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ALONG THE MEXICAN LINE.
now TIE BoUkDART BETWEEN THE
" REPUBLICS Is MARKED.
stone or Iron Monuments DeaiEaate 1t
T~hrouzhout the Neariy Seven Hun-
dred Miles from FL Pnso to che faeinc.

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throughout tbe Nearly Seven Hun-
dred Miies from FL Paso TO the Fseine.
From the chicago Record.
WA~sH1NoToN. Nov. need DO no
further controversy concerning territorial
rights on tho Mexican border. for the boundary
line has been resurveyed and remarked with
massive stone and iron monuments the entire
distance from FL Paso to the PACIFIC ocesn-a
little less than 700 miles.
From FL Paso east the Rio Grande IL the
boundary. The work was done by an intcrna-
tional commission. under q treaty concluded
between the United States aud Mexico on the
Goth of July, 1882, and a nnal report was sub
mitted to the Secretary of State yesterday by
Col. j. w. Barlow. Corps of Engineers, United
States army. 1t consists of 700 typewriter
pages, copiously illustrated with maps and
drawings and Photographic views. 1t Is signed
by all the Commission, and under the treaty
It's conclusions are binding upon both Govern
mcnts. The American Commissioners were
Lieut. Col. j. w. Barlow and First Lieutenant
d. ID. Gaillard, United States Engineers, and
Assistant A. L. Mosman OF the Coast and Geo
detic Survey. The Commissioner on the part OF
Mexico wero Seniors Don Jacobo Blanco. Valen-
tine CANA and Capt. Cnspar Martinez Caballos.
The Commission held its first meeting at Gu
dad Juarez In November. 1901. when a general
plan for carrying on the work In concert was
formed, and the actual labor began about the
lt OF February, 1902. when q party Of about
sixty persons, with the necessary animals,
wagons, camp equipments. supplies. and scien-
tifc instruments, went into camp on the site OF
monument l. on the Rio Grande. near Ell Paso.
The boundary was originally marked BY about
fifty monuments, but they were not Of a durable
character, and nearly all of them were dis
placed. decayed, or destroyed by vandals. The
Commission was able to identify the location of
forty-threc of them. and those which were par
TALLY remaining were restored and made per-
marent. The resurvey and remarking of this
boundary became necessary to prevent continual
controversies between citizens. civil officials.
and the military authorities of both countries.
Astronomical observations were made TO deter
mine the latitude and longitude OF the. first
monument and the precise location OF the
boundary. Stellar observations were also used
to verify the locations OF the original monu-
ments when they were found.
There are now 25S iron and stone monuments,
which gives an average of one TO every two ana
oGo.half miles, In many places, paart,Saiarly
not more than one mile apart, and the widest
interval is five miles. Conspicuous positions
were chosen for making them intervlsioie. and
There are only two monuments. throughout the
entire distance of 700 miles from which the
next one may not be Observed, No monuments
were set on that part Of the boundary formed
by the Colorado River. nor along the Rio
Grande.
stone twelve feet high and about SIX Feet In
diameter Mt the bnse were erected. In tho
deserts, where stones could not be found. iron
was used. The iron monuments are six feet
inches square at the top of the shafts, which ter
inmate in pyramids. They are oolteC to concrete
foundations. or to solid rock. whenever possible.
On the north face OF all monuments Is the in