Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-12-15
HERE'S MORE TROUBLE.
k00mers and BOarders Notified by
Custodian Gable to Vacate the
Fort Marcy Reserve.

Fort Marcy Reserve.
There is more trouble on in military
circles. This time the Fort Marcy colony
is involved. Recently Ned Gold circu-
lated and secured signatures as follows
to the appended self-ex planatory petit
ton.
Hon. D: R. Francis, Secretary of the Interior,
Washington, d, c.
Santa Fe, N. NJ, Dec. 2, 1S96.-Sir: We,
the undersigned, are citizens of the city
of Santa Fe, N. NJ, engaged In business
either as hotel keepers, boarding house
keepers or keepers of furnished rooms.
We rely for our living upon patronage,
which, however, is not very extensive
here now. We beg to call your attention
to the fact that the Fort Marcy reserva-
tion, which is now under the Jurisdiction
of your department, consists in part of
fourteen residences, houses heretofore
occupied by the officers of the garrison
stationed here. Each one of these houses
now has tenant, rent free, through the
of Thos. p. Gable, the
postmaster, who is custodian. We do not
impugn his right to let these houses for
rent or without rent. With two excep.
tions, we believe, these tenants are hold
ers of government offices. The letting
of these houses re at free has rendered
rentable property less valuable. Land
lords, owners of property, can not find
tenants. This is an injury, the effect of
which you can understand without ex-
PLANTATION. But we are directly affected
by the fact that each one of the tenants,
government Office holders, as aforesaid,
This Is situation that ought not to be
tolerated, and we believe that when you
comprehend the matter rs it is you will
take steps to have remedy applied.
We append list of those who occupy
these army quarters, with statement of
the positions which they hold under the
government and the number of boarders
or roomers they accommodate as far as
we can learn: M. p. Moore, deputy COL
lector of internal revenue, one roomer
and boarder; Geo. p. Money, assistant U.
s. attorney, none now; Rosecrans, clerk
to U. 8. marshal, none; j. l.. Zimmerman,
clerk in surveyor.general's office, four
roomers; W. B. Price, saloon keeper, one
roomer; Mrs. Maud Hurt, clerk in sur
veyor-general's Office, one roomer; Capt.
W. Brady, son deputy clerk of court,
one boarder; E. B. Linnen, clerk in sur
veyor-general's office, one roomer; Thos.
P. Gable, postmaster, none now; Herman
Claussen, occupies no position, two
roomers and boarders.
Some of US are soldiers widows de-
pendent upon room rent for livelihood,
one at least of such widows not being the
recipient of pension because her hus-
band served only eighty.seven and not
ninety days in the army.
we ask you to do us simply Justice by
putting an end to the renting of these
houses; if not that, we beg that you have
'he practice of room renting and boarder
keeping done away with,
Very respectfully,
John T. Forsha, Exchange hotel; John W.
Conway, Bon Ton hotel; Aniceto Abeytia,
furnished rooms; Mrs. j. W. Patterson,
furnished rooms; Mrs. Aaron Gold, fur
nished rooms; Luigi Napoleone, lodging
house; II. B. Motley, Cafe Delmonico;
Lonis Felsenthal, Cafe Delmonico; Mi
guel Alire, furnished rooms; VIM. Mar
tin, furnished rooms; Mrs. Julia Will
liams, furnished rooms; Mrs. Mary
Slavin, furnished rooms; Mrs. Hattie
Cooley, boarders; Mrs. N. Lewis, board.
ers; Mrs. Jose Roibal, furnished rooms;
Mrs. e. Schnepple, furnished rooms;
Mrs. R. H. Taylor, furnished rooms;
Mrs. jeff. Davis furnished rooms; Mrs.
A. P. Hogle, furnished rooms; Mrs. A.
Call, furnished rooms; Josie jackson,
furnished rooms; Mrs. A. Bischoff, fur.
nished rooms; VIM. Vaughn, proprietor
Palace hotel; G. @. McAllister, manager
Palace hotel; Mrs. s. Herlow, furnished
rooms.
The above petition was duly presented
0 Postmaster Gable, custodian of the
ort Marcy property, who at once issued
formal letter to all house occupants On
no reserve as follows:
IT. ----, Fort Marcy, N. NJ:
Santa Fe, N. NJ, Dec. -, 1896-Dear
department of the interior has,
my request, granted you permission to
ccupy house as residence on the
abandoned Fort Marcy reservation" the
My consideration for such privi- ]
ge being that you keep the property oc.
1pied by you in repair at your own ex-
ense.
Numerous complaints have been made
me by boarding house and hotel keep.
9, and other Taxpayers and property
1ners, that several persons, occupying !
lildings on said abandoned reservation l
. letting rooms and keeping boarders.
ou can readily see the injustice done to
ose who pay such expenses as are nee. q
sary to conduct hotel or boarding e
'use, and furthermore, the government
axes no charge to You for the use of the
Hiding, and has made no provision for
nting or letting them, or any part of
EN-.
Therefore, should you desire to con.
Tue the occupancy of building on a
. reservation, must request that with b
little delay as possible You cease to F
rooms or keep boarders. This is sent
U in the interest of all parties residing q
the reservation. Very Respectfully. K
THOMAS P. GABLE, te
Custodian. m
The above petition, together with Mr.. 81
ble's letter in the premises, has been
'warded to the secretary of the interior. n,
snow fake hominy, dried green peas, 4;
arl hominy, pigs feet, tripe, rare-bits, N
cream cheese, all kinds of sausaQes, ~
ne, fresh oysters, dressed poultry, best
amery butter in the city ETC., at THE ~
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