Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-09-27

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old pueblo just northeast of Allerton; and
on tho west by line running north and
south through the same point; altogether
about 5000 acres. In other words, that
pueblo constitutes
THE NORTHWEST CORNER
of She confirmed grant; and none of the
property lying north or west of the canon
of Cochiti is in the confirmed grant
The effect of this is to throw open the
most valuable part of the Cochiti district,
Bland and it's surrounding country, and
Allerton also lying without the grant.
The attorneys in this case were Judge
Laughlin, Mr.. j John H. Knaebel, Mr.. g. H.
Gildersleeve, Mr.. G. H. Toll and U. S. At
torney Reynolds. The latter on behalf
of the government made a very brilliant
argument. Mr.. Toll and Mr.. Glider
sleeve had been employed by the miners
of the Cochiti district and both have
worked in season and out of season for
their good cause. Mr.. Toll spent forty
days personally inspecting the entire
Cochiti country. Mr.. Glldersleeye also
spent several weeks there and sent to
Peru to get statement from
PROF. AID. F. BANDALIER,
the noted Archaeological, who had devoted
months in studying the Cochiti region;
Mr.. Gildersleeve also personally searched
the government archives and developed
the original of Diego de Vargas official
diary, over 200 years old, that directly
referred to the Cochiti country and the
several grants in that locality.
THE REAL EFFECT OF THE DECISION
is to throw open as public domain all
that vast territory wherein are grouped
the principal mines of the Cochiti dis
trict. The grant claim was for $4,000
acres which took in Pine, Cola and Pc
rata canons, Allerton, Bland City and the
rich adjacent territory, but the act of
confirmation gives the claimants scarcely
5000 acres in the "Canada de Cochiti"
lying east of the Alerton TOWNSHIP and
south of the original pueblo of Cochiti-
where De Vargas found the Indians en-
trenched in the year 1894 and whence, four
years after he conquered the pueblos of
Santa Fe, he, after many hard battles, sue
ceeded in dislodging them and brought
them out of this wilderness of rocks to
the Rio Grande valley and located them
in new pueblo which they to-day oc-
cupy.
THE MINERS CELEBRATING.
The news of the decision was telephon-
ed over to Allerton and Bland ard at
o'clock message came stating that the
whole district was celebrating.
The full text of the courts opinion in
this famous case is now being copied and
will appear in these columns tomorrow.
In the New MEx1oANs map herewith
presented the little white space east of
Allerton, between the Cochiti canon and
Pine canon and the Rio Grande, covers
the 5000 acres confirmed to-day. 1t will
be seen that this space in no wise conflicts
with the mining claims.
The court rendered several other i'm
portant decisions this morning.
One was the confirmation of the Santa
Barbara grant in Taos county. Judge
Laughlin and Mr.. &. Hill Howard repre-
sented the claimants, M. Martinez and
others. The amount involved is 18,4S9.33
acres.
The court rejected the claim to the
Pueblo de San Antonio de Ysleta and dis
missed the petition filed in this case.
This property is 1856 square leagues in
Ell Paso county, Texas, and Dona Ana
county, N. NJ. The claimant was the city
of Isleta and a Chicago irrigation COM
pany was also interested and their attor-
neYs were Mr.. Zeno B. Clardy, of Ell Paso,
and Mr.. Ernest Dale Owen, of Chicago.
The court is to-day hearing the Ignacio
Chaves claim, involving 243,056.43 acres
in Bernalillo county. Mr.. Walter P. Mil
Ter and others are the claimants and
Messrs. Yroom, Purdy, John H. Knaebel
and E. A. Fiske are the attorneys inter.
ested.
THE STAGE LINE.
Mr.. Andy Horn, the Cochiti stage man,
had conference last evening with Supt.
T.J. Helm, of the narrow gauge, and the
result thereof will be awaited with no
small degree of interest by the business
men of this community.
/ AS uas dlreduy DooA dHnouuccu, VT.
Horne ia running Concord coaches daily
between Santa Fe, Allerton and Bland
City, and his object in comforting with
Mr.. Helm is to have the D. d r. &. road
place on sale at all its Colorado stations
coupon tickets via Santa Fe to these two
principal points in the Cochiti country.
Mr.. Helm not only said he would use his
best efforts to this end but would also in
slst on q through express service over
this stage line. He takes the subject up
! at once with the D. & r. G. officials.
Mr.. Horn also interviewed Postmaster
Gable, and that gentleman has written a
strong letter to the postal department
urging that daily mail service be estab-