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Jersey City Free Books
Geological Survey of New Jersey
Report
On A
Survey Of The Boundary Line
Between
New Jersey and
New York,
made in July and August, 1874. George H. Cook,
STATE GEOLOGIST.
Edited by GET NJ
Copyright 2003
"I append the following Notes in regard to the
several monuments on the Boundary or Partition line:
"EASTERN
TERMINUS. -- The rock on the bank of the Hudson which marks the eastern
terminus of the Division line, is a block of trap from the Palisades at
the foot of which it lies. It is an undressed but nearly rectangular mass; its lower face almost level and about six inches above extreme
high water mark; and its eastern side facing the river. Its dimensions are
nearly 7 feet 6 inches along the river, 3 feet 10-inches from fiont to
rear, and 3 feet 2-inches high; and it weighs more than six tons. It is
marked on its eastern face with a chisel-cut as follows: across the upper
part LATITUDE 41 DEG. NORTH; a vertical line is cut down the face under
this, and 2 feet from the north end, and the words NEW YORK on the north
side of the line, and NEW JERSEY on its south side. It is S. 18 deg., 44
min. W. 313-21 feet from the U. S. Coast Survey Station DUER.
- Mile
Stone. -- Red Sandstone post, 32 inches high, 15 inches wide and 7 inches
thick: (this is nearly the size of all of them): stands in woods on land
of J. Moore: 60 feet south of straight line.
- Red Sandstone; stands
nearly plumb; in swamp in woods; 93 feet south of straight line.
-
Red
Sandstone; stands a little inclined but firm: in open field on land of J.
Barton; offset from straight line 163 feet.
- Red Sandstone; stands
firm though a little inclined: in open field on land of A. Blauvelt;
offset 215 feet.
- Red Sandstone; leans a little, but firm; in woods of
Hiram Slocum; offset 347 feet.
- Red Sandstone; a little inclined; in
woods of Wm. Van Dyne; offset 373 feet.
- Red Sandstone; leans a
little; in open field of J. Horn's; offset 453 feet.
- Red Sandstone;
leans a little; in open field on land of A. Van Blarcum; offset 519 feet.
- Red Sandstone; slightly inclined; in open field on D. Atkinson's
land; offset 601 feet.
- Red Sandstone; on Jas. Ledwith's land in open
field; 39 inches high, 12 inches wide, and 5 inches thick; it is lying
down; offset 677 feet.
- Red Sandstone; 36 inches high, 13 inches wide
and 6 inches thick; in grove, of cedars on J. D. Buskirk's land;
slightly inclined; 719 feet south of straight line.
- Red Sandstone;
33 inches high, 13 inches wide, and 5~ inches thick; inclines a little; in
edge of woods on A. Litchult's land; offset 833 feet.
- Red Sandstone;
30 inches high, 14 inches wide, and 8 inches thick; slightly inclined; in
open field on land, of J. H. Fisher; offset 904 feet.
- Red Sandstone;
35 inches high, 13 inches wide, and 8 inches thick; upright; in woods on
land of W. W. Way; offset 991 feet.
- Red Sandstone; lying a short
distance from the station by the side of a fence; in open field on land of
Dr. Zabriskie; offset 1059 feet.
- Gneiss Rock; 24 inches high, 18
inches wide at bottom and 9 inches at top, and 4 inches thick, upright: in
woods west of Suffern's station; offset 1181 feet.
- Red Sandstone;
irregular; in woods on mountain west of Suffern's; offset 1269 feet.
-
Red Sandstone; undressed; in clear, on land of J. L. Pearson; offset 1327
feet.
- Gneiss>; 24 inches high; a little inclined; in woods on
mountain west of Negro Pond; not dressed; offset 1796 feet.
- Gneiss;
not dressed; in open field on line between J. H. Tidabock and G. Babcock;
offset 2024 feet.
- Gneiss; not dressed; in woods on land owned by
Cooper and Hewitt; offset 2149 feet.
- On hill east of Black Rock
Hill; original stone could not be found; stone pointed out as the
mile-stone had been recently put up; offset 1940 feet (?)
- Grey
Gneiss Rock; in valley east of the Beech Mountain; edge of woods; near
Mrs. Morris' house; offset 2263 feet.
- Grit Rock; in woods; offset
2372 feet.
- East of Greenwood Lake in woods; was not found in 1874;
offset 2394 feet. (?)
- Beneath surface of Greenwood Lake near the west shore; offset
2415 feet. (?)
- Could not be found-somewhere on Rough mountain;
offset 2120 feet. (?)
- Gritty Sandstone; in woods on Birds-eye Tract;
offset 2180 feet.
- Greyish Grit Rock; in open field on land of J.
Hyatt; upright; offset 1811 feet.
- Could not be found.
- Had been
removed; measured from a line tree.
- Red Sandstone; in open field on
land owned by G. Jeffers; upright and firm; offset 1073 feet.
- Red
Sandstone; in open field on land of J. L. B. Francisco; upright and firm;
offset 818 feet.
- Gone; measured from a line tree; offset 700 feet.
(?)
- Greyish Grit Rock; in open field on land owned by Mr. Moorhouse;
west edge of Pochuck valley; offset 651 feet.
- Could not be found;
somewhere on Pochuck Mountain; measured from a line tree; offset 449 feet.
(?)
- Greyish Grit Rock; in woods on Wm. O. Roe's land; near swamp;
piece broken off; offset 478 feet.
- Greyish Grit Rock; lying at side
of fence, on State Line, in open field; easterly edge of Walkill valley;
offset 345 feet. (?)
- Greyish Grit Rock; in stone fence; erect and
firm; westerly edge of Walkill valley; offset 279 feet.
- Greyish Grit
Rock; 42 inches high, 30 inches wide and 2 inches thick; in open field on
land owned by Peter Kimber; erect and firm; offset 254 feet.
- Rough
Slate Rock; lying by the side of Mr. Everett's stone fence, a few yards
from where it had stood; in open field near Unionville; offset 238 feet.
(?)
- Undressed; leaning against fence on C. Goldsmith's land in open
field 6 feet south of where it stood two years ago; offset 211 feet. (?)
- In swamp; could not be found; measured from "line tree;" offset
167 feet. (?)
- Slate; a little inclined; in open field on land owned
by M. D. Martin and I. Winters, (on line); offset 178 feet.
- Slate;
in open field on land owned by O. S. Carpenter; lying partly down; firm;
offset 153 feet.
- Could not be found; on east edge of Blue mountain;
measured from pile of stones said to be on "the line;" offset 123 feet.
(?)
- Could not be found; on west edge of Blue mountain; measured from
pile of stones; offset 15 feet. (?)
- Could not be found; measured
from what is called the line; offset 1 foot. (?)
WESTERN
TERMINUS. --Tri-states-rock was marked by the U. S. Coast Survey, by
drilling a deep hole in the rock at the marked point, and fastening
therein a copper pipe filled with lead. It is on the extreme point, near
the water.
"The variation of the magnetic needle was observed at several
points, as follows:
- Variation of the needle at Palisades, 9 deg. 15 min.
- at Sloatsburg, 7 d-eg. 42 min. W.
- on Rough Mountain, 6 deg. 2
min. W.
- in Valley between Rough Mountain and Warwick Mountain, 7
deg. 14 min. W.
- on Warwick Mountain, 3 deg. 12 min.?
- near
the 29th mile-stone, 5 deg. 9 min.?
- at Liberty Corner, S deg. 45
min. W.
- at Unionville, 6 deg. 3 min. W.
- at Tri-States-Rock, 7
deg. 1 min. W.
"The results of these observations are probably not
strictly accurate, owing to local attraction. The 5th and 6th in
particular are quite doubtful. If time had permitted, the observations
would have been extended to many other places on the line.
"The United States Coast Survey, in June 1873, found the variation at
Carpenters Point to be 7 deg. 5 min. W.
"I am sorry that, on account of
our limited means we were not able to spend quite as much time as we would
like to have done. The greater part of our time was spent in running the
straight line. Every care was taken to do this with accuracy. The offsets
we could not measure, in the time we had, with quite so much care. They
are approximately correct. There are no monuments or marks at the ends of
them on the straight line. To set monuments here it would not be necessary
to measure the offsets. A better and more accurate way would be to sight
from station to station on the straight line, and set the monuments in the
line of sight, regardless of their distances from the present boundary.
"Respectfully,
"EDWARD A. BOWSER."
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