Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-02-02
Atlantic &PaCifC
r. r 90.
Law and Land Department.
. A. WILLIAMSON General Solicitor, Land
Commiasioner

ALBUQUERQUE, n. NJ, January /, 1889.
When the Atlantic 4 Pacific Railroad com
pany established its land department at Albu-
querque, New Mexico, in June, 1881, but little of
It's road was completed and the country adjacent
to Its proposed line was uninhabited except by
Indians, and comparatively unknown. The
company was DESTROYS of securing agricultural
settlers and stock raisers along its line and with
that end in view placed merely nominal price
on its lands when sold to actual occupants. As
soon as the land department was organized and
established the company advertised its lands for
sale, and letters were received from all parts of
this country and from many of the states of
Europe making inquiries as to the location,
character and price OF its lands. In answering
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
concerning its lands has been continuous and
yoluminous, and when required, the prices and
terms OF payment for the several classes of land
have been given, and consequently there are
great numbers of letters in the hands OF cores
pondents, written between July, 1881, and the
present time, in which prices were quoted which
would no longer be accepted.
Since surveys have been made and the land
explored and its quality and capability for pro-
duclng various crops have been ascertained, the
prices have, in some localities, been advanced,
and letters recently written In answer to in
qutries 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
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 40
In consequence of the facts above stated It he
comes necessary to withdraw ali offerings of any
of the land at prices heretofore nsmed, and to
inform all persons with whom the land comma,
sisner has had correspondence that ali offers to
sell particular tracts of land at prices named aro
withdrawn. new scale of prices, according to
actual values, whether higher or lower than the
prices formerly quoted, will be given TO corre
spondents verbally or in answering written in
quiries from and after this date.
Careful examination of the lands owned nv
the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad COMPANY Nv
competent explorers had deyeloped the fsct
that there are local reasons why either large or
small areas should be sold for more or lees. az
the case may be, than other areas of eouai eY,
tent The greater abundance of grass, water
and timber of one section NAV greatly enhance
its value over another.
Definite information as to the price Of anv
tract, large or small, can only be given whpSH
the land has been definitely selected For tbn
general information Of persons Interested. If |
may be stated that the ayerrge price of GRAZING
in bodSs Of not less than
IL $50 acres, Is 81 25 per acre There NAV be rem |