The Glenwood post., 1911-07-15
Is This Garfield County or Is It Some
Other Part Of Colorado? Cues.
ton Over County Line.
ENGINEER ExPL0DES A BOMB

"Where are we at?'' may lack the
approval if grammarians but it seems
to pretty well express the doubt in
the minds of the people which has been
raised by suggestion of State Eng
neer Comstock as to the correct loca-
tion of the line between Garfield and
Mesa and Pitkin counties.
An article appearing in the Denver
Times of last Saturday reads as fol-
lows:
estate Engineer Comstock has made
the discovery this morning that the
boundary line between Mesa and Gar
field counties is twelve miles farther
south than it should be.
'''The map locations are wrong, ;
said Mr. Comstock. 'The statute des
criptions say the north boundary Of
Lake county begins at the northwest
corner of Park county and runs west
to the state line. This is the line by
which all county borders in that dis
trict were determined, and. if correct,
means that the line between Garfield
and Mesa must be moved twelve miles
farther north, giving that much more
land to Mesa county,
off the engineers figures are cor
rect, and be believes they are, untold
litigation will result, as it means a
reorganization of both counties.'
Concerning the discussion which the
above statement has aroused and n
partial reply to an inquiry from Engi-
neer G.. A. Warning of Grand Jun,-
tion, Mr.. Comstock makes this partial
explanation:
"Denver, July 10, 1911.
"Mr. G. A. Warning,
.'Grand Junction, Colo.
"Dear Sir:-
81 am in receipt of yours of June
22nd, asking me to describe the loca-
ton of the northwest corner of Mesa
county with reference to the United
States public land survey.
"It has been matter of some dit
ficulty to trace the location of the
boundary line between Garfield and
Mesa counties, because of the fact
that the boundaries Of the existing
counties are described, in many in
stances, by reference to the boundaries
of counties no longer in existence.
According to my view, the north
west corner of the county of Park is
the intersection of the north line of
Park county with the crest of the
Snowy Range, and the north line OF
Park county is described by Section
ll30, i'd, as being 'the first correction
line SOUTH
"If this view is correct, the bound
ary line between Mesa and Garfield
counties runs about two miles north OF
Glenwood Springs, and the northwest
corner of Mesa county is the intersee
tion of the first correction line south
with the western boundary of the state.
GAS shown by all the current maps,
the northern boundary of Lake, Pitkin
and Mesa counties is line running
due west from a point on the summit
of the Snowy Range in the neighbor-
hood of Mt. Lincoln. There seems to
be no statutory authority for this, un-
less such a point could be interpreted
as being the northwest corner of Park
county.
81 find nothing in the records Of
this office to show who ran the north
ern line Of Pitkin and Lake counties,
if it ever has been run.
"In 1889 and 1890, the state engl-
neer established the boundary line be-
tween Garfield and Mesa counties by
running line due west from point
said to be the southwest corner of
Garfield county.
"The accepted northwest corner Of
Mesa county must, therefore, be a
point on the western boundary of tine
state with the latitude above men
toned. (39 deg. % min. 10.5 sec.)
"I an unable to find any statutory
authority for this line, but it is the