Show blow aimed at land surveys washington representative cramton ot of michigan is anxious that congress pass a bill before adjournment repealing the status under which states may advance money to pay the cost of 0 public land surveys surreys this step it if taken might materially slow down surveys in utah and possibly in other states where the government has been particularly backward in surveying its own lands mr cramton has written a letter to the public lands committee of which he is not 6 a member urging the committee to repeal the survey bill unless this law is repealed it Is feared he may delay appropriations tar fx public land surveys next session sessio representative colton of utah aben interrogated said lie he was not going to support legislation repealing the survey law utah he said had bad advanced to the fed federal eral government to pay the cost of surveying pub lie lic lands within its borders because the government itself was so slow blow getting around to it and of that amount has been refunded to the state and the remaining soon will be paid but unless some such ISIH I means as this Is open and the state can loan its funds to surveys mr colton tears fears it will be many klirs before surveys of government lands in utah are re completed |