The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-21

be \. 80 degrees. 80 minutes, % Soc
| ondS, or l3 YaraS south of 3lst parallel.
My map SHOW it to he about 400 varas
south of said parallel. l find Messrs.
/ Glenn and Gano's survey to encroach
upon the Texas & Pacific railway re-
serve about three and and three-Q,Iar-
ter miles.
While it may not come strictly
within the duty imposed by the in
structions Of the state land boards
yet l deem it proper. and
in justice to Ne. Jacob kJe chler,
whose work il has been niy duty to
revise, to say thai. fro:: an eXamina-
ton of work done Il. the field. and a
careful consideration III the inaccura
cies pointed out in this report, L do
not believe that the errors are such as
would knowingly have been made by
! any surveyor, and while calling atten-
. ton 70 their existence, l assuTedly at
Tribute the purest of motives to their
originator, a gentleman respected by
all who know him.
Again, being the agent and ap-
pointee of the State of Texas
must express my sincerel thanks
! to the commissioner of the land de-
partment of the Texas IL Pacific rail
way company for the generous and
| prompt manner in which he has furn-
ished me with all the facilities for
making the survey under considera-
ton, and for the courteous and gen.
tlemanly treatment that I have uni
formly received at his hands.
To Ar. KuechleI for the valuable
assistance rendered me in the field, /
am under many obligations.
Hoping thatI have fulfilled the duty
intrusted to me to the satisfaction of
all parties concerned, | am very
respectfully.
PAUL MCCoMBs, C. E.,
Special Surveyor for State.
AUSTIN, Feb. 16, 1884.
ANSWER TO PROTEST.
To his Excellency the Governor of Texas, Hon.
John Ireland Chairman State Land Board:
Honored Sir-I respectfully submit
the following answer to the protest
Bros. and Powell & Gage, all of Dali
las, Texas, copy OF which protest is
attached hereto.
First-I do not now, nor have ever
considered these gentlemen entitled to
any special consideration from me in
the matter of this survey, believing
that the dispute was between the
state Of Texas, which l represented,
and the Texas s. Pacific railway COM
pany.
Second, The statement that l re-
ceived instructions from the Texas &
Pacific Railway company to avoid
them or any one else, or that did so
avoid them, is totally false and with
| out foundation.
Third, This charge needs no reply.
Fourth, was not working in the
interest of the Texas & Pacific Rail-
| way Company, to the detriment of the
state OF any individual.
AS to my ability as surveyor, l do
not acknowledge these gentlemen to
be competent to decide.
PAUL MCCOMBs, G. E.,
Special surveyor of the State.
AUSTIN, Tex,
Feb. 16, 1884.
There was considerable discussion
Gov. Ireland favored leasing and
sections.
Commissioner Walsh favored sell
ing instead of leasing.
1lOdoulCl LuDDOth o1iu AC w oo llOb
opposed to leasing, but he thought
cents an acre was too little.
The governor suggested that par
ties leasing would have better chance
to buy the lease If parties could not
get watered sections they would not
lease the dry land. -.-.'>-'
Treasurer Lubbock Sad the watered
sections had entered largely into fence
cutting troubles.
Commissioner Walsh said the law
was in effect rehibitory to the actual
settlers, and for this reason he was in
favor of selling.
Treasurer Lubbock argued that the
watered sections should be leased with
the others.
No action was taken in the matter.
The contest for the second section
Of Jones county, in which the town of
Arson, the county seat, is situated,
was decided as follows: To Claude
Duval the southeast quarter; and to
w. Med Browyer the other one-half
of the section, and thus ignored the
claim of W. S. Upton to the entire
section.
Board adjourned.