Evening Star Newspaper, November 21, 1930, Page 39

b GEODETI SIRVEY SHORTOFEXPERTS Director Patton in Annual Re- port Says Situation Is Most Serious. Zack of technical employes is termed the “most serious situation” confronting the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey by Capt. R. 8. Patton, the di- Tector, in his annual report to the Sec- retary of Commerce today. ‘The report, which is for the fiscal year ending June 30 last, marks com- pletion of 114 years of active service of the survey. In 1816, when fleld work 'was begun, the scope was limited to surveys and subsequent operations neces- sary to the production of charts for the guidance of mariners traversing the ‘waters adjacent to the Atlantic Coast. Pointing out that the scope has ex- ded with the growth of the Nation, &. Patton reported the present func- of the bureau, defined in terms of the products given to the public for its use, consist of: ‘The nautical chart; related nautical publications; control surveys in the in- terior; tidal and current surveys and data; terrestial magnetism; investi tions and data; seismology, including investigations and data; airway maps, and technical work for other Federal agencies. ‘Twb items of outstanding interest for the past year are significant, he says in his report, “not of past achievement, but because of the opportunities they afford for greater future accomplish- ment.” One is the authorization to complete in a period of 20 years the topographic map of the United States, including the necessary control surveys. ‘The other is the acquisition of the yacht, Corsair II, which J. P. Morgan donated for the use of the Coast and Geodetic Survey. Stream of Information. Commenting on the bureau's chart publication, Capt. Patton reported: “There flows into this bureau a con- stant stream of information resulting from its own surveys in the fleld or fur- the scores of co-opunm by cies—Federal, State, municipal E:he—engued on work to which the llection of data of value to the chart is an incidental by-product.” The bu- reau publishes 576 charts of the coasts of the United States, Porto Rico, Canal Zone, Alaska and the Hawaiian Islands. “During the past year,” Capt. Patton reported, “282,000 charts were dis- tributed to Government agencies and the public, an increase of 13 per cent over the previous year. Of this num- ber, 154,000 were sold, the receipts to- taling more than $80,000—a 50 per cent increase over the sale of five years E’. and the largest number sold in the his- tory of the bureau. These figures show the dly increasing demand for our god and the ever expanding service the public.” ‘The report pointed out that 17 new charts were issued during the year, as compared with 16 the previous year. “A list of 14 new charts, urgently de- manded, which have been tentatively approved, faces the bureau at this time, but there is need for many more,” the report said. Adoption of a program for expedit- ing completion of the control surveys of the United States was emphasized by Capt. Patton as one of the items of outstanding importance. A control survey, unlike a chart which is a tangi- ble thing, is, Capt. Patton pointed out, “a tool for reducing the cost and insur- ing the accuracy of all those engineer- ing operations which involve an exact knowledge of the relationships between points located throughout an extensive portion of the earth's surface.” In the work of establishing this con- trol survey, two separate networks are being spread over the whole of the United States, the first consisting of MOON many thousands of permanently marked points, and the second similarly marked fomm whose elevations above mean sea evel have been determined with com- parative accuracy. These networks con- trol the accuracy of detailed surveying. Elimination of boundary ! where people are the small expense of connecting their property boundaries with nearby ea)er- manent control stations, is regards y Capt. Patton as one of the practical ap- plications to which the survey may ut. » “The property lines of farm property, mining claims, or any area properly surveyed and co-ordinated to the con- trol system of this bureau can be re- located at any time,” he said in his re- port, “even though all the corners of original Jandmarks of the y may have been destroyed. It Teasonably certain that the cost of relocating such property lines would be only a small tigation. rted that hydro- graphic, 'ommhg and control sur- veys were made along various sections of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts during the fiscal year 1930. Capt. Patton expressed the hope that the budget for 1932 would carry funds “adequate to meet the present critical situation.” DYING, SEEKS RELATIVES H. J. Slagle Asks Police to Seek Son and Daughter. ‘Washington police yesterday were re- uested by friends of Henry J. Slagle, old, who is said to be hiladelphia, to en- and 614 12th ST. 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Pro) s in the Glasgow, Scotland, municipal elections program of the Scot- tish Workers' Republican party include establishment of a soviet, no interest on money, free houses for the unemployed and recognition of the red flag as the city emblem. EDITOR ANNOUNCES PAPER’S SUSPENSION Fred 0. Eberhardt of Tallahassee, Fla, Was Indicted Recently for Libel. By the Associated Press. ‘TALLAHASSE, Fla, November 21.— The Florida State News, Tallahassee newspaper, published by Pred O. Eber- hardt, recently indic on charges of libel for his editorial attacks on Gov. Doyle E. Carlton, announced suspension of publication yesterday on account of icial difficulties. The State News has waged a cam- paign against Gov. Carlton and the State administration since inauguration of the chief executive two years ago. The publisher, in turn, has filed $50,000_d: suit against Gov. Ca ton. 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