Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1901-08-31
INCOMPETENCE OF VANCE.
His Neglect Of Duty Injurious to New
Mexico.
Why Nc SHOULD DC RETIRED.

Tho facts given below show the
exact agurcs as taken from the Official
records OF the general land Office Mt
Washington IN relation 10 the survey.
or generals once IN Now Mexico. The
FIRST column shows the year. the
next the amount appropriated by the
secretary OF the interior for use by
The surveyor general for surveys Of
public lands. the next column the
actual amounts uf all surveys let by
the surveyor general and the next col.
umn the actual amounts that have
been paid ont for surveys by the gen.
cral land Office Take for instance the
year 1881 The amount appurtionod
Co New Mexico by the secretary was
10000 The surveyor general let
contracts for only &i3S7 The
amount actually paid out by the com
missioner OF the general land office
has beer only. fOr that year. sl32.a2
Now, some may think and say that the
amount turned back into the treasury
would be- the difference between the
$4,000 apportloned and the fi.887.
the amount of the contracts. hut this
~ not Sc. The land officials at Wash.
ington say that the whole $4,000 is
actually turned back into the treas
ury, except The sum of si32g2. actual
~ paid out So when The contracting
surveyors accounts are examined by
the surveyor general and general land
office and probably rc.oXaminod by
both several timos, the poor surveyor
who has now been out of his money
Tor over three years, must wait for
four OF Eve years tlll the secretary OF
the treasury makes application 10 con.
Eress Tor this claim aud congress. m
a year or two allows b. and siX
munth1 ur "a year later the claim %
paid; provided the surveyor has NOT
died at starvation or old age In the
meantime
Owing 90 practically the whole
amount rpportionOl for 1889 having
been tufnOd back into the treasury
The secretary of the interior cat on
81 000 in tho amount apportinnpd Co
New Mexico. giving IL % other states
OF territories where toe surveyor gen.
eial used up all thnt was appurtioneI
10 him bnd loudly called Tor moro.
So in 1900 only 81 900 was appouioned
~ New Moyico. and of this amount
contracts were lot for only s3iD5.75.
and only $50 has been paid ont hy the
commi aaioucr So that IL might boz
said that tho whole $4,000 has pra a.
cally been turuca back into the treas.
ury. and thu poor surveyors who hny
now waited nearly two years for their
pay will have t0 wait probably three
four or Eve years Tor O.. IL they got
A.
what is stu worsc. the whole Is 600
for 1900 having practically been
turned back into che treasury th.
secretary may cat the appropriation
for tho next aud succeeding wears tn
$4,000 ur $4,000. cor cut 70 on alto.
pether. particularly 10 the present sur
yoyor general retains his Office tn.
year 1888 shows about the same.
But the half has not been told.
Take up the matter OF private land
claim surveys where millions upon
millions 0f acres Of private land
grants have hoen approved By the
court Of private land claims or con.
firmed hy congress and are cscapinr
an taxation for the territory, county
schools and city because not surveyed
the record iH even worse Tn 1898 the
amount apportiuned for surveys al
private land claims IN New Mexico
was $4,000 contracts let. Si1eg.6n
and nearly an WAS turned back lnfu
porsiouei $4,000 contracts let g..
bS5T6. and nearly an turned back int
the troa sury ln 1900 there was a1
portionci $4,000; contracts let 81.
SS53b. aud nearly an over $4,000
was turned back into the Treasure
Owing 90 tins fact iho amount appnr
toned for 1901 was $4,000 n loss Of
$4,000 certain 90 the territory Con
tracts lot that year SAFES most
turned back into tho treasury Th'
present surveyor general has cause
New Mexico 10 lose $50 600 that
should have been expended la sur
views of public lands private Hand
claims and mineral surveys and scat
tered among the people. $50 that man,
thousands of more taxes could haY'
been collected ON patented Lands
grants and mines what shall De- On,
outcome of 1899 ON which the Wash
ingt0n officials are now proceeding
God alone knows. Comparisons an,
gdiour, but tho odinm he this cas-.
should Dee hcaped mountain higl
whore it belongs.
In Oklahoma whose active delegate
fought Tor hig appropriations ans
whose surveyor neral expended u
every acre of land has been surycye'
end no appropriations arc now mad'
for that TERRITORY .o that New Mes
leo could EDt that much more b.
merely fh0wing that she wanted
needed and would use a. Think O
n. All uf Oklahoma lands suryoye
Ia six years. New Mexico In tifty-iiy
years has not half lts lands surveyed
IN Oklahoma 3enn 400 acres Kiow,
Comancha. Apache Wichita India
stfH
Voya and plnte accepted by the secrs
tary. surveyors paid making $4,000
profit. U0u Indians placed on allu
ments. ESQ 600 acres of gruzlug land
set aside. hundreds OF thousands Il
acres fog educational charitable an
public building purposes approved
IA. 900 homo .toadB located $500 90
town lots sold money in the Unite
States treasury. ul in four MONTH
Would New McXico'H surveyor goa
oral get through such Job In thlrt
years?
More odium 90 ho piled up MOI
tana gets $4,000 appouloned and u
tlo Idaho sl2 600. They use Il an
cry for more Poor New MeXicol Ca
the surveyor general explain why D
has thruttlod the people uf Las NCgi
and San Miguel county, as II wor
hy holding up the las Vegas graz
for over three vpara7 Has not his a
tinD as an obstruction IN the matte
OF making mineral surveys and hol
ing up mineral surveys after bell
made aroused tie miners of the hu
bred districts Of New Mexico almu
to CxaBporatinu2 Don't forget the Hu
voyor general draws his salary, eve
cent of IL. every quarter, none Of Oh
goes over from three TO Eve years.