The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-06

a similar inscription in Spanish appears on
the Mexican side OF the shaft On the east side
OF each are figures indicating its number. and
on the west side are two sockets placed near the
top to receive a flagstaff or range pole. No. l Is
Paso; No. 25S is a few yards from tho sea, near
San Diego. Cal.
in nineteen months. 1t included the topography
OF a belt three and ~one-half miles wide on each
side of the o G%Sn Tnsa n. Each n.ea.s sert'S Sa,s OF Z, The he
Rether. Monuments Nos. @55 and 25o. being
located at important points md in the midst OF
a thickly settled country. were carefully and
handsomely rebuilt OF granite and marble. The
original monuments had been nearly carried
away piecemeal BY relic hunters. but as much
of the old material as remained was utilized.
and the new monuments are now surrounded
by fences of steel pick cts eight feet high, which
will protect them from future vandalism.
Some of the monuments were set in places
where the proper point fell. upon the side of a
~bristlinG cliff or upon the crest of a dizzy
there. Monument No. l53 Is boiled to the crest
Of the Cerro de Ia Lesna,. a peak rising abruptly
Arizona. It's sides are almost perpendicular.
The name, which means The Anvil" Is particu-
larly approximate. and the top Of the crest Is not
more than one foot, square. Yet q monument
was placed there. Joe Wheeler of Tennessee. q
daring and cool-headed climber. succeeded in
n line and tackle fast to the peak. by which
others gained the height. 1t was necessary to
give su Efficient room for the base of the monu-
ment. but 1t was finally erected, and now forms
a conspicuous landmark.
Tho Commissioners are qtite modest in de-
scribing their pcrils and suffering. for when
they crossed the Tule and Yuma deserts tho
water for men and animals had to be hauled
100 miles. and while they were working at So
noytH the mean temperature was l"6' in the
performed under greatdificulty and embarrass-
ments: yet not a man was III, nor an animal
died from causes due TO the heat or natural
On the edge Of the Tule desert is the Tijanns
receptacles, and desiEnates natural tanks hol-
lowed in the rocky mountain side. There ara
several Of these tanks, ranged one above tho
successfully from, the topmost downward.
Usually n tolernhle supply Of warm. vnp!d
water, covered with green scum, is to he found
IN some OF these tanks. tf not in the lowest,
then in next, or the next above.
The third great desert crossed by the interna-
t!onal boundary occupies southern. California
from the Colorado 10 the walls of the coast
range. Tho fold party worked across this in
early summer. Although not the hottest, at
that season, the Colorado desert is always hot
1t stretches away, far as the eye can reach; a
yellow Elit,eTing Cxpanse OF P&pwdery sands.
nearly as volatile as water. The slightest
breeze whisks them up and bears them on in
shown in the fact that in one night a sand dune
twenty-six feot high often forms or disappears.
Frequently tho air becomes so thoroughly inn
pregnated with flying sands that vision Is ut
teriy obscured. NothinG whatever can be dis
tingnishcd, the driver can see no trace o: his
team or OF the person sharing his seat; Such
storms may last u few minutes Or n few days.
1t was often necessary to screen the face from
the biting Winds. However. not a case of sun
stroke occurred on the survey. Upon the sandy
plains. where the heat is %grentest. tho air holds
to work when the mercury in tho shade indi-
Gated from 100 to l"3o. The nights were
strangely cool. Tho men got In the tiold as early
as possible In the morning. but from II O'Clock
until 3 no work was possible. the heat causing
the atmosphere to WAIVER or flicker. This rem
~ fhAi ~ - fv1 m aut 4 ~ q "a Iha IIn
The mysterious mirage. of which much has
been told. was everywhere seen along tho
OF scattered boulders appeared to the view OF a
party of employees ms u small and regularly
blocks of buildings defined. The illusions Of
distant lake.. with images of waving trees
mirroTea III their clear, cGol depthhT J, were most
across the plain took unto himself the proper
lions OF " fulI;erown steer.
Only one point was left unsettled by tho Com
arbitration, as il Involves tho ownership of
tween the cities OF hi Paso aud Ciudai Juaraz.
Under the treaty Of 1888 the Rio Grande Is the
boundary between the two nations from Ell Paso
east, but 1t has proved u very unreliable marker
and frequently changesit its course withont notice
during The sprirE Hoods. Sometimes it strays
over into Mexican territory and sometimes IL
takes a short cut across the possessions OF
Uncle SAN; BIT no notice has been taken ! nro Of
ticaily yaluelcss. and the middle of the river
Is considered the boundary wherever II happens
TO be-. But in this particular case the disputed
tract is worth considerable money. and is owned
by citizens of the United States. II includes all
within twenty feet OF the Santa 70 Railroad
station. This land was originally In Mexico,
and would be there still II the river had not
changed It's course, Now, however,, IL II on The
north side OF the stream, md the AmGrlranS
who own IL insist that IL IL n part OF the | nlted
States. They have protected their property by
bikes, so that the Rio Grande cannot tiansier IL
again Ia Mexico. ana tho question Will have 10
be- referred 10 arbitration for final settlement.
on the 9th of May. 1890. q treaty, was con-
cluded between Mexico and tho Cntted states
for the appointment of a Commission 10 inves-
1 tiEate and report upon various questions bear