Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-05-14
N. NJ, WEDNESDAY, MAY IA, 1902.
The NEW MEXICO
BOUNDARY Line
Provisions Ars TO Be Made in the GeneraI De.
ficisncy Bill for tho Surrey Of the New
Msxico.--CoIorado and Texas
Boundaries.
QUITE A NUMBER OF PERMANENT
MILITARY CAMPS MAY Be ESTABLISHED.

Provisions will no doubt be made il
the general deficiency bill when it comes
to the United States senate for the re
survey of the boundary line between
Colorado and New Mexico. The interior
department is at present engaged II
making estimates OF the cost of this
survey. This will be forwarded to Sen
a.og Taller with the recommendations
that an appropriation be made and the
department al.uuu"izea TO undertake the
work. The estimate of cost will be in
the neghborhood of $4,000.
/ 1t is q well known fact that the line
separating Colorado and New Mexico Is
rather an indefinite affair. The town OF
Edith, which lies to the south of Pagosa
Springs, has alternately lain In. New
Mexico, in Colorado and on the line foI
MANY wears. The Colorado state legis-
lature appointed commission to decide
lust where the town OF ifdith did really
lie, but for some reason or other THIS
commission has not yet acted. Senator
Teller considers it to be the place Of the
government to determine the state
boundary lines once and for all, and he
will therefore, after obtaining assurance
that the interior department Is wiling
to re-survey the New Mexico Colorado
boundary line, proceed to ask that the
necessary funds be voted.
The line in question was superhclaii
surveyed in 1868, and has since that
time been more or less vague. 1t was
originally intended that it should run on
the 37th parallel, but the surveyors IN
running the line from the southeastern
corner of the state started it at right
angles to the meridian there, and ran 1t
for many miles without making any al
lowance for the curvature OF the earth rs
surface. In this sipshod fashion the
line was carried across the meridian
bounding Colorado on the west, and was
never rectified. The location OF several
valuable mining claims is said to be IN
jeopardy or account of this state OF
affairs.
MORE MONEY FOR IRRIGATION
EXPERIMENTS
The senate committee on agriculture
has reported the agricultural appro-
priation bill 1t increases the amount
of the house bill for irrigation investi-
cations from s5O,0OO to $4,000, and also
adds $4,000 for experiment stations.
SANTA FEE SHOULD GET AFTER
ONE.
The house committee on military af-
fairs has decided to disapprove the
proposition suggested by Secretary
Root Of establishing four large military
concentration camps in different sec
tions of the United States. Secretary
Root has been anxious to establish
four large permanent camps, one on
the Pacific coast, two east of the Mis-
sissippi river and one in the Rocky
mountain region, where large bodies of
troops might be modified for field
drills, sham battles and other maneu-
yers The house committee maintains
that large camps are not desirable but
favors the creation of number OF
smaller camps, where troops from
three or four adjoining states may be
mustered for practice drills and this
plan may be adopted.
HOMESTEAD CONTESTS.
Senator Hansbrough has introduced a
bill allowing the registers of the var
ious land offices and the receivers of
public moneys to receive a fee of IS for
each case where contests are entered
over homestead entries. This measure
Is intended to prevent indiscriminate
contests against the holdings Of home
steaders in the west.