Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-04-29
Atlantic PaCifC
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Law and Land Department.
!, A. WILLIAMSON, General Solicitor. Land
Commissioner,
ALBUQUERQUE. n. N. January l. ,sY

ALBUQUERQUE, n. NJ, January !, 1882
When the Atlantic Il Pa ifc Railroad com
To- pany established its land department at Albu
qucrque, New Mexico in June, 1881. INT Iittla N
lis road was completed and the country adiaCrn
10 It's proposed line was uniuhabitrd eXctpt h,
Indians, and comparatively unknown Th
company was DESTROYS Of securing agriculture
settlers and stock raiscrs along its line and wifi
mat end III view placed a merely nominal pric,
ON - lands when sold to actual Occupauts A.
IS the land department was organized anC
it-.uhllShCd the company advertised its lands fo
sale, and letters were received from all parts O
THIS country and from many of the states o
Europe max ing inquiries as to the location
character and price OF its lands In anSweriul
these letters the low prices at which the com
pany was willing at that time to sell its lau,ls tC
nc tual occupants were given Correspondence
co.. ce1ni1 gifts lands has been continuous and
,oIum inOLS land, when required, the prices and
terms OF payment Tor the several classes of land
Hh'c been given, and consequently there ar,
-.'at numbers OF letters i'll the hands OF CORES
pondehts, written between July, 1881, 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 carability for rro-
/ ducIng various crops have been aSccraiued the
prices have, in some localities, been adyAnt ed,
and letters recently written in answer to in.
qulrlcS as TO prices have named the present
prlceS--higher than those formerly given The
company learned that i'll several cases where If
mas written to correspondents tanning 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 it be-
comes necessary to withdraw all offerings of any
OF the land at prices heretofore named and to
inform all persons with whom the lana commits
sl5ner has bad correspondence that all offers TO
Seil 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.
quiries from and after this date
Careful examination Of the lands owned nv
the Atlantic Pacific Railroad COMPANY nv
CON, explorers had developed the fact
,hat ilere are local reasons why either large or
small areas should be sold for more or less n,
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 |
Its value over another.
Definite Information as to the price of any |
tract, large or small, can only be given whnn
the land has been definitely selected For thc
general information Of persons interested, it |
may be stated that the average price of prazing
land, IN compact bodies Of say not less than the
railroad sections i'll four townships, aggrerntinT
io,ooV acres Is IL q per acre. There may be rra-
owing to the quality OF soil and quantity 0f |
grass, water, and timber suitable for iclIces
corrals and general ranch improvements, and
also owing to locality. "'N
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 50 to SO
per acre. Wv
Agricultural lands along streams, where there
$ sufficient water supply for irrigation, will be
old at 100 to flO per acre, owing to locality,
abundance OF water and proximity to railroad
lrrigable lands will be sold in quantities to
uit purchasers.
All letters which have heretofore been written
o any or all persons authorizing them to sell
my OF the company's lands are hereby revoked,
M persons claiming to be agents for the sale
u land must produce authority from the land
Commissioner bearing date of January |, 1888, or I
ubsequent, to be of any validity
Inc agricultural and stock raising capacity of
ne lands owned by this company is only be-
inning to be understood. The country is de-
clipping and settlers are finding healthful and
cautltul homes on the most productive soil,
Nv acres of irrigated land will produce more
)od supplies than large farm in the eastern or
ilddle states. The climate is all that can he
eslred, being more genial and sunny than that
Italy.
Easy, accommodating terms of payment will
given to purchasers when desired
j. A. WILLIAMSON,
Land Commissioner.