Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-04-27
Atlantic
r. r. 90.
Law and Land Department.
]. A, WILLIAMSON, General Solicitor, Land
Commissioner.


ALBUQUERQUE, N. NJ, January /, 1889
When the Atlantic d Pacific Railroad com
| pany established its land department at Albu
! querQue, New Mexico, in June, 1881, but little OF
/ its road was completed and the country ad jacent
| 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 II. lands when sold to actual occupants As
soon - 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 max ing 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
ac tual occupants were given. Correspondence
ron cerningits lands has been continuous and
lin thousand, when required, the prices and
nag OF payment Tor the several classes of land
"Err been given, and consequently there are
& ut numbers OF letters in the hands of CORES.
pondents, 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 capability for pro
ducing various crops have been ascertained, 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 1t
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
sisner has had correspondence that all offers to
sell particular tracts of land at prices named are
Withdraw. new scale Of prices, according to
u hnr Uhpr or ~ Al
prices formerly quoted, will be given to CORE
spondents verbally or In answering written In.
quires from and after this date.
Careful examination of the lands owned by
the Atlantic Il 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, water
and 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 when |
the land has been definitely selected For the |
general information OF persons interested, II |
may be stated that the average price OF grazing
land, In compact bodies of say not less than the
railroad sections in four townships, aggregatiug
49, $50 acres, Is 81 % per acre. There may be rea,
sons for increasing or diminishing this price,
owing to the quality of soil and quantity OF
grass wafer, and timber suitable for fences,
corrals and general ranch improvements and
also owing to locality.
|
localities where the company will entertain
for their sale can only be fixed by
actual selection, and viii range from s. to SO
per acre.
Agricultural lands along streams, where there
Is sufficient water supply for irrigation, win be
sold at $25O to $40 per acre, owing to locality,
of water and proximity to railroad
Irrigable lands will be sold in quantities to
suit purchasers.
All letters which have heretofore been written
to any or all persons authorizing them to sell
any OF the company's lands are hereby revoked,
and persons claiming to be agents for the sale
Of land must produce authority from the land
commissioner bearing date OF January l, 1889, or
to be of any validity.
The agricultural and stock raising capacity of
he lands owned by this company is only be.
Ginning to be understood. The country is de-
ieloping and settlers are finding healthfuI and
homes on the most productive soil. A
ew acres OF irrigated land will produce more
GOD supplies thap large farm in the eastern or
middle states. The climate is all that can be
esired, being more genial and sunny than that
t Italy.
Easy, accommodating terms of payment will
@ given to purchasers when desired.
]. A. WILLIAMSON,
Land Commissioners. -