International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, Pa. : The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 146
two streams. The land LAND SURVEYING. 735 bordering on the smaller stream, which is followed by thebranch road, rises rapidhf rom the stream, reaching a heightof 200 feet, and then falls gradually until an elevation of 50feet above the stream is reached, when the surface remainsgenerally level. The… … Avetiue. s tt «^ :j *». 1 O \ 90^ >2o0 00 •100 Avenue. Fig. .320. That part of the given surface which is generally levelwill be laid out in rectangular blocks. The unaided eye willreadily determine whether a town site is well adapted torectangular divisions. If it is so adapted the order of…
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