Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-10-18

How These who Bchemed for Com.
sOlldatfOm Got IL.

How These who Bchemed for Con.
solldation Cos IL.
Our Carson contemporaries have been
making considerable noise about the con-
solidation of the two United States Land
Offices and the location of the consolidated
Office at Eureka and the Adjustment OF
the Office at Carson. They have gone SO
far as to blame Tom, Dick and Harry for
the change. when it is alleged that il any
body is to blame it is the folks at the Capt.
tai themselves. The incumbents Of the
Office here knew that there was . scheme
on foot at Carson to bring about q con-
solidation with the view, Of course, Of
getting the benefit there by absorbing the
Eureka Office in the consolidation. The
proposition was discussed on Uncle Sans
ground here whether steps ought not to be
taken to block the scheme by making .
representation Of the merits OF the case to
the Department at Washington; but it was
decided that this would be unnecessary.
II was presumed that the Commissioner OF
the General Land Office was in possession
Of the facts Of the case, and that il he
thought il best to consolidate he would,
without suggestion, select Eureka as the
proper location for the consolidated Office.
The Carson folks precipitated the decision
by their urgency-and they got it. They
are squealing now because they got what
they schemed for. If it had come their |
way it would have been lovely, but it vent
against them and they are outraged.
The Great East did not ask for the con-
solidation. 1t did not banker after about
$50 . quarter additional fees that will be
the result-$16es per m~onth-along with
q whole lot of extra work. 1t would have
been satisfied to let the Little West enjoy |
its Land Office and never say q word, and
that IN the disposition yet.
But AZ to the merits of the case. If
there must be one Office only, as is doubt
less suggested by economy and the slight
necessity for two Offices, that Office should
be in Eureka. 1t is nearer the center Of
the State, and the Office located here
would accommodate more persons than il
located at Carson. The mass Of the bust
ness is done any way by correspondence,
hence the immediate neighborhood Of the
State Office with which communication is
frequent is not important. A convenience
certainly to the officials and q saving Of
delay; but the work OF both Offices will
hardly be enough to keep one man out Of
oAcChAOA q % " II QCioy VA OAO u |
two days in the proceedings OF purchasing
q tract Of land. it is not worth consider
ing. Land buying from the Government
ia necessarily a slow process, and you can't
make it otherwise.
And then with regard to the expense Of
travelling, we may repeat what we have
just said, that the most Of the business in
the Land Offices is done by letter. The
laws have been so changed Of late years
hat in . large majority Of cases it is not
necessary for the applicant for Govern
ment land to appear at the Land Office in
person. He can prepare all his papers by
affidavit before a notary public nd trust
to the mails implicitly for the rest Of the
transaction. The only cases in which per-
sonal appearance is indispensable is in
''proving up" claims to desert land" In
regard to this the question is apt whether
it is not as well to visit Eureka as Carson. |
Unquestionably the most people who have
personal business in the United States
Land Office would be at more expense to
90 In Carson than To come To Eureka.