Show Pf I G f i I T f t Weighty Reasons Why it i Cannot Be Dc Accomplished During the lie Present Year I IN A LETTER LETER TO THE GOVERNOR Local Office Secretary of Interior Many Details to 10 Arrange la 10 laThe The Meantime Melt t te n E II I Anderson lias addressed n letter leter to the tho governor In 11 which he le expresses the tho opinion that tha the reservation If It everything BOCA coel smoothly will wi bo opened In tho fall of ot 1905 but not under any on circum circumstances stances before that time Ho no gives Ies Interesting reasons for tor this belief b le Chiefly It Is 19 tho fact tnt that tho surveyors now cannot do their work In Inmany many parts of ot iho reservation because of ot tho deep d cp snow nw In the Iho mountains This snow must melt to allow alow the theon engineers on to go Into Inlo that country then th n I Ith they th must lay layout out 30 townships thousands of ot pages Ines of ot typewriting must bo be dono In of notes drawn that will wi ro months of ot time The Thc bill bi In March of last year said Mr Anderson yesterday provided for tor tho opening of ot tho Iho reservation next October but by b the tho Into such Rurh prelim li ary work as ni for Cor contracts approval ot or tho Olno the tho ac accompanying companying bonds bond had beni be n carried out nut It was the tho middle of ot August bo bore boro re ro re the to surveyors could got Kot Into tha tho Held November bad hOll scarcely when they were driven out by snow ami somo of or them cannot return hutoN the of June JUle Under th circumstances the surveyors will wil do well to complete their work In tho time allowed by their contracts with the tho SO M After Mt r their Held notes aro nr In the plats pin I must bo ho inspected and and It will wi energetic work to accomplish thin In leJ than n 0 year Mr r Andersons letter follows On O Bait nl Lako City Utah March 17 Honorable Heber M 1 Governor of lt Salt Sni Inko City Utah reply to your our verbal Inquiry In regard r to the tho matter of nf surveys within tha tho Indian reservation wll wIl B follows The Tho not net of Congress making appropriation for tor the survey of ot the tho uns WAi panned nn 01 Match March 8 1003 On April 2 1903 1003 thin IhlA received Instructions from tho honorable com commissioner COI missioner M the tho general to prepare and submit forms of ot advertise advertisement ment Inviting proposals for tor the tho of tho i also to submit lon notices CH to bs bl issued posted and mailed Inviting Thc o were transmitted to 10 tho Iho honorable commit on 01 April 3 On 01 April Api 21 authority for tor advertising In accordance with notices sent to the tho department on 01 April t 3 as ns amended by ly It I for tor gumy lurcy ot or tho reservation n received on June 1 tho re required 30 0 days of ot posting having tho bids bid were wor opened The work of Ing ng tho bids bils and lil calculating the cust of ot the survey of each rh township about U m from the prices named mediately In III tho commenced bil was Im Immediately Ir On June JUle 25 the thi bids bId II together with wih tabulated sheets sheet I the segregation tion of ot the tho bide bid and a I diagram liiK tho proponed grouping and location of oC tha tho various contracts forward forwarded ed cd to the Hon Hoo for tor ap approval 6 1111 und on July Jul 20 0 authority to award the tho contracts as QS recommended wal received The contracts and Instructions were Mure n up as os as 08 Ind transmitted to the Hon lon oler for approval as oe soon as 9 the deputies deput ties t 1 had executed the required bonds The 11 rut contract was WIS dated July 20 and the last Aug 10 with wih the exception tion of No Washington Jenkins IX D S which was wal dated Sept 23 owing to a chango In II deputy deput Upon receipt of the thu approval of or tho contracts tho first of ot which reached Oils Aug Id 19 tho deputies as I coon ron us t they the could organize their parties proceeded d to the tho Held neld and worked with tho greatest expedition common wrate with good goO work until driven In by b the heavy heny mows which tall fall quite early In the to mountainous portions and 11 remain until June The Tho last party left leCt the tho Held about tho middle of C Novem November November ber Out of ot the 18 IS contracts awarded have hae been completed Harvey HarveyD D Heist No MO liability Collier Colier and aud linger ager No Xo 2 liability and and anI Booth Doth No liability making a liability of ot out of a total of tm I Of Ot these thes three contracts Mr Ir Heist has hns filed all his returns they the aro nearly ne al worked up and will w bo transmitted to Washington In la about tour four weeks Col ColHer Coller Her and have hIe eight town townships townships ships ler they are belne examined but their survey Is I complicated In Involving a IL great deal of ot labor r and will wi take talle some to complete In this of flee fc and Booth havo not ned any ny of or their returns CONDITION OP 01 CONTRACTS Tho fhe condition of oC tho remaining con contracts tracts Is III as os follows John K U and A J Stewart Stearl No have hn vo surveyed four W out of ot fourteen 14 townships they the expect to file 10 notes of 1 same by b May 15 lG the tho balance of oC the tho survey by b Sept 3 James II No 25 has pur I his hi and a portion of expect to complete his hl Held work worl In InJune 11 June Junc and mo returns as IS noon Boon after as possible which means melne probably Aug August or September Fred Johnson Johnsn No Ni 26 Una sur surveyed about two and 21 townships expects to enter Held el about Juno June 1 and Ille returns about Sept IG IGNo No returns yet le et filed ned J M lyman Jr No 27 has hns nearly surveyed ono 1 township will wil Jearly on enter field about middle of ot Juno und nio returns In tl September ne J 0 e Dick k A K I No Dl havo completed cOllot 1 three 3 township und ld partly two to 2 others others Part of ot has boon In the of or lice n nd examination commenced They expect l to enter the tho Hold lohl Juno JUl 1 and file ret m ns about aholt Aug 16 15 fe Herman B Freudenthal No Itt G two 2 townships surveyed ond filed l d oleo examination commenced Deputy fuys 11 ho cannot tny tn how soon ho will wl enter Held return balance of ot work as us It 1 depends upon physical condition GI ground I J V W r No m surveyed three ant 11 town townships toI ships no returns riled lel to en enter ter Held lell June 1 and Ind Ille le returns by Sept 15 P 1 Trotter No 23 has sur surveyed three 3 townships no June Jurl 1 I and Ille returns Aug IG returns lied expects to enter field nehl Hwan Perron J No have sur surveyed cell four 4 townships no returns except 0 to t enter field In April Apri Ind Hie return In September 10 Drawn Drown Brown No 64 who havo the tho survey of ot the boundaries have halo completed all ni except about thirty 30 miles Iles on north boundary which thy they will wil not nol be to complete until June m They have not nol yot ot 1111 their returns r turns but will wi probably do to 10 soon lon of that portion which IB II complete and the re remainder r In August Scott P Stewart and Clarence 8 H Jar Jarvis JArIs vis Is No have not commenced their survey ns tho deputies deputes who were re required to establish their starting point did not do so 10 until Oct OCI 10 too late Inte for tor them to start lt art last season enson They he ex expect to enter the thc Held May 1 I and return their notes Sept Hi nt at tho earliest Oct 30 nt the latest William Dallas No 2 1 has hns not com commenced his survey will wi do BO so about 30 May ta 1 I and Hie Ile returns about August Washington Jenkins No has Ins not nt completed the survey of ot any township on 01 account of ot dell In approval of con contract COI tract expects to enter filed about bou May MayI 1 I and Hie mo returns In August Augst Kershaw haw No m havo not nt commenced their survey to en tor Held lel In April Apri and file me returns In August James M No has not com commenced survey Runey expects to enter Held In April Apri ami ne returns In August Augst Tho time limit on all ni tho contracts Is 1 Sept SO 0 1904 1904 From tho Ile above It I will wil be h seen lIeen that there thero aro completed ten tOi contracts commenced and five lve not yet Mr Louts and could not start until Pago Palo had their lines established Pago lalo Ker Kershaw Kershaw shaw could not no start until Perron Forron had hlll their lines In Rwan Perron l elron had hI to wait until looth Mil had their lines ln established and Swan and Perron got Into tho Held lell as ns quickly as possible after thc tho approval of or their con contracts COI Hon Commissioner hut but tracts by hy tho lon It was Impossible for tor them Ih n to 10 get t lined lne established In 11 for tor Ker Jer Kershaw shaw to get ret properly started winter pot Mt In ADDITIONAL A synopsis of ot tho facts ta tl shows About 47 4 township surveyed of ot which elx teen 1 havo been let tho remaining Continued on 01 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