The herald., 1894-09-14
BOUNDARY SURVEY.
AFTER MORE THAN TWO YEARS
1T is FINISHED.
Only Thirty-Six of the Original Fifty
Two Monuments Found-The
Others Rebuilt and 2O6
More Erected.

Colonel J. w. Barlow. chief of the
American commission to resurvey and
erect monuments on the boundary be-
tween Mexico and the United States. bas
arrived here, says the San Francisco Ex-
aminer, having completed the work in
which he has been engaged two and
half years.
The distance surveyed was 700 miles,
from Ell Paso, on the Rio Grande, to the
Pacific. near San Diego. A force OF 80
men was engaged.
The colonel says that originally 81
monuments were erected along the line.
Tho commissioners found that only SO
remained. They rebuilt the others and
erected 206 more, making 25S in all.
The Mexican commission, OF which
Jacobo Blanco was chief, appointed to
act with the American commission,
worked along with them.
Colonel Barlow says there was one
place where they found no monuments
for over 100 miles. There was another
place where monument was found
mile south of the true American line.
This mile strip extended ct this point
for 80 miles. There were some other in
sccuIaoies in the original survey, but
they were not material enough to necessi.
tate changes in the old monuments. The
Msxicans were satisfied with the appar-
ent boundary, and they let it stand.
Even the mile strip for 32 miles did not
disturb them. They were willing to let
it 60 as it was.
TAXPAYERS IN TWO REPUBLICS.
In some cases the monuments showed
the line to be on Amer rican soil, but there
was not enough difference to cause re-
survey. The two commissions got along
very hsrmoniously, and both were salts.
fed. Some American ranchers along
the line who had paid their taxes to the
United States found to their chagrin that
they were on Mexican soil. Likewise
some Mexicans found to their surprise
that they were living outside the realm
of President Diaz.
'It was long and arduous undertak-
ing" said chief Barlow, "but we fniah-
ed it at last. We started in at Ell Paso,
and from that point worked west steadi-
ly. We passed over much desert and
some valleys that would be fertile if
there wac any way OF storing water. We
also passed over many mountain ranges,
notably the Sierra Madres. A great deal
OF the country was rough and wild.
There were great many antelope
swarming over the plains in some places.
We alao saw deer and bear, besides
mountain sheep. The men OF our party
got antelope and sheep. DR.. Edgar A,
Mearns, assistant surgeon of the army,
was along with us as the naturalist OF
the expedition. 1t was the frat time q
trained naturalist had gone through the
country, and he made collections of
plants, animals, birds. fish and insects.
He got between 1000 and 5000 speci-
meDs in all. They were all very in nterest-
ing. and some were new. He was coll
lecting for the Smithsonian Institution
and the National Museum. He has
been ordered to Washington and will
finish his report there.
THE APACHE KID HovERED NEAR,
"As for my own report it has not yet
been completed. will finish it very
shortly, however, and will then forward
it. The country along the line has great
possibilities, but at present it is utilized
principally for stock growing. Last year
and this there has been considerable
rain, and the graas was very good, and
the stock did we'll. Before that two or
three years il WAS very dry. and the cat
tlemen lost heavily, some of them as
high as go or 70 per cent of their herds.
"The American commission consisted
ofmyself, Lieutenant ID. ID. Gaillard of tie
Engineer corps OF the army and A. r.
Mosman Of the Coast and Geodetic Sur
vey. The Mexican commission consist.
ed Of Senior Jacobo Blsnco as chief, Senior
CANA and Captain Martinez.
''The Apache Kid and his band hover
ed about us little in the San Luis and
Guadalupe mountains, but did not dis
turb US. They probably concluded we
were too many to attack. The Kid, any
way, is q sneak thief, and only attacks
travellers or isolated ranchers."
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