Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-04-01
Atlantic Pacific
r. r 90.
Law and Land department.
:, A. WILLIAMSON General Solicitor, Land
COMMISSIONER,
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ALBUQUERQUE, n ", January !, i2sr.
When the Atlantic Il Ia tic Railroad com
pany established It's land department ut Alhi-
querque, New Mexico, in June, 1881, bat little ot
Its road wRs completed and the country adjacent
to Its proposed line was uuinbabtcd except uy
Indians, aud comparatively unknown. The
company was TesirOus Ui securing agricultural
settlers and stock raisers along It's line and with
that end IN view placed merely nominal price
on its lands when sold to actual occupants. As
soon rs the land department was organized and
established the company advertised It's lands lOr
Gale, and letters were received from all parts Of
this country aud from many uf the states OF
Europe making inquiries a. to the location,
character aud price OF its lands. In answering
these letters the low prices at which the COM
pany vas willing at that time to sell its lands 10
actual occupants were given. Correspondence
concerning It's 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
PondrntS, written between July, lNoi. aud the
present time, in which prices were quoted which
would no Longer be accepted
since surveys have been made and the land
explored aud its quality aud capahlity for pro.
duCing various crops have been Hsccrtained the
prices have, In some localities, been advanced,
and letters recently written In answer to in.
quiries as TO prices have named the present
ices--higher than those formerly given. The
company learned that III several cases where ii
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 al the prices named in
letters which they hold.
! In consequence of the facts above stated II be
comes necessary 10 withdraw all offerings Of ANY
of the land at prices heretofore named, aud to
! inform all persons with whom the land commits
si-ner has had correspondence thut all offers to
sell particular tracts Of land al prices named are
withdrawn. new scale OF prices, according TO
l,f.r
prices formerly quoted, will be given to core
spondents verbally or in answering written in.
Quiries trOIA and after this date.
Careful examination OF the lands owned by
the Athntic * Pacific Railroad company by
competent explorers had developed the fact
that there are local reasons why either large or
smsli areas should b. sold for more or !css, as
the case NAV he, than other areas Oi equal CX-
tent. The greater abundance of grass, water
an timber of one section may greatly Guidance
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, it
may he stated that the avcrrgG price OF grazing
land, In compact bodies Of say not less than the
railroad sections In four 0Hnships, RgrregatinE
III, 0SU acres is 81 - per acre. There may lie rrn
sons for Increasing or diminishing this price,
owing TO the quality OF soil aud quantity of
grass, water, ana timber suitable for fences
corrals and general ranch Improvements, mud
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 te fixed by
actual selection, and viii range from 80 10 40
per acre.
Agricultural lands along streams, where there
Ia sufficient water supply for irritation. win be
sold atSgJu t0SlO per acre, owing to locality,
abundance Of water and proximity to railroad
lrrigable lands will be sold IN quantities to
Huit purchasers.
Allletters which have heretofore been written
TO any or all persons authorizing them to sell
any OF the cOmpany's lands are hereby revoked,
and psrsous claiming to be agents for the sale
OF land must produce authority from the land
commissioner bearing date Of January l. 1852, or
aubsequent, 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 country is de-
veloping and settlers are finding hcalthful and
beautiful homes on the most productive soil. 4
few acres OF irrigated land VIII produce more
food supplies than large farm IN the eastern or
middle states. The climate Is all that can be
desired, being more genial and sunny than that
OF italy.
Easy, accommodating terms OF payment VIII
be gTen - purchasers when desired
J. A. WILLIAMSON,
Land Commisstoner.