COMPASS, SURVEYOR'S

Description: .1 ABOVE DIMENSIONS. 2 PIECES. COVER AND CASE CRACKED. STEEL FITTINGS. LEATHER BELT. PAPER LABEL INSIDE COVER. "DEALERS IN DRAWING INSTRUMENTS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION SHEET & ROLL DRAWING PAPER, CONTINUOUS PROFILE PAPER TRACING CLOTH AND PAPER FIELD BOOKS AND EVERY KIND OF ENGINEERS STATIONARY FOR THE FIELD OR OFFICE. ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS TRANSITS LEVELLING INSTRUMENTS. LEVELLING RODS SURVEYORS COMPASSES CHAINS, METALLIC AND STEEL TAPE MEASURES, POCKET COMPASSES, MINERS COMPASSES, ETC., ETC.," (GURLEY CO. TRADEMARK). .2 COMPASS AND LEVEL. 39.1 CM LGTH., X 15.0 CM (FACE) DIA. GLASS, BRASS. 5 PIECES. VERTICAL LEVEL IS NON-FUNCTIONAL. "W.L.E. GURLEY, TROY N.Y." ON FACE OF COMPASS. ENGRAVED ON BACK "CORNWELL", NOT ALL LEGIBLE.CASE: 10.8 CM (H) X 18.4 CM (W) X 41.3 CM (L) WOOD, LEATHER, STEEL COVER & CASE CRACKED. STEEL FITTINGS, LEATHER BELT, PAPER LABEL INSIDE COVER

History: AMERICAN. USED BY DONOR'S HUSBAND'S (RUSSELL) FATHER (THOMAS MARK HAIG), WHO WAS ALSO FATHER OF DR. ARTHUR AND WILLARD HAIG. T.M. HAIG WAS DOMINION GOV'T ALLOCATOR (OF LANDS) TO HELP INCOMING HOMESTEADERS FIND PROPERTY. THE COMPASS WAS PRESENTED TO HAIG TO CARRY OUT THIS FUNCTION. THERE WERE NO ESTABLISHED FENCE LINES IN THE CLARESHOLM AREA AT THE TIME (1903). THE COMPASWAS USED TO SURVEY FENCE LINES. HAIG WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CLARESHOLM AREA.