transitman

Sou.ry. 1917-18; topographer and transitman Interstate ry. 1921-23; asst. to chief engr.ibid. 1923 -; sergt., maj. engr.

Alumni History of the University of North Carolina 1793-1962 1924

You remember, I once told you all about him -- M.F. Griffith, my old engineer -- man who boosted me from a bum to a transitman.

Out of the Primitive Robert Ames Bennet 1912

Howard and Ned attached themselves to the transitman, and took turns as head and rear chain, while Grant superintended the levelling, and Charlie trudged along in the rear with the young topographer, who had taken a sudden fancy to the boy, and gave him frequent lectures on the theory and practice of surveying, until his pupil longed for the time when he too could wear on his watch-chain the tiny blue shield, with its golden date and initials.

In Blue Creek Cañon Anna Chapin Ray 1905