Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-10-24
FORT MARCY NO MORE.
The President Orders its Transfer to
The Interior Department and
It Will be Sold.
Is the American Htalth Resort In iH
Good News That VIII Add $780,
600 to the City's Taxable
Property.

The Fort Marcy military reservation,
comprising between sixteen and seven
teen acres of land in the very heart OF The
CITY, and which has stood as menace and
an eye sore to the modern progress OF
the city since the post was abandoned
last spring, has been ordered transferred
from the custody of the war department
to the interior department and the same
will be sold at public auction. The papers
in the case received the approval OF the
president on the 9TH inst, and came to
hand this morning addressed to the reg
lister and receiver of the local land office.
Following are copies of the principal doc
uments bearing upon the subject:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Gen. Land Office, Washington, d. @.
Oct. 10, 1891
To the Regi>ter and Receiver, U. S. Land Office,
| Santa Fe, n. NJ.
SIRs II transmit herewith for the files
of your office, copy OF letter OF the secre-
tary OF war to the president, dated the 9th
inst, bearing the order OF the president
OF the 9TH inst, transferring to the Custo.
dy of the Interior department the military
reservation OF Fort Marcy, for disposition
under the act approved July 5, 1884, or
as may be otherwise provided by law.
Also copy of letter of secretary of war to
the secretary of the interior with endorse.
ments dated the 9Th instant.
You will make the proper notations on
records and acknowledge the receipt here
of. Very Respectfully,
THos. H. CARTER, Commissioner.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington City, Oct. =, 1917
To the President Of the Uuited States.
Sir: The troops having been wholly
Withdrawn theretrom and The same being
no longer required Tor military purposes,
| have the honor to recommend that the
military reservation of Fort Marcy, N.
NJ, established by executive order of
August %, 1868, be transferred and
turned over to the secretary of the in
terror under the act approved July 5,
1884, % Stats. 103, for disp osition, under
the terms of said act or as may be other.
wise provided by law. Very respectfully
(Signed) REDFIELD PRoCToR,
Secretary OF War
The endorsement on the back of the
. above preceding communication reads:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, !
Oct. 7, 1891. !
The within recommendations are ap
approved. The secretary of the interior
will cause the same to be noted on the
records of the general land Office.
(Signed) BENZ. HARRISON.
The above came somewhat in the ma
ture of surprise to many, but by most
citizens it Is welcomed as in the line Of
progress and looked upon as decidedly
advantageous to the city in many respects
for under the act of congress above refer
red to the land will be advertised and
sold to the highest bidder at public auc.
ton. This will doubtless be done at once
Receiver Berger to-day addressed letter
to the secretary of the interior urging
that this be done with as little delay as
possible. The transfer OF this splendid
property into hands OF private parties will
1t Is estimated add at least 500, 900 to
the taxable property OF the city.
1t is thought 10 be barely possible that
the American Health Resort association
may have been somewhat instrumental
in bringing about this sale, as the officers
of that organization have for some
months sought to secure foot-hold here
for the establishment of a large sanitar,
lum and they are known to have had
, their attention drawn to the desira
D bility of this tract for their pur'
i pose. When the sale takes place
. this association is likely to be
. one of the most active bidders for it
9 Again, from military point of view, the
- usefulness of this particular reservation
long ago ceased, and if troops ever again
9 come here they will be located a mile Of
- two distant from the city, where room
a enough may be had for carrying out the
, now well established policy OF the govern
" ment of doing away with small posts and
establishing large ones. Altogether the
: news above given may be regarded as in
every respect advantageous to Santa Fe
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