New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-30


Central Branch MON Pacific. 3fl4lfO ~
Total ,5I2 013 o.
The Secretary gives In detail the acton Of the De
partment in the matter of payments In aid OF colleges
for teaching agricultural and the mechanic arts as
provided IN the act Of Congress approved August 30
1890. This act provides that for the fiscal year loOo
$4,000 and for each subsequent year for ten years
amount greater by 81 900 than that OF the proceed
ing year. and thereafter SIS, 900 per year. be paid to
each state and Territory the benefit Of colleges Of
agriculture and the mechanic arts established or to be
established under the act of 1862 with provso that
In where the are educated separately the
fund may be equitably divided between one college
for white and for coored students With lew
exceptions In which the for withholding pay
ments are given in the report, three payments have
been made to each OF the states and Territories ell
titled TO receive the benefits Of the act.
Tie report presents a summary Of the information
contained In the annual reports Of the Governors Of the
Territories. In the Of Utah, he reviews the re-
ports OF the Governor and the majority and minority c
the Utah Commission, and finds such claim for State
hood for Utah would to require favorable con-
slderation by Congress. The Territory is progressing
most favorably in material wealth and social elevation
under the present Conditions. no doubt the time will
come when 1t may bo admitted Into the Union with
pride and safety but IL is believed that that time is
not at land. he concurS In recommendations sub
mitted by the Governor of Alaska In his report, for
legislation py COnbIcss pTONluIHe lot FeNISou anu
amendment of the laws reaunS 10 the Territory, for
the incorporation OF municipalities and for The holding
OF elections, ior Government hospitals Tor treatment OF
natives afflicted with chronic and hereditary diseases
and for Insane persons and paupeIs for the establish
melt Of agricultural experiment stations, tjr more
efficient ~ of trial and punishment OF oiicnders
against the lIquoy uainc III GUAR the Enforcement
OF the laws they exist being almost impossible
and for the definition of Tic legal and political status
Of the native population
In the absence OF any provision by appropriation for
the immediate supervision and care oi these parks by
civil supernJendes, Tie Department mas been Obliged
rely upon the assistance rendered by the War De
partmont IN furnishing troops Tor mat purpose: Inc
secretary regards IL peculiar and ineXpcable that
Congress Imposes upon the department the custody
aud management OF these reservations, but makes no
appropriations for that purpose, ana even omltS To I'M
pose any penalties for violations Of the rules and eguia
tons required be formulated by the Secretary, and
states that L. much desired that the protection OF
law be extended 10 these important possessions. lie
refers 10 the report submitted January lat to the
senate In resolution Of that body requr
Ing the department TO examine into the management
Of the Yosemite Valley Park now under control of the
STATE of California Ii was found that the destruction
OF timber had been great some of it used for buildings
fences and fuel. removed 10 Clear the land for
cultivation, and a great deal laid waste through care
and wantonness More than half Of The valley
has been fenced with barbed wire and cultivated IN
grass and grain, and these Enclosures have confined
travel to narrow limits and left but little room for
paths for pedestrians; that many rare plants new to
botany had been destroyed by pIoughing and pastur
Ing the valley that the management had fallen into
has been closed, and the uninclosed portions of The
valley pastured by the stock Of the stable and
mails OF the tourists visitors and that these acts Of
spOliation and trcspaSs have been permitted for a
number Of years. and seem TO have become part
Of the settled policy OF the management.
The SequOia National Park has been under the i'm
mediate supervision Of military force under the dl-
rectlOn OF the Interior Department. The tree have
been protected all sheep excluded. and every precau
ton taken Ia restore the park TO its original CONDITION
and to make 1t pleasant and profitable resort The
Secretary refers the complaint OF what Is known
the. kaweah OOOny-that they have been oppressvely
Seat with, and deems it sufficient to that 1t was
found necessary. upon the reservation Of this park TO
decide agains- the claims OF these cOlOniss, the
ground that they had made application for merely
cash purchases OF the lands and the final proof had not
been completed before the act OF Congress reserving
them approved As the is not free from hard
SHIP the Secretary recommends that If application be
made TO Congress for reasonable compensation for
actual improvements IL should be granted.
The repairs the Casa Grande ruins have been
completed far available with the 81 600 ap-
pTupriated for the purpose. 1t IS recommended that
forty around and about the building be reserved
and lnclO-ed. and that further appropriation be made
10 cover the building and preserve ii from decay.
The report referring 10 the Nicaragua Canal con-
cludes as follows: 1t appropriate that this
great highway for the products and manufactures from
and imposs to the United States should be connected
with the Department OF the interior. 1t Is being built
al the same time that the great waste places Of the
country are being opened IN sttlement the factories
increasing the railroads extending and the population
rapidly multiplying soon our commerce must reach
not ONLY The stats OF south America and Mexico. but
China and the East by this western route II Is graft
fync 70 note thai this short passage - Of the
preaest commercial markets of the world Will be ready
by the time a demand 70: IT becomes imperative"