Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-05-17
Atlantic Pacific
r. r 90.
Law and Land Department.
7. A. WILLIAMSON, General Solicitor, Land
ALBUQUERQUE, n. NJ, January l, 1889.

ALBUQUERQUE, n. NJ, January /, 1882
When the Atlantic e. Pacific Railroad com
pany established its land department at Albu.
quCrquc, New Mexico, in June, 1851, but little OF
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 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
rany was willing at that time to sell its lands to
&C tuaI occupants were given Correspondence
con cclningits lands has been continuous and
VoIm nous and, when required, the prices and
terms of payment Tor the several classes of land
have been given, and consequently there are
great numbers OF letters in the hands OF cores
lnndentS, written between July, 1851, 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 capabiity for pro-
ducmg various crops have been aScerained, the
prices have, in some localities, been advanced,
and letters recently written in answer to in
qHriCS as to prices have named the present
prices--highcr than those formerly given The
company learned that i'll several cases where it
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 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 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 land commits
sisner has had correspondence that all offers to
sell particular tracts OF land at prices named are
withdrawn. a 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
quries from ami 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 |
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 when |
the land has been definitely selected. For the |
general information OF persons interested, it |
may be stated that the averrge price of grazing |
land, in compact bodies of say not less than the
railroad sections in four townships, aggregating
5000 acres, is Sl.2J per acre. There may be rea-
sons for increasing or diminishing this price
owing to the quality OF soil and quantity of !
grass, water, and timber suitable for fences
,9Grrals and general ranch improvements, and
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 $50
per acre.
Agricultural lands along streams, where there
IS sufficient water supply for irrigation, will be
sod at $40 to $40 per acre, owing to locality |
abundance of water and proximity to railroad |
lrrigable lands viii 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,
md persons claiming to be agents for the sale
If land must produce authority from the land
bearing date of January |, 1889, or
to be Of any validity.
The agricultural and stock raising capacity of
he lands owned by this company is only be- |
inning to be understood. The country is de-
clipping and settlers are finding healthful and
cautiful homes on the most productive soil. A
eW acres of irrigated land will produce more
)od supplies than a large farm in the eastern or
lidde states. The climate is all that can be
esircd, being more genial and sunny than that
+ Italy.
Easy, accommodating terms of payment will
c given to purchasers when desired.
]. A. WILLIAMSON,
Land Commfssioner