Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-17
WORK NEARLY DONE.
VALIANT WORK DONE ~ COURT
or PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS IN
sETTLINo NEW MEXICO
GRANTS.
First Annual Report Of Surveyor Gen
srat Morgan Llewellyn.

land claims has found 1t somewhat
dificult to keep busy the past year
and will md It still more dificult ia
do so until Its term expires by limi,
tation. The only cases still pending
before II are that Of the Nicolas Du.
ran dc Chaves grant which is held
under ~advisement, for a money judg.
ment for 1914 against the United
States for 40 acres sold by the United
States within the grant as confirmed,
and four grant surveys involving 49,.
039 acres, to-wit, the San Miguel del
Bado, $3.50 acres; Refugio Colony,
$4,000 acres; the Santa Teresa grant,
$500 acres. The business transacted
during the past fiscal year was the re-
lection Of the Sanchez land grant OF
4.42S acres. the Barela land grant Of
4,42S acres and the Galban grant Of
10000 acres. restoring to the public do
main 1886 acres. Besides, the fol.
lowing grant surveys were approved,
Gijosa 1924 acres; Canon do Chama
1,423 acres; Oto dc San Jose, 1887
acres; Pueblo Of Santo Domingo and
Pueblo Of San Felipe. LOTT acres;
6anto Tomas de Yturbide, 9.433 acres;
Santa Cruz, 1868 acres; 6anto Domin-
80 do Gu diyo. 2,t37 acres; Bartolome
Canchex. 4.470 acres; Lo de Padilla,
61,491 acres, = total Of 95,620 acres.
The court has done valiant work In
the matter Of settling land titles In
New Mexico and restoring to the pub
lie domain millions Of acres OF land
and the records Of some OF the pro-
ceedings before 1t, read like q 70
nance.
Santa Fc's bridges over the Santa
Fc river, or rather tho lack OF bridges
has been = standing disgrace to the
capital. Tho river runs through the
Of the city and lately owing to
the heavy rains which washed out the
to the wooden structures
the stream, II was hazardous for
teams to ros from the south side
TO the north side Of the city. The
board Of county commissioners today
decided to side In with those who
want 70 make Santa Fe q city beauti- |
Ful In addition 10 its being = city an
and q city historic. They en-
considerable opposition,
however. BY certain taxpayers. who
that the indebtedness Of the
has reached such proportions
to make bankruptcy. reputation or
! compromise . necessity Of the I'm
mediate future. There Is an available
Of $500 for building q new
bridge on Don Gaspar avenue which
street leads from the business center
the capitol and plans were adopted
or a fine. ornamental stone bridge.
he plans being by David M. White.
I will cost q good deal more than the
$500 on hand to build the bridge, nut
progressive citizens believe that the
is justified and viii pay
interest In the end.
Surveyor General Morgan Q. Level
yn has made his first annual report to
he Washington authorities Of the
mount Of work done by his ONCE
the past fiscal year. Moro men
re employed In the Office. of the sur
eyor general than In any other feder
! or territorial Office In New Mexico
nd the work done is Of the utmost
Importance to the people OF New
iexico. Surveyor General Llewellyn
makes a plea for bigger appropriations
Or the survey OF small holding claims.
here are applications fled for the
urvey Of 4,4s9 small holding claims
nd 1900 OF these have been awarded,
ONE Of them being from two to six
racts each, the entire number Of
racts TO DO surveyed being 1900.
'hese small holdings are mostly In or