This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...in line between the middle door of the main exhibition hall and the east flag pole on the stand west of the track. The point is nearly in line with the prolongation of Walnut street. The mark or range used was the east flag pole on the stand west of the race track. This mark or range bears 0 59'.6 east of true south. Chatham County, Savannah, 1895.--The station is on Hutchinson's Island, opposite Savannah, in range of the steeples of the Exchange and the Presbyterian church. It is in a cluster of large pine trees just south of the second embankment parallel to the river. Dougherty County, Albany, 1000.--Observations were made over an oak tent peg, driven flush with the ground, located in the court-house grounds, near its north end. It is distant 15.6, 41.6, 58, and 152 feet, respectively, from the footpath east, from the fence north, from the fence west, and from the northwest corner of the foundation of the court-house building, south of this peg. The mark or range used was the base of the flagstaff on the Mayer & Grine building. This mark or range bears 280 40'. 7 east of true south. The northwest corner of the court-house building bears 1 55'-3 west of true south. The base of the flagstaff on the New Albany Hotel bears 340 38'.8 west of true south. Floyd County, Rome, 1S96.--The station is in the southwestern suburbs of the city, in the center of a knoll near the intersection of Pennington avenue and Cemetery street. It is marked by a yellowpine post sunk two feet in the ground, flush with the surface of the ground. The post is distant 75 feet from a line of breastworks built around the knoll. It is also distant 60 feet from a blazed pine tree and about 250 yards from the intersecting streets. Fulton County, Atlanta, rSo6.--The station is located in ...
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