Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-06-21
Atlantic
r. r 90.
Law and Land Department.
J, A, WILLIAMSON, General Solicitor Land
Commissioner,


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When the Atlantic Il Pa ifc Railroad com
pany established its land department ut Albu.
Qucrquc, New Mexico, i'll June, 1881, but little ot
its 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 aud stock rHiserS along It's line and with
that end in view placed merely nominal price
on its lands when sold to actual occupants A.
soon Hs the land department was organized aud
eStabli med he company advertised It, lands Tor
sale, and letters were received from ali parts vi
, this country ard from many OF the atCs uf
| Europe making inquiries as TO the Location,
character and ptire OF its lands. In answering
! these letters the 4dW prices at which the con-
pany vas willing at that time to sell It's lands to
aC tual occupants were given. Correspondence Q
con cerningits lands has been continuous and
! tolum nous and, when required the prices ami
| terms Of payment for the several classes of land
| have been given, and consequently there arc
| great numbers OF letters In the hands OF CORES
| pondcnts written between July, 1881, and the
| present time in which prices were quoted which
! Joul no longer be accepted.
Since surveys have been made and the land
explored and its quality and cGpAbiIijy for pro
| ducing various crops have been asceriained the
! prices have, in come localities, been advanced,
and letters recently written in answer to in
/ quiries as to lrices 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
! ar on account of the abundance Of water, that
| they have been told by persons holding letters,
written i'll 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 il 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.
! si-ner has had correspondence that all OilOrs to
sell particular tracts of land at prices named ar
! withdrawn A new scale OF prices, according to
actual values whether higher or lower than the
| no I rri..
| Spondents verbally or in answering written in,
Quries from and after this date.
! Careful examination OF the lands owned by
the Atlantic II 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 a.
| 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 an!
| tract, large or small, can only be given when
| the land has been definitely selected. For the
general information of persons interested, il
| may be stated that the averrgc price of grazing
| land in compact bodies of say not less than the
| railroad sections in lour townships, aggregatiug
| 5000 acres, il $l2O per acre. There may be rca
sons for increasing or diminishing this price,
owing to the quality OF SOIL and quantity OF
grass, water, and timber suitable for fences
| corTas 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, tan only be fixed BY
actual selection, and will range from - to 40
per acre.
Agricultural lands along streams, where there
is sufficient water supply for irrigation, will BE-
sold at s2oO to $40 per acre, owing to locality,
abundance 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 5 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 /, 1889, or
subsequent, to be Of any validity.
The agricultural ami stock raising capacity OF
the lands owned by this company Is only be
ginning to be understood. The country Is d,
yelnping and settlers are finding heaithful ant
beautiful homes on the most productive soil a
few acres Of irrigated land will produce NOR
food supplies than large furm in the eastern Oi
middle states. The climate is all that can be
desired being more genial and sunny than thai
of Italy.
Easy, accommodating terms OF payment will
be given to purchasers when desired.
A. WILLIAMSON,
Land ConinissiOner.