Bent County register., 1888-04-14
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Town Lot Sale and Notes
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Monday morning at eleven O'Clock
j. L. Cooper, F. W. Burger, Mr.
and Mrs. Will Smith, L. II. Vanors-
dale. j. w. Kurz, Mr.. Everett, A.
Deeter, C.. NJ. Magiil, Will Cooper
and the REGISTER man boarded the
train for Folsom, New Mexico. At
L,s Animas A. W. johnson and
others joined Us rs ,Xcursiouists did
at nearly every station until we
reached Trinidad. At Trinidad we
were met at the depot by g. c. Good
ale and W. l., Pencil, OF this city,
and Joe Newlaud and Joe Vogel,
who lately left here. We arrived
there few minutes past five in the
evening, and from that time until
late honr Trinidad was viewed from
al! standpoints. BY half past seven
Tuesday morning our party was at
The Gulf depot as also was one hun4
dred and ferty Trinidad LADIES' and
gentlemen ali waiting tickets in hand
for the conductors call of all aboard
for Folsom. AT eight O'Clock the
train started and the ride TO Folsom
was greatly enjoyed as was evident
by the ordinations of the excursion
lists as the train now whiried around
sharp curve. then over along tressle,
now climbing the side of u noun
tain and then down canon, wind
lug around forming horse shoes and
crooks and turns, which with the at
fractions of the mountain scenery
made the ride most interesting to
Que and all. A few minutes past
twelve the engine whistled, the
brakesmen yelled Folsom and hum
dred and fifty or more heads were
poked out of car windows as the
train rolled into the new candidate
for commercial importance. A half
hour was spent in looking and wait
ing, the looking was at the novel
surroundings and the waiting was
for the coffee to boil The town
company gave free dinner and we
cannot say whether it was the ride
or the free part that produced such
appetites, but everybody was just as
hungry as they could be, and said SO
every time another sandwich and
pint of coffee was reached for. And
here we want to give somebody cred
1t for the possession of some very
sound sense. To illustrate; FIVE min
utes before dinner hundred acre
farms would not have sold for cent
an acre with the excursionists; half
hour after dinner town lots were
bringing hundred dollars and mp
wards apiece cash, and they were
taken by the block at that. A won
derful illustration of the effects of
'sbefore and after taking" The sale
began at two o'clock and continued
until they amounted to ten thousand
dollars, when the town company
stopped the sale for thirty days. Lots
sold at from seventy-five to one hun
dred and forty dollars each. Every
body who wished had an opportuni-
ty to buy at prices much lower rhan
they will again be offered, as in thir-
ty days there will be many buildings
occupied by stores and the different
branches of trade that go to make
town, and the improvements being
made by the railroad company will
be so far along that people cali see
what they intend to do for the town.
Folsom Is as pretty a town site as
one would wish to see. The land is
level-not break in it except where
the Cimarron river passes through
from west to east on the north part.
The town is surrounded bv noun
tains. The Cimarron comes in from
Il little north of west and runs south
east through rich but narrow val
ley. We were informed that prairie
land free from mountains and foot
hills was reached fifteen miles south
of town. The town site all lies north
of the railroad. The road comes in
from the northeast, runs along the
west, makes short curve and runs
clear across the south line of town. !
AT the present time the railroad com
pany have water tank and are