Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-09-29
RIGHTLY SETTLEDl
The COChiti Land Grant Suit
Decided.
The Miners Win From Top to
Bottom.
A Decision Pav.rabi. 70 the Peer,
AEaisst the sharks.
REJOICING kyERYwHERE.

@S' N'"' yeseSfuAy, eAye "
Santa Pe New Mexican, rendered u
people Of New hsrieo = great service !
th. decision of the Cochiti csses wi,ho,
moment Of Unnecessary delay.
The argument Of the last of hese a.ss
was completed only las, Tuesday, an
while u was announced by the eoart ths
'ts decision would be rendered ., q
early date. II was hardly thought that
woah b- able 10 arrive q, . eonclusio
thus early The decisions, however. cam
yesterday, and a. q result q very larry
tract OF extremely valuable land has bee,
REhroRHD TO ras rublic DOMAIN.
The practical effect Of the d.c,sion wi,
be the Inauguration ~ an era of gr.s
prosperity for Coehit, and for New Mex
TOO.
As stated In hess columns . few day
ago. there were hv- e"nhieting CLAIMS I.
the Cochiti property The first ~ th-ss
was the Ri o de los Prijoles grant, Ia
which G.org. N Fletcher and o,h.r
were claimants The tract claimed under
this grant started q, the Rio Grande aud
ran westward into the Cochiti district,
This claim was argued ably for the pc
,niousrs som. days ago by M.ssrs J. II.
Puriy and J. w. vroom. The court.
however, repdcred decision this morn.
ing
nnJncriha rBx FRlJoLss CLAM
and taking the position tha, there Was M
grant. and thai the righ, TO ~, lemeut
vas Dsrsly psr.issive On the part Of the
aovsrunsat.
The nsxt claim vas the Borr~go Springs
grant. the western part of which vas
claimed 10 coincide with the Cochiti prop.
srty. The court confirmed this morning
only tAsa part Of this claim lying south Of
the Cochits grant. This oou6rmsd ,srri.
tory bsgins At the soutbsrn boundary Of
the (ochiti Indian lands, runs north two
leagues and wsst from the Jemss pueblo
two ls~xues. The confirmation covers
10000 scres. whereas the original claim
was fur 10000 aerss. Judge Lauxhlin
and Mr.. J. H. Pardy represented the
claimsnts, Joss Albino Bsca and others,
In this casa.
The third conflicting claim was the San
Jose Springs grant. which lay mostly
southwest Of the Cochih grant. This
was confirmed according 70 the boundar.
lee In the original act Of juridicai possss-
sion, the confirmed territory amounting
to four sQuAre leagues. None Of this
property, however, was confirmed TO the
extent Of conflicting with the Coehi,i
grant.
The fourth o.'naictins grant. the Psrai.
"a elaiu,
covsnsxa Asovf coz, 900 ACRES
and including al the foregoing tracts,
was rsisssed ysstarday.
These tour dseisious cleared the wsy
for tho Issue between the govsrausut and
the holders Of the Canada de Cochisi
grant, and n was jos, here that the bat.
tie royal Of Tie whole controversy took
place. The decision In ,his claim was
looked forward 70 with the sreases, In.
ssrest. - II vas regarded - the oldest
and most formidsbls that the govern.
meat would have 10 eontsad with. Az
announced yesterday the main poin. of
eoutsnttu was a. 10 the location Of the !
north boundary, the government con-
tending tAa. THE boundary was located |
81 the ruined pueblo Of Cochiti, In the |
Cochisi canon. near Allsrtoa. and the |
claimants contsnding that the northern
boundary wss the Pueblo v,ejo, six miles
farther north The dscissSn Of the court
was . sweeping victory for the govsrn-
msnt and the miners. for no. only did
they hold that the northern boundary
vas the old Pueblo de Cochiti, n-sr Al
lsrton, but they held thai the western
boundary. 90 well. russs through the
same point north and south. This dseis-
Ion wAs rendered by Judge sluss aud
was eoncurrsd In by the whole court,
TEE nvvscs
Of this h 70 maks the confirmed CochiA
grant the property bounded on the south
BY the north boundary Of the land be-
longing 10 The Cochi,i Indians, on the
sass ~ shs Rao 0rasds, on the north by
. iins running east and west through the
old pasblo suss northsAs, Of Alisrscni and
90 the west by line running north and
scath through the same paints altogether
about 5000 acres. In othsr words. ths,
pueblo constitutes
raz soRfawnsr o0asHs
of the eonfrasd grant, and none Of the
properly lying north or west Of the canon
u coehiti 10 In the eoaar~sd sr~a,.
The sGsea of this n 10 Throw nm, the