"Northern Luzon isa region of tremendous possibilities, which has his eon much neglected in the pa nds are rich, and the have vast stores of valuable timber. There is water power: available for the use of] future industries, railroads, and farms. With the opening of the Cagayan Road, furnishing greatly improved transportation facilities to) northern and north-eastern Luzon, grent influx of settlers has begun, which presages an era of prosperity. The continuance of surveying work already begun in the region will be of incalculable benefit.
"The project now under way consists of triangulation of the second oner, the most iccuraté form of surveying work done in the Philip. led main scheme, or central are, about 15 miles in width, straddles the Cagayan River from fits mouth up to the mouth of the Magat, then follows the Magat past Cayambong, and crosses. the high mountains a little north of Balete Pass, Tt consists of a double line stations on mountain peaks and Hil tops 16 to 80 smiles apart, consecutive stations being visible from each other. There are three main objects—As stated, this control will become a basis upon which to make extensive land survey-—The surveys of the Coast and Geodetic Survey in the Batan and Babuyan Islands and adjacent waters will be placed on a firm basit—Control Points will be established here and there along the rugged east coast of Luzon for the control of hydrographic surveys to be made in that Tegion by the Coast and Geodetic Survey.
"There are many problems to be met in the work, of which the! hardest is the matter of transportation. During the progress of the: field work signal operators must be stationed simultaneously at various When one considers that various members of the party will sometimes be separated by 60 miles or more of wild forested mountains, it is soon that the supervision and ce-ordination of the whole party' will be dificult, Each unit must, by any available means, reach allotted. station at a certain time, prepare the monuments, erect tower to elevate the signals above the forest and then display a signal without fail.
Travel through the lowlands the Cagayan Valley, with camping outfit and instrumental equipment, 4s dificult at best;. When it becomes necessary to penetrate to the remote!
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