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Show reserved, and hidden stores. It is further represented, that the only line of communication on which it is now practicable to cross the above-described desert, is the one which has been traveled heretofore, and now traversed by the "Overland Mail," and that the same is a deflection from a straight line, and the deflection carries the road into the Mexican territory. And it is respectfully represented that it will be practicable to shorten the route, and at the same time avoid an unauthorized encroachment on the soil of our neighbors, by the system of reclamation of lands here proposed. And, finally, we would submit, that inasmuch as a portion of those lands above described are subject to overflow, and as such, that they may justly be claimed by the State under the existing law, but inasmuch as it will be necessary to introduce water from the river, far removed and above the lands which may thus be claimed by the State, it is deemed proper and expedient to apply for a "grant" and cession of all the above described section. And, as before stated, we are well persuaded that the General Government will but subserve her own interests by making a disposition of those lands which are now valueless, and must remain so through all time to come, unless this system for their reclamation is adopted, which will necessarily cost a large outlay of money, but, with that expenditure, they may be made to yield a return. |
