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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

To His Excellency William A. Stone, Governor of Pennsylvania:

Sir: The undersigned, appointed by you Commissioners of the Topographic and Geologic Survey of Pennsylvania, under act of Legislature approved by you April 28, 1899, have the honor to submit the following report governing the field and office operations for the two years 1899 and 1900. In the year 1900 we submitted you a brief summary of results of field work of the year 1899. Those results are included and elaborated in the following report in connection with the work of the succeeding year governed by the act.

G. W. McNEES,
FRED. D. BARKER,
SIMON HARROLD,

Commissioners.

Harrisburg, Pa., 1901.

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MADE IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

DURING THE YEARS 1899 AND 1900.

An act of Assembly of the State of Pennsylvania, approved April 28, 1899, appropriated $40,000 for the years 1899 and 1900, to be used in making a topographic and geologic survey of the State in co-operation with the United States Geological Survey, provided the latter organization devoted an equal sum to the same work in the same time. This act authorized the Governor to appoint three Commissioners to arrange the details of the work and to represent the State. Said Commissioners to serve without compensation, but to have all necessary expenses refunded, and submit to the Governor an annual report of results.

In accordance with the provisions of the law an aggrement, Appendix A, was entered into between the Honorable Charles D. Walcott, Director of the United States Geological Survey, and the Pennsylvania Topographic and Geologic Survey Commissioners on July 12, 1899, the terms of which were to govern the work for the two fiscal years of the appropriation. By mutual consent it was agreed, for convenience of administration, to plan the work by government fiscal years. The appropriations of the Federal Bureau are availble one year only and lapse on June 30 of each year. Accordingly, each side allotted $20,000 to topographic surveying during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1900. The allotment for the year ending June 30, 1901, was divided in such manner that each party agreed to expend $18,000 on topographic surveys. The remaining $2,000 of State funds was to be devoted to geologic surveys. There were expended, however, during the season by the Commission, on clerk hire, etc., as shown in the accompanying statement, the sum of $920, nearly all of which was taken from the $2,000 allotted to

geology, for the reason that the funds allotted to topography had been practically expended when the statement was prepared. There were, therefore, expended on topography by the Commission but $17,820.73, and on geology $1,259.27.

The Federal Bureau undertook to provide the balance of the funds required to complete such geologic surveys on Masontown, Uniontown, Gaines and Elkland quadrangles as was needed, which sum was estimated to considerably exceed that provided by the State for the same work. Accordingly, in round numbers, there were available for topographic surveys in the State during the two years ending June 30, 1901, the sum of $78.000, and for geologic surveys in the second year only a sum estimated at $2,000, both sums being slightly reduced by the expenses therefrom for the work of the Commission. Heretofore the total of the $20,000 of State funds appropriated for the field season was expended on topographic field work, with the exception of $750 stated to have been used by the Commissioners for their office and clerical work and report. As shown in the following financial statements, all of the $20,000 appropriated for the year 1900 was expended in useful work in the field on topography and geology by June 30, 1901, with the exception of $920, used in paying clerical and other expenses of the Commission.

Statement showing expenditures in office of United States Geological Survey in co-operation with the State of Pennsylvania, in topographic and geologic work for the fiscal years 1900 and 1901 respectively:

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Expended July 1, 1899, to June 30, 1900, inclusive,
Expended July 1, 1900, to June 30, 1901, inclusive,

$22,597 22

17,286 02

$39,883 24

Geology.

Allotted for fiscal year 1900,

Expended July 1, 1900, to June 30, 1901, inclusive,

Total expended for topography and geology, ....

$2.000 00

2,726 43

$42,609 67

Amount in excess of Pennsylvania expenditures,

$2,609 67

For which credit will be asked in next statement furnished for the information of auditor.

Washington, D. C., December 21, 1901.

JNO. D. McCHESNEY,

Chief Disbursing Clerk.

Itemized State of Amount Expended by the Pennsylvania Survey Commission for the Year 1900.

Topography,

Geology,

Clerk hire,

Clerical work, stenographer and other assistance in making report to Governor Stone,

Stamped checks, stationery, postage, telegrams, expressage, telephone and traveling expenses of Commission,

Total expended,

$17,820 73

1,259 27

275 00

155 38

489 62

$20,000 00

As the surveyors were busily at work in the field when the above appropriations were exhausted in the early spring of 1901, and as it seemed probable that the Legislature of 1901, then in session, would provide for the continuation of this work, the Director of the United States Geological Survey undertook to meet from Federal funds all expenses until such time as the Legislature should act. Such outlays to go towards co-operation in 1901-2, and thus avoid the loss and delay incident to temporarly disbanding the field parties.

At the close of the two years covered by the agreement, the end of the Federal fiscal year on June 30, 1901, the expenditure of State funds for topographic surveys, including clerical and traveling expenses of your Commissioners, aggregated $38,672.43, and for geologic surveys $1.327.57. To the same date the Federal survey had expended $39,883.24 on topographic surveys, or $1,883.24 in excess of the State allotment, and on geologic surveys it had expended $2,762.43, or $1,398.80 in excess of the State outlay on such work. Accordingly, the total expenditure by the Federal Government on this work to June 30, 1901, exceeded that of the State by $2,609.67. The United States Geological Survey expects that this will be balanced in time from future allotments by the State.

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