Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-09-02
NEW MEXICO
Do Nothing Policy Of Surveyor Gen
eraI Vance.
NE SHOULD Be RETIRED.

OF all the outrageous, abominable
and contemplate proceedings in con
nection with the business of the sur
vCyOr generals Office In New Mexico
that in connection with private land
claims caps the climax.
For 1898, record book shows, ap
%propriated by congress, $4,000 for pri
vate land surveys; at the close OF
year books show paid out si9S.25, bal
ance turned back into treasury.
For 1899. appropriation by congress
fof private land surveys, $4,000; al
the close OF year books show paid out
StS2.52. balance turned back to treas
ury.
For 1900, appropriation by congress
$4,000; surveyor general lets con
tracts for only $~1.SS5.36; and all ex
cept a couple Of hundred dollars turn
ed back into the treasury. As n re
suit of so much going back into the
treasury and the surveyor general let
ting such small contracts, congress
cut the appropriation for 1901 down
to 10000, a loss of $4,000. II delegate
OF New Mexico does not pay some at
tentlon to congress and still more e
the surveyor generals office the next
congress may cut down the a%ppropria
ton for private land claims to $4,000
or cut II off altogether. Can the re
ports be true that have been quietly
circulating around the territory fol
several years that the present survey
or general stands In with the large
grant owners, for until their grants
are surveyed they escape all territory
county. school and city taxes.
But to return to the surveyor gen
erals report for 1899. During the
year seven contracts. Nos 1926, 33l
both inclusive were let; 81 contracts
under special instructions: II con
tracts being surveys and corrected
surveys Of private land claims. Some
OF the seven surveys of public lands
included surveys OF some small hold
ings. The owners OF small holdings
must have patience. As there are
nearly 5000 small holdings. and by
surveying two each year., all will be
surveyed in about $500 years. The
owners must have patience. Pa.
tioncel the bercaved husband cried,
as the tears rolled down his cheeks
and his friends tried to console him
IA his great grief. Patience, you say!
q hbN iuS' NhdN 4 ulu tIlluB uDDut
I asked Patience 1.-THE nurse Crib be.
fore we started from home on this
funeral II she would have me, and she
said no. II the people OF New Mexico
were asked II they wanted their pres.
mt surveyor general for another -four
years. the cry Of 80 out OF every 100
would ring out loud and distinct, No!
No! No. Not for that nor any other
position. The people should let their
cries ring out till they ring loud and
long around the ears of the president.
But to return to the report for 1899.
total measurements 1,462. Piteously
appealing over his own signature that
s15 900 are needed for surveys. and
how measurement Lace. Ye Gods
For mineral surveys 81 900 deposited.
Rejected all surveys OF II. T. Brown
under contract 291. CAS- 1899 con
tracts are 32G,332, and 1898 were 31i.
1926. then POI, must have been for 1896
or 1895. Five or six years from time
contract Is let till acted on Is quick
work. But to the report. Patents
There are in this Office patents to pri.
vate land claims which have not yet
been delivered to the %patentees, some
of which have been In this Office for
many years, and some measures
should be taken to compel claimants
to take out their patents and pay the
government m half the costs OF sur.
veying and plating the same as re.
qulred by law, but which law has not
yet In any instance been enforced IN
this territory. For proper and Just
cause | revoked the commission of
United StatesDeputy Mineral Survey.
1r, Walter q. Marmon. on October IA,
1898; and the commission of C. C..
Cotton. United States Deputy Mineral
Surveyor, February 8, 1899, and re,
ported the same to your Office" And
now comes that claim for the second
year OF plating the mineral district,
II Guiding that of claiming the 20 plat.
ted by former Surveyor General Eas.
ley. The report says: During the
said fiscal year mining district pla,s
we're completed for the II mining dis.
tr'cts In this territory, which required
the making of 1873 district plats. Els.
Inmates for l900-Suryeys public
lands, S25. 600; private land claims. s25..
OOO' survey general, $4,000; clerical
force in office, 1860: contingent ex.
Eenses, 8 .7OO; total. SOS, 300.