The Ketchikan mining news., 1907-02-22

lessen the protestant's objection to the proposed survey.
 Furthermore the execution and approval of the survey of the town site boundary as provided for will not jeopardize any valid mineral claims the protestant Company may possess within the limits thereof as it's interests are fully protected by law. See Section 16 of an Act of Congress approved March 3, 1891, entitled 'An Act to repeal the timber culture laws and for other purposes" (26 Statutes at Large, Page 1095) which is as follows:-
 'Sec. 16 That townsite entries may be made by incorporated towns and cities on the mineral lands of the United States, but no title shall be acquired by such towns or cities to any vein of gold, silver, cinnabar copper or lead, or to any valid mining claim or possession held under exist ing law. When mineral veins are possessed within the limits of an in- corporated town or city, and such pos session is recognized by local authority or by the laws of the United States, the tie to town lots shall be subject to such recognized possession and the necessary use thereof and when entry has been made or patent issued for such townsite to such incorporated town or city, the possessor of such mineral vein may enter and receive patent for such mineral vein, and the surface ground appertaining thereto:
 Provided, That no entry shall be made by such mineral vein claimant for surface ground where the owner or occupier of the surface ground shall have had possession of the same be- fore the inception of the title of the mineral-vein applicant.
 In considering this provision of law the Hon. Secretary of the Interior held in the case of Rulings vs. Ward Townsite as follows:
 "A townsite patent issued under the provisions of said section (refer- ring to the one just quoted will not disturb or impair rights under any valid mining claim or possession ex- isting at the time of the townsite entry, or deprive the Department of jurisdiction to subsequently, issue patent for fny such misp x, claim or possession On due sho1as t5f compli- ance with the mining law" (L. D., %, Pages 21-24.
 This decision was also reafiirmed in case of Nome and Shook Company vs. Townsite of Nome. (L. D., 34, Page 102).
 Yours trulfy
 Wm. L. Distin,
 Surveyor General.
 Ordinance No. 34 making the con- nection with sewers compulsory pass ed its third reading and was ordered published, immediately after which it will go into effect.
 Gus Detlefsen, chief of police, asked that some kind of a curfew ordinance be drafted as there were too many boys in the habit of loafing around public places during the late hours of the night, as q result the city attorney was instructed to draw up an ordinance requiring all children under Is year unaccompanied by par ents to be home not later than p. m. during the months of October to April and allowing one more hour liberty the remaining months of the year.
 A batch of bills were read and allowed, G. B. Waterhouse appointed registration officer: the street com mittee instructed to look into the con- dition of the underpinning of Market street between Front and Main streets, and a communication read from the San Francisco Relief Com mittee asking for list of those in Ketchikan who had contributed tC the relief of that city at the time o1 the earthquake.
 Getting Pump in Position-The new pump for fire protection of the city is being placed in position at the plant of the Ketchikan Power Co. and will be ready for business by the time the pipe arrives from the Sound. The pump is Blake duplex and is capable of throwing 750 gallons o1 water per minute when working at its full capacity. The intention is tc lay an eight inch main from the mill to the corner of Front and Grant streets and six inch from there to Newtown. MT. Burkhart states that the pump is expected to give a pressure of 100 pounds to the inch al Newtown which is probably twice as much pressure as can be secured from the fresh water system. The pumI is able to handle water enough fol five lines of hose so that when in. stalled and in working order it is not proba ble that Ketchikan could have g fire that could make headway against such an immense volume of water. The Power Co. expects another boil. CT on the next Pacific Coast boat SC 1 that there is absolutely no OleStiOr