Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-06-18
Atlantic &PaCifC
r. r GO.
Law and Land Department.
ALBUQUERQUE, n. NJ, January /, 1889.


When the Atlantic & Pa life Railroad com
, pany established its land department at Abu
queTque, New Mexico, in June, 1881, but little O
It's road was completed and the country adjacen
( 10 It's proposed line was uninha Ditcd except b.
Indians, and comparatively unknown TIL
/ company was dcSlrOuS OF securing agriculture
settlers aud stock raisers along its line, and will
that end Ill view placed merely nominal pric,
on ITS lands when sold to actual occupants, Al
soon rs the lanu department was organized auC
established the company advertised its lands o
sale, and letters were received from all parts o.
TINS country and from many of the states o.
europe making. inquiries as to the location
I character ana price OF Its lands. In ansW ering
these letters the low prices at which the com
pany was willing at that time to sell its lands to
actual occupants were given. Correspondence
con celLlIelts lands has been continuous and
( yolum iuolt and when required, the prices and
terms OF paymeutior The several classes of land
/ nave been given, and consequently there are
/ great numbers OF letters i'll the hands OF CORES.
! pondentS, written between July, 1881, and the
: present time. i'll which prices We're quoted which
/ coul no longer be accepted.
/ since surveys have been made and the land
explored ana Its quality and Capabiity for pro-
ducing various crops have been ascertaned the
prices have, i'll some localities, been advanced
and letters recently written in answer to in.
quiries as to prces have named the present
prlceS-hlgher than those formerly given. The
company learned that in several cases where il
! mas written to correspondents naming the price
Oh ccrlalh tracts especially valuable for timber
Z u
they have been old by persons holding letters,
written in some instances several years ago, that
they could buy the land at the prices named In
letters which they hold.
III consequence OF the facts above stated II he.
comes necessary to Withdraw all offerings of any
Of the land at prices heretofore named and to
inform all persons with whom the land commits.
Slsner has had correspondence that all offers to
sell particular tracts Of land at prices named are
withdrawn. A new scale OF prices according ia
actual values, whether higher or lower than the
prices formerly quoted, will be given to CORE
spondents verbally or in answering written in
Qulrles from ana after this date.
Careful examination OF the lands owned by
the Atlantic Pacific Railroad company by
competent explorers had developed the fact
that there are local reasons why either large or
small areas should be sold for more or less as
the case may be, than other areas of equal ex. |
tent. The greater abundance of grass wafer
ana timber Of one section may greatly enhance I
its value over another
Definite information as to the price of any |
tract, large or small, can only be given when |
the land has been definitely selected For the
general information Of persons interested, II
may be stated that the ayerrge price OF grazing
land, III compact bodies OF say not less than the
railroad "a sections IN iour townships, aggregating
4o,OSO acres is Sl.2J per acre. There may be rea,
sons Tor increasing or diminishing this price, |
owing to the quality OF soil and quantity OF
grass, water, and timber suitable for fences,
corras and general ranch improvements. and
also owing to locality
The price OF coal and timber lands situated I'm
localities where the company will entertain
proposals for their sale, can only be fixed nv
actual selection, and will range from So to so
per acre
Agricultural lands along streams, where there
Is sufficient water supply for irrigation, will be
Sold at i2.oO to $40 per acre, owing to locality.
Of water and proximity to railroad
lrrlgabe lands win be sold III quantities to
suit purchasers.
All letters which have heretofore been written
o any or all persons authorizing them to sell
my OF the companys lands are hereby revoked. 9
ma persons claiming to be agents for the sale
u lana must produce authority from the land
commissioner bearing date of January /, 1854. or
'lfbsequent, to be of any validity :, =
me agricultural ana stock raising capacity of
ne lhnds owned by this company is only be-
INNING to be understood. The country ia de- 1
clipping and settlers are finding healthful and
eautiluI homes on the most productive soil, A
w acres OF irrigated land will produce more
'od supplies than large farm in the eastern or
lildlG states. The climate is all that can be
eSired, being more genial and sunny than that
Italy. ~
Easy, accommodating terms of payment will
gwen to purchasers when desired.
A. WILLIAMSON,
Land Commit ssi nner