Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-03-03
new MAP HAS
MANY FLAWS
It Is Incomplete, Incorrect and It's
Spelling of the Names of Local
tiles Is to Say the Least,
Erratic and Misleading.

| 1he new map or New Mexico. issued
by the department of the interior
while the best to be had. is still SO far
from being accurate or complete that
new edition, with proper corrections
and additions. should be demanded by
Delegate B. S. Rodey. In the matter
of orthography, the nomenclature is
bewildering. Within an inch of space
occur the words Cochito, Cochita and
| Cochiti the words JameZ, Jemez and
Jemes. Then there is Russian look
ing appellation of consonants, Cebbllo
probably intended for Cebolla. Pen.
teda and Pintada, Progresso instead
of Progreso; Aqua de Loba, Servilleta
and Sevilleta; Cabczon and Cabazon,
when Cabezon is probably intended /;
Tuerco and Tuerto; Heurta instead of
Huerta Ojo Calienta and Caliente
San Domingo and Santa Domingo;
San Felipe and Santa Felipe; Guada.
lupe and Guadalupe, Chimaya, ,Cerilos,
Cerrillos, and Cerrilos; Cerre Verde Los
Alamas, Espirita Santo; Durro Canon !;
Mantano fnd Manzano, and many 9th
er misspellings or double and triple
spellings Of the same names occur. In
one-half of the instances names con-
sisting of two words are spelled as
one such as Whiteoaks, Penablanca,
Laluz, Elrito, etc, while in the other half
the original two words are given like
La Trinchera, Las Cruces, Las Vegas.
The old Spanish Yldefonso appears i'm
mediately above Ildefonso, and Vaca
near Baca. Thus, in almost every
county these glaring inconsistencies
exhibit lack of care or lack of knowl-
edge or both.
The Arroyo Hondo appears as a
mighty river system in Santa Fe Coun-
ty but there is not even hair line to
indicate that there is such stream
as the Santa Fe River and according
| to the map, Santa Fe is situated in a
waterless desert. Places like French
which have only section house, or
places like Buckman's abandoned over
a year ago, appear prominently on the
map, while an important railroad
junction point like Kennedy is conspi
cuous by it's absence, as are also places
like Hagan, Tesuque, Aqua Fria, Santa
Clara Pueblo, La Madeira, San An
tonito, Palma and other settlements
and postoffices which have at least 81
to 100 and more inhabitants and arc
from two to two hundred years old
| Way out in the wilds of Valencia and
Socorro Counties, old ruins are fndi
Gated conspicuously on the map,
while there isn't feck or speck to
indicate the 10000 cliff dwellers ruins
in the Pajarito Park. 20 miles west OF
Santa Fe. The Albuquerque East
ern Railway which isn't built as yet
and may not be built for some time
is indicated, while the New Mexico
and Southwestern Railroad in Rio Ar
riba County, nearing completion and o.
which % miles were finished severa
months ago, is not marked at all. Els
pamela is still in Santa Fe County &C
cording to the map although the las
legislative assembly annexed it to Ri
Arriba County. and the Oscuro pre-
cinct still fingers in Socorro County
although by legislative enactment !
belongs to Otero County. San Idefon
SO is west of the Rio Grande instead
of on the east of it, where it was wheI
last heard from.
In many respects the latest postof
flee map of New Mexico, as well a!
the sheets covering New Mexico ISSUED
by the United States geologic surve!
are much more accurate, consisten
and complete as to New Mexico geo
graphy than is the map issued by thu
interior department. and it is a won
der that they were not consulted IL
compiling the new map.