Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-11-18
sURyEYoR-GENERAL's OFFICE.


Contracts for the final survey of the
Alameda grant, recently confirmed by the
U. s. land court for some 100000 acres
and situated near Albuquerque, and for
the resurvey of the Canon del Aqua grant
in south Santa Fe county in accordance
with the decision of the supreme court,
which materially reduces its area, have
been let by the surveyor general to Geo.
H. Pradt.
Application for the survey of the fol-
lowing public lands have been made to the
surveyor general, the lands being situated
east of Eddy, in the Pecos valley: Silas
B. Judson and John Sullivan, township
II south, range IS east; Felix r. Chisum
and Il. l.. Mcbride, township Is south,
range 35 east; JEFF d. Kuykendall and
Cage Briley, township 1G south, range 36
east; Gilbert r. Wilson and Lee Huds-
peth, township 16 south, range 81 east;
Vim. L. Bass and Ananias Green, jr.,
township Is south, range 81 east; Vim. G.
Winters and Newton j. Lowther, town
ship 20 south, range 30 east; Andrew J.
Wilson and S. j. Slate, township 17south,
range 81 east; Thos. G. Estes and L. II
Estes, township IS south, range 81
east; j. A. Tompson and Geo. Yates
township II south, range 81 east
The general land Office has called upon
Surveyor General Easley for detailed es
Inmates, plats, etc, preparatory to order
ing the final survey of number of grants
that have been confirmed by the U. s
court of private land claims. The sur.
veyor general, however, can not act In the
premises until the claimants of the grants
SO confirmed shall have first complied
with the law and made the proper appli
cation for survey to his Office, accom-
panying the Same with copy of the de-
cree of the U. S. land court. Among the
grants referred to by the general lane
office in its communication to the, sur
veyor general are the following: City OF
Albuq uerque, Bernabe Montana, Martinez
City of Socorro, Francisco Monies Vigil
Pacheco, Nuestra Sonora del Rosario Sar
Fernandez Santiago.
OFFICIAL NOTES.
Chief Deputy U. 8. Marshal Loomit
will arrive from Las Vegas tonight with
nine U. s. prisoners sentenced to the
penitentlary for various terms.
The splendid new brick school building
at Springer is to be dedicated next Fri
day. Gov. Thornton, ex-Gov. Prince ant
Hon. Amado Chaves are among the invited
guests.
1t is expected that Hon. Hiram Hadlel
will soon retire as president of the agri
cultural college. Mr.. s. P. McCrea, now
register of the U. s. land Office at La
Cruces, it is rumored will succeed him.
james B. Lazear, U. s. bank examiner
who has been at Del Norte, Colo, TO
several weeks looking after defunc
bank, came in on the narrow gauge las
night and is stopping at the Palace. H
is en- route to the southern part OF tn
territory.
There are five troops of the LIST cavalr.
stationed at Fort Grant, and two at Bay
ard; at Fort Bowie, A. T., are two troop
of the I'd cavalry; at Fort Wingate, ar
six troops of the I'd; at Fort Huachuc
are two, and at Fort Apacha, A. L., one
All of these troops can be massed alonl
: the frontier within forty-eight hours,
Gen. McCook sees fit to call them out t.
suppress the Mexican rebels now threat
ening the border near Deming. -