Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-11-09
Annual Appropriations for Max
ing Public Surveys.
Why STILL MORE Is NEEDED
The Large immigration TO the Ter
riiory on Account of undeveI-
oped Mineral Resources which
are just Now Claiming Exiraord-
mary Affsniion-WOrk Cut Our
by The Surveyor General.

The annual report of the commissioner
of the general land office contained the
following on Arizona: "Of the annual
| appropriation for surveying public
lands for the fiscal year ending June
80. 1899, the sum of $4,000 was ,appro-
J priated to the district of Arizona.
Under said apportionment nine con-
| tracts, aggregate liability s1O.O9S. were
awarded and approved. AS the aggre-
gate liability of the nine contracts en-
/ tered into and approved exceeded the
apportionment of $4,000 set aside for
the district of Arizona in the sum of
sos. this additional amount was set
aside for Arizona out Of the reserve
fund retained by this office from the
original appropriation.
There were also three sets of special
instructions (nunc pro tunc) issued dur
ing the year, payable from former ap-
preparations.
I'm his annual report the surveyor
general states that during the fiscal
year ten townships were surveyed, in
volving the preparation of ninety-one
plats and diagrams, and accompanying
transcripts of field notes embraced in
twenty-eight books.
THE special deposits made by indi-
viduals for office work and stationery
in connection with the survey of min
eral claims for the year ending June
so, 1892 amounted to S3,945; mineral
surveys ordered, eighty-nine; locations
embraced in said order, 166, mill sites,
four; mineral orders amended. twenty;
mineral surveys approved. fifty; min
eraI surveys pending. sixty; mineral
plats prepared, 2O9; transcripts of min
eral surveys, notes. reports. etc, fifty
THE number of miles surveyed dur
ing the year aggregated 623 miles
nineteen chains and thirty-nine links.
and embraced an area containing 1872
S5O.74 acres.
THE surveyor-general-e estimates that
the sum of s25,OOO will be needed during
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1901, for
the survey of the public lands. The
sum of $3O. 900 is estimated to be needed
for the survey of lands situated within
the limits of railroad grants, and $1,000
for the survey of private land claims.
making total estimate of $4,000 for
surveys in the district of Arizona for
the year ending June 80, 1901.
In explanation of said estimates the
surveyor general makes the following
statements, viz:
II estimated $4,000 for survey of the
public lands for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1900, and was awarded only
$4,000 for that purpose. There are
enough applications for surveys now
on file to have consumed the balance of
my estimate after exhausting the s1O,-
600 apportioned to Arizona.
There is a large immigration of
people to Arizona on account of her
valuable and almost undeveloped min
eral resources. This has created large
home market for agricultural products.
and made it possible for a profitable in
crease in the number of people engaged
in agricultural pursuits.
The lands v.hen irrigated are Won
derfully productive, but on account of
/ the cost of transportation of farm
products it does not pay to ship them
a great distance, consequently until
/ the last few years there has not been
much demand for agricultural lands.
/ The people have discovered the great
local demand for mining camps, and
/ the growing towns and cities for farm
products and believing the demand will
/ increase with years of development.
are now seeking surveys of the lands
recently included in forest reservations
by executive orders, seeking homes in
other portions of the territory.
. There will be several large grants
to survey during or prior to the fiscal
year ending June so, 1901.
/ II have applications on file from
the Santa Fe Pacific Railroad COM
pany, formerly the Atlantic & Pacific,
for the survey of thirty-twO town
ships within the limits of their grant.
- respectfully state that none of
the 100000 appropriation per act of
March ., 1895, and made continuous
fund for such surveys has been used
in the survey of such lands in Arizona,
though the railroad people have re-
newed their application yearly since
1896. Some of the above named fund
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