE DUE S06 K:/Proj/Acc&Pres/CIRC/DateDue. indd SysalCR Grea_SIS. An Crigir.a! Investigation of tre Problems fevu.d or: RE . q tne Mile s Farm in a LUCATICN, TCOPCGKAP=Y, LRALNAGS ant SUB-DIVISION. Sv, Ae. Thorne Swift Jorn S°veérar.ce, Members =f toe Class '99. Michisan Agrisultural College. SRNICk T™BSIS. Hearing trac cre “Miles Furm” nun nee n purchased by some Lansing parties, who intended layine it out,ywe Souste and obtaines vermis- Sio.1 ‘rom Prof. Vedder to make « surver of the furm,with special reference to the problems preserted ih locatior,torography,suh- division ard druinrage. We next interviewed the owners,Messrs Catill,Hagadorn and Wood- bury,of Lansirg and secured permission from trem to 99 ancad and / lay it out. LOCATICN. All evidenes of the old Government corners Yravine disapvearni, our first vroblem was the loecution of the farm. TO tris end we sought the deed and found tre farm deserived as followsi- MALL what purt Of Lhe eust half of tre N.ke 1/4 Of Seotion 13, 7. 4N. of R.2 W.,thac lies norte of the Lansing ar.€ Howell gerav- el road." dince tris afforded ne clue to the boundaries ,ve made u Search of the records in tre office of tre Brgineerine Depurtment at the College,und from copies of tre old Govt. notes,taken or tre oris- imal survev,we found umone otrer things the fellcwing:- MMV BUEREMRMEHEY HUV V MHHY Raat Tire Gart irr VR EER UN EMER EM EY Worth. 4C.CC Set 1/4 post,from which are; Ash 7 N. 77° be 25 Lks. Lvnn 12" N. 119 W.5C " Cc Whis is the 1/4 post on the Collece grounds in frant of Stat iar (SOT “Pf Teruct. 6U.8C A white ouwk 2C" 75.2CO anter Swuin.d 8C.CC Set u past corner Sec. 18 ard 12. from wrich are; Tamarack 6" §. 569 W. 1.95 ahs. " 10" Ne. 19° We. 1.53" MURKY FP HEHEMEHH OCoprected Line between sestions 12 and 1°55 REY RR Me Weast.e(™ram aha r seo, aarrer) 40.02 Set 1/4 Ss ction PoSt ut average diStance on true line fran which; We. oak 5" Ne. 6° 5' &. 15 lks. " w 12" 65. 779 We. 12 From Tir. RenlYs abstract we learncij;- That a Stuk* had heen set om ire riorth we St corner of tris Aesertotion in the year 1877 ata distance 20.14 chuinS fast sf re quarter past between Sections 1% and 13. Suid quurter post havine heen Pound at trat time. And that west line sf the Miles’ farm hud been run ut tnis time. Tne dis- tance from the before mertioned stuke South to the Lunsing and Howell road being eiven us 22.9 arains. Having nov a record af all the boundaries except the Soutern we Yecided at Praf. Vetter's sueeestian,to assume tee bounsartics of tne @nllege “Lelta”" aS corr«ct ard us tre Same uS husis Af the Survey. Survev far JIincation. Varch 28, 1899. AeT.Swift,Irst. Instruments. Jno.Severance, HebeYounr- chuinmer. Frass Transit A.ebKooker flagman. Gunter'’s 10C link arain. a Oe Beginning at the NW. osnrner of Teltay wt un artificial Stone morumerr run due nortn in pralangautian of the west line 4f Lhe Deltu,23.57] Ghuins,-53 links being allsiwed us the distarce tt» the center of tre Maus ing urd Howell raud. The stroneest teins in suprort 4f ihe wcsuraey of this l4ne was the fact teat it coincided with the o) rail-fenceywrich is supposed to have beer. built on the west line Af Mile's farm. When we had run 24.51 cnains(altroueh we found no Stuke)we Just reached the erne ter of tre old rast and west ruil fenote,-supponsedly on the north line. Here we drove u cus plpe twa fert lone and witnessed the Same uS reosrded in the notes, From this stuke we ran uo random ut rie-t angeles tan the line established,sdur east,20.C2 chains. ‘Tris distanrze just brought us to tre edge af tne wagor track on the town line roud between Lan- sine .nd heridiun. Cr. tris line we enenintered a Sump Same 4C rote arpross ant exerniged oreat anre tr avrnfad errarg, We rex. were of tne pus pipe in front of une College Hospital (this ravine heen carefully lscated at the intersesticrr of tre town line and tre north line -~f the Delta or-alanged). “ith tne instrus ment over tris Point we turned off an mnegle sf 70° 8' tr the north from whe north Jine af ike Velveay-tnis beine tre ungle mude by tne west line asf Mile'’s farm wit® che north line of De'ta,-t*us f{nsurir2 a line purullel tr our west line. Having previsisly found iris gus pipe ts br 9.38C chains norin of the quarter post in front 4f Sturiou Terrace we zontinued the 4. line an rorth tre buluner sf tke 40.00 erains,1i.e. 80.70 chains and foun? teat tris Atetarize regaket a onmavtrt are Link cast ard ellen. linkS Soutnr of ere SLAKeP Set on our rust and west rarndome Trus our Orroar in cbes@ure wus about one in twa trouSand. DF cuing tris sufficiently acourateywe Arave a eus nive at the point 4C.CC chaira mnortr 54f the quarter piste and correaved our random artcordingly. PUPCCRAPhY. Preparatory os tee Sab-divistiann art Aruinure of tre tluce gweion depended uvon une nutural lav af tee JVard din a wreat measure we proceeded t5 muke tne rmegessary Survey for a Cormtour,or Lotngrarr iaul mupd,the results of wrich are reanrdet in tee Field Book filed with this thesis. Survey heeaun Arril 15,1899. Crew. kavirment. A.T.Swift. Taree Gairler Transit. JUinenrverarnce bngineers 10% ft. eruin. YA. Fach Stadia R.vd,1? feet. C.Ae.MceCue. Beginr.ing av tre cas pine in frant af Callere Hesnital,and asSsun- ing to ve 1CCfeet above the Datux Plane. Used tre eust houndary line of tire farm,ythis heing tre towr Lline,us our buse line. Sevent™ feet north 4f che gas vipe an tris hase line we drove a stake and determined its elevatisn,-tris being the north side sf the rosad. Tnis stuke is reepistered In tre rotesS aS "Sta.C"™. Fram Sta C Stukes setj,and elevation sf t-e Same tukenygevery ten rod#S tr the aarner of Ne seotions 12% and 15. These stukes ure resardae da as Sta. 1,39,3 ete in the rowers. From Stutions °,4,6.8,10,12(seer notes) we run lines sf levels at right angeles torre Huse line. teat is we run 2 lire of levels every twency rods. We had one mar. Statiored at the instrument whoa puve the readines of any point om weinr the roAmar lancet the rod. We aot alare var- idly oy raving two ecrnaimmen Stretch the cratn and the roadman set- ting uo the rad on any points deSired alynrng wre chain ard alwuvs at wu ende We anopted tre practice nf drivirg u stake 883 fert from the base Line 4n the Line af leveis,yard actermirine its elevution. We tank this prerauticn henaus tre elevutisnnsS of the Statians sin the buse lire were apt tn he mislendineg us trut Line was tin the roud and wuS Sudjest to more or less cuts and Pills. 4S will he natir tre 33 feet Just traok us ty the dge Af the furm praver. After using tre leveling rad Por a few duvs we discarded it ana used in jats plase wu Studia rod. We found that we could make near- ly twise .S many obdServations wit tne Stadia rod as with the rep- ular tareet leveling rAd. Cf anirse Pre stadisn rad couldnt be read as clasely but we had no diffieulty in reading us the nearest tenth and aS we Gouldn't hopr to Dlut closer iunan fact enntnurs,it was sufficiently accurate for our Purpoyss.(See mar for results) DRAINAGE. With tre elevatinns orn raper we Pound little diffiszultry in deria- ing on our mains and Sub-srstens. Trere was but one Srstem re- 6. quired,a six inch tile being necess:.ry. ‘he “cateherle" having hav- ing am elevati-cn cf ten Peet ahbeve the rest -f the Ssvstem we were enabled te Secure plenty -f fall frr tnat branch. The mst Se- ricrus prehlem in drairage wus enceur.tered in tne drainine at a large wuter hele near the Seuth end -f the farm. In tris we were able tr secure but little fall hut by Llewering tre eutlet and al- lewine thw upyver end te reach the minimum distance helew the sur- face we grt a fall cf Pour ines tr the Rundred fect. The averages eut reereSSary crn the mair SvStem wis feur and cne half feet. Tre minimum ait tw- uns a half ard the maximam six ard rcne half. Fer t-* data frem which we ormputri the fell-wing table we are indebted tr Mr. Cnus. Alveriscf the Farm Deourtment. ‘The estima- ted erst -S laving the tile is pr-dvablyv rutner lew frr tris tar- ticular place as tre sail is mack and blue clay ard is theur-rusghly wet at mrst anv time crf tre vear. EStimated ec-St cf drairing. 120G feet 6 inch tile-------------------- $ 14.40 4200 4 1m " fer laterals-------- 33 .6C Cast ef lavine 54CC feet tile------------ 196.36 SUB-DIVISION. In t»e sub-divisicn we were o-nfrented by twee or-blems; 1. Shall we Surrifice the natiral beauty and Sseoure the greatest number -f lcrte. Te 2. Crnfine rurselves ter the natural features and make beth size ana umber ef l-tS cenferm tr these. We ormpremised tnis br making tre lets en tre Seuth end e-nfrerm te the natural features and tre eres herint these were werked cut en the basis ef greatest eemmrratal value. The water kerles were drained uni ernverted irt- tTarks,urd the drives us tar as prssible _ Placed in the valleys. /The Dlats und nrtes reerrded with this wil) . five a better idea rf tre results,as well aS the amrunt -? werk necesSary t+ de tris. After platting we Seaured tre Jed -f Staking the piece in ace-rd- ance witrt tre plat. AS a matter -f interest as wll us inf-rmeati-n we will rutline briefly the eperaticns we frumd neceSSary te ace-mt- o lish this. Tne first thing wus t- Seoure eas piper, this being the kind -f menumentS culled Pere We Prund the price cf incn Bus pipe new,to de five centS per fert and as the Stakes were te be at least twe feet lene t» stake item vremised tr he a vory aensiarrables one. We ther tried tre junk Shr-vs and there ferund just wnat wus wanted and were able te buy it fer rne cent ver peund cr abeut tirree eentS frra twe feet Stake. Theseg frund varied Srmewraut in lenetr but we e-t tre required rmumber(4CC) delivered cn tre preurd rere £11.25. The arttual werk -f Staking trck in the neighdrrnced -f twe weeks, ~. \ werking ten neurs per say frr twee mene; Strice tre -ymers made .. Srme survestiens and tnus caused us ty de a little differently tran we retrerwise weuld,we stbmit tre plat emdrdyineg enly cur ideas under Ge the mame cf tne Ideul Plat cf OCakw--d Park,and tre actual vlat as it was Pinaully Buhbmitted tr tee riuners. ee ed ew MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES VA