New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-05
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
SOME PARTICULARS OF WORK IN A VAST
FIELD.

C,rr OF PUBLIC LANDS. FORESTS AND PARKS
IRRIGATION - PENSIONS - RAILROADS - IN
p1ANs TAKING LANDS IN sEvERALTY
CONDITION OF THE TERRITORIES.
Washington. Dec. 5-The annual report OF Secretary
Noble to the President f. Interesting docum H. anu
covers fully and detarthc operations Oh 'hS gr- III
department. The volume Of work accomplished u'r-
ing the present administration is shown TO greatly 'x-
coed that Of any like preceding period in the
history OF the Department. TINS vie" Is
supported by a condensed summary preliminary 10 Il
cscipon OF the work Of the several bureaus uhucr
the direction of the secretary for the last l'oal Sei
The following are some OF the details oil the report
In I'm. General Land ONCE June 80, looo, there
were pending 35o9j3 nnal entrle, and The accuniu-
ation steadily increasing. These hase an %. W. W..
posed Of p1rng the y present ncm Sed aaansI
in the preceding four years repeSemrs AN linz
in acreage Of acre h% n Ss SURVEYED i than
Snfinr Inc previous four years and there has been
great Increase in mn'n ana Gv c t5 es for eda
caonal and internal improvements have greatly eA
cccded the work Of any Prevo an,uc the ' .,t
year by cash sales and miscellaneous t, t cn W." r
i36Gioio acre. ana there Tn1 r' paent" We're
issued during the year to The extent o. i1i-USvo
and patent, on account b +, and for T the year
omount,d 10 l2Sl7 i03 acres. Through negotiations
SIrG ,br t,rea1 Northern Railroad Company. under
m WI, Of 'ng e ae session. Of Congress whereby the rail
ood ~ io 1--WE inc 10 the present settlers and re-
ceivc in lieu thereof lands elsewhere me great Vd
which was liab. To IAN upon sclu'ra III 'h' hcu
River valley OF North Dakota has been pNN'h''"'
PUBLIC FORESTS.
The policy Of making forest reserves in the Western
states and Tertcre, has been GieatlN adNah cd ui-
the last year. Six such reserves nave been cie"'eu
liz Presidential proclamation, making an alca "a
325c3eO acres. This policy will be inriher CARED
INFO effect and will be most bcnrhcent ana ~.
in IT, results. The secretary &c phHl'llN'
thai these TO- est preserves should reeve pV'ccUh
from the Army or through wa,CmnFh 81 ho ic
made. in order that they may be protected HVm ni'S
and depNo"''o"S' IRRIGATION.
The system Of irrigating the arid Lands OF TIE
V.siorn country has been greatly advanced by the
selection Of sites for reservoirs, and by extending these
rat N ;, ems in conjunction with ior ST preserves
The beneficial result, OF this policy ar already cN
tcnsively shown by the iact mat cereals s'iIa' "
vegetable, are now grown in abundance on whHl was
formerly desert land and the finest crops appear on
one side of the DcGgc where there IS irI'sau2n M,'
ONLY SAGE brush and cactus can be found on me Quiet
NATIONAL PNRK>.
The public parks in the United states under control
Of the Interior Department. the YELLOWSTONE Ma
tmal Iark the Yosemite National Park. the SrIulA
National Park T. Grant National lark and TIE HOT
springs Reservation, in ARKANSAS. These PARKS, cA-
cepting the latter. under guard Of SpccIl! d"'h'
from the army and are well projected and rapidly
ginning in natural beauty and atractivenes~. except
the Yosemite Valley proper. which \ 'oh'r"heu Nv
California. and which has not received the iull ear" ~
deserves Lin the Yellow tore lax there about 400
buffalo and many thousand elk >epula ana N'.'l'li
Crnnt National Park, have for years heretofore been
used as hcrdng gloTnd for cattle and sdr,, ana the
military dctin in charge has had Gfc't 'f"I'l' III
restraining the caitlemcn ana bcd'Is rom ">t"l lmS
In. vegetation. such has also been the cas- with re-
gard 10 the Yosemite PARK. TIE sheep hrrH'r~ are
nearly al foreigners who care nothing Tor h@ lArN ~
floNcrs shrubs aud all smaller vegetable Er'"th;
These nusances. however. are being c"niI"h" ana
tl.4 in Tia lfftrs fn.E Il
abatcd.
GEOLOGICAL. SURVEY.
The Secretary states that the worl; 81 I've ''"l"sl
cal survey has been carlici on with great efficiency
In the topographic branch 10000 square miles nave
been surveyed during the a>t year. making tt'l
Of 100000 Square nl,s surveyed up t. iL' present
time Three hundred large atlas sheets have htA
constructed and all this work has been more th'r
oucIy AID carefully done than ever before. E'>er'
voir skies for irrigation purposes have been l"aifd
and surveyed the number Of IL. embracing
4c77 SO acre.. The increase In value o mineral
products. as shown during The ffsi year. was so,
tie survey is 5000. 10000 shelving these product,
have in mis- tine more tLan. do"hlcf. Nh'r POI
Investigations and surveys have been carried ca
hv the bureau Tn n"arlF al INC regions NFii'"-
ti,dls have been made Of localities WELDING phos-
phate. building ard ornamental tom ann cHl
the daily discharge Of important ,'i,am, Ia ihe ara
regions and Of The yearly iHNaH. M'b'"io ava
specially do gu'I ffr iNS Nilh N'I' 'H-
Iiovcd The report states that /, has hcen determined
by iriargulapn that re summit 81 Mruni - Eia.
II The h-lcst poi1t the continent. lmle>, certain
Inmca.ItltI vo'.arDcs Of McNco should prove 10 be-
hEhec This Ta nnd"2 iIc 4 , anG f Er G
America and will bear IN" United state nag
EDUCATION.
4 very considerable labor was performed by the
Burcau Of Education in making the Investigation ana
report respecting agricultural colleges preliminary 20
the d'lur ,cmcnts # the appropriation made by act
Of Congress august 70. 1880. within eleven months
the secretary was thus enabled to certify foryiwo
tates ard Territories entitled 10 snare IN IN"
funds. and draw warrants for the payment 10 th"n
Of three separate in,talmenN Of IL" ,aEc am
to a. 100000 for the bolc1t 81 ffiN.'iN c.H'E
where white ard G. lCrrd yonih arr dlIA' 3dHl.' H.
The statistical Investigation, n the ctu at h1 g. ~
Of our country ba, been IOlo"'l W > g. '''',
library has grjwH from $1,000 o $500 volumes ava
is rTrh usc'. as giving The special affirmation nov
tended IN the direction Of foreign educational sricn,
Several articles have hccn prepared upon The "id"s
existing pubic schools OF Europe. ti,,c 81 'fDEii1
and upon the strongly contrasting conditions IN Ruela
special studio have been undertaken In IN" icqHon
of education poverty and c:im'. Under The difcc
ION OF tha bureau effort ha been made TO prlp'
gate reindeer IT, Alaska through fund subscribed b'
individuals, ard the experiment promises u prov"
successful. The bureau ha, Issued bulletins resp"'i
ing former Worlds fairs, the bet method q prep9r
inc educational exhibits. etc, for distribution - the
thousands Of persons seeking such Information.
PENSIONS AND ESTIMATE.
The volume Of business handled and disposed q By
the Pension Ofics during the last year Is shown 10
have been ENORMOUS. There were on jane 30, lo92
61G065 pensioners borne upon the rolls, being 49,
sos more iham were on the rolls at the close Of The
last fiscal year. Among these twenty two widow
and daughters of SOLDIER OF the Revolution. and 100
survivors of the War Of 1872 The Total amount -
pended for pensions during the year was Ti'r oj5.
Oh 6s, aud it /, estimated that the appropriation
for 1888 OF Sil1,0j6,0OO win leave deficiency.
There been filed up T. Uate OF OctGb'I L. lS'-
claims under The act OF June - lHYu, dUi
there have been issued thu, far Of these claims 11'
certificates. The force OF the Pension ono" consists
O. O0y persons assigned 10 fifteen divisions. certain
number of these divisions are under The lInint dalc
direction u the COnmI ,noncg, oteis unirr The Depity
Comm, -iOnel, and cnef clerks. Idea Of the
magnitude Of th' work can be- formed from the fact
that during the ,car J37j, 100 pieces oi mai wer'
received and GIG pieces sent ont. Tn" Crganiti
ton the force has been brought IL high state OF
efficiency under it, present management AID "A mum