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Show 788 designated on this map? For what purpose? " A. Simply a physicgraphic feature that exists on the ground. " Q. These maps, I suppose, are designed for some future use, not merely to represent the immediate condition at that time, are they? " A. The object the Geological Survey would have - Its purpose in cooperating with the Edison Company, is to have a map of that region; the Geological Survey is making a mother map of the United States; this would be incorporated and become a part of that mother map. " Q. That I am trying to see is, If those bars are of such temporary nature that this map would not assist a person coming down the river, what is the object of putting them on the map? " A. Because they existed at the time the map was made. You want to make the map a faithful representation of the terrain at the time it is made. " BY MR. BLACKAR: " Q. That is, you show all features on the map which appear to the eye up to a contour of thirty- nine hundred feet. " A. Yes, Sir. " THE SPECIAL MASTER; He has testified, as I understand, that all bars are not shown. MR. BLACKMAR: ALL bars that are exposed and can be seen. Of course, a bar which was below the water at the time the map was made - |