Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-05-18
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The Maxwell Land Grant Go
RATION, NEW M FxICO
Atlantic &PaCifC
r. r 90.
Law and Land Departm emit.
J, A. WILLIAMSON, General sOlcS tor Land
Commissioner,
ALBUQUERQUE, n. NJ, JANUARY l, 1889

ALBUQUERQUE, N. NJ, JANUARY l, 1889
| When the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad com
| pany established its land department 1t at Albu
querque New Mexico, in June, 1881, lOut little o!
! its road was completed and the countl adjacent
| to its proposed line was uninhabited except by
! Indians, and comparatively unkns wn. The
company was deslrous of securing gricutural
settlers and stock raisers along its lin e. and with
| that end III view placed merely non linal price
| on its lands when sold to actual occa pants. As
! soon MS the land department was Orgal uzed and
| established the company advertised it, lands for
sale and letters were received from al parts OF
! this country and from many of the states OF
Europe making inquiries as to the location,
character and price OF Its lands. III s.nswering
these letters the low prices at which the com
pany was willing at that time to sell ! ts lands to
actual occupants were given. Core spondence
| con cerningits lands has been CONT nuous and
volum nous aud, when required, the prices and
terms OF payment for the several ella sses of land
! have been given, and consequently there are
great numbers of letters in the hanss OF CORES.
,nndents, written between July, Is 81, and the
present time, in which prices were quoted which
Coul no longer be accepted.
/ Since surveys have been made and the land
explored and its quality and capabiiity for pro-
ducing. various crops have been ascertai ued, the
prices have, in some localities, been advanced
and letters recently written In answer to in.
quiries as to prices have named the present
prices-higher than those formerly given The
company learned that In several cases where It
has written to correspondents naming the price
OF certain tracts especially valuable for timber
or on account of the abundance of water that
they have been told 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.
In consequence OF the facts above stated 1t be-
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
si5ner has had correspondence that all offers to
sell particular tracts OF land at prices named are
withdrawn. new scale OF prices, according to
actual Values whether higher or lower than the
prices formerly quoted, will be given to CORE.
spondents verbally or in answering written in.
Quirics from and 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, az |
the case may be, than other areas of equal ex
tent The greater abundance Of grass, water
ana timber OF one section may greatly enhance !
its value over another.
Definite information as to the price of any \
tract large OF small can only be given when H
the land has been definitely selected For the 4
general information Of persons interested, II !
land, IN compact bodies Of say not less than the
railroad sections in four townships, aggregating
4b,OSO acres, is 81 % per acre. There may be
sons for increasing or diminishing this price,
owing to the quality OF soil and quantity OF
grass, water, and timber suitable for fences, |
corrals and general ranch Improvements, and
also owing to locality.
THE price of coal and timber lands situated In
localities where the company will entertain
proposals for their sale, can only be fixed by
actual selection, and will range from IS to SO
per acre.
Agricultural lands along streams, where there
is sufficient water supply for irrigation will ba.
sold at 800 to $40 per acre, owing to localiay A.:
abundance of water and proximity to railroad II
lrrigable lands will be, sold in quantities to
suit purchasers
Alllctters which have heretofore been Jnittem
to any or all persons authorizing them to sehl
any OF the company lands are hereby Invoked,
and persons claiming to be agents fox the sale
OF land must produce authority from the land
commissioners bearing date of Januasy Il, 1889, or
subsequent. to be of any validity
The agricultural and stock raising capacity OF
the lands owned by this company Is only be- \
ginning to be understood The coentry is de-
veopng and settlers are finding healthfnl and H
beautiful homes on the most productive soil. A /
few acres of irrigated land will produce more
food supplies than large farm in the eastern or
middle states. The climate is all that can be I
desired, being more genial and sunny than that
Of Italy.
Easy, accommodating terms of payment will /
10 given to purchasers when desired.
J. A. WILLIAMSON,
Land Commissioner.