Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-08-05

our cigars hesuddenly said, NOW we nave
all had good time. propose that we i'm
part some our good feeling to our
, farmers. l propose to contribute Sl0C
to the building of church for the Swiss
at Veud,' In five minutes 81, 200 had been
laid down. Aside from this little romance
the church serves for school on week days
and for worship on Sunday. l always
like to pass it,"
"Mr. Eddy, your calling attention to
that alfalfa field rather surprised me-"
THE PEOPLE DESIRED IN THE VALLEY.
swell you would be more so, if you
saw Mr.. Queene Greys place. He is an
English gentleman who telegraphed me
in April that he would buy certain sec
ton of land off there. He came over by
the next steamer; came out here, and &C.
tually in thirty days from his arrival he
had that whole GAO acres cleared and
planted, and some of his crops above
ground. would not believe it possible
until l went over and saw 1t.
"Now, this leads me to say that the
class of men am after to settle here are
the energetic and go-ahead people. The
chances are too good to waste. A man in
the first place should have 1000 when he
comes here, and should start free, as it
were. The company will, it is true, give
him ten years time to make up his de-
ferred payments and only charges six
per cent per annum interest, which |
think is the lowest in the west. man,
however, should have sufficient money to
stock his place. 1t is hard for him to
succeed otherwise. There are dozens of
little expenses and the cost of his living
during the first season. He ought to have
enough to carry himself until he begins
to get return from his place. We do
not want him else."
| NEW PROJECTS.
"Mr. Eddy have you any particular new
| projects now in hand?
| "Yes; one of the first will be to build u
| hospital l have my plans pretty well
matured, and the money is provided for.
1t will be put in the hands of some sister
| hood, and while of course there will be
some charge made to those who can
afford to pay, it will be free to all who
need its services. l am doing this be-
cause there are too many strangers com
ing here. Many of them are sick when
they arrive, and they can hardly secure
the necessary care and attention.
| II have also arranged for the erection
of an ice plant at Eddy. Work will
shortly begin on an electric railroad to
run from the reservoir, just above Eddy,
two miles south of it.
BEET SUGAR FACTORY.
| another immediate improvement is
the erection OF beet sugar factory. The
! plans for this are also complete. A con-
tract has also been made to take $4,000
tons of dried cana agria root at fixed
price of $50 per ton. Three tons of
green root will make one ton of dry, and
the farmers who come to cultivate this
splendid tanning medium can be sure of
large profits. The water power at the
| Hagerman farm will furnish enough cleo
trio power to put all these works in oper-
alton.
THE CITY WATER WORKS.
another thing is the water works we
are erecting in Dark Canon. A series of
drifts will be run into the substratum
piercing the springs and water veins that
come down from the mountains. This
will be piped down to Eddy, and furnish
water under sufficient pressure. Eddy has
no saloons and we must furnish everybody
all the water they DESIRE"
Since the above conversation the work
men in Dark canon, at depth of between
| seventy and 100 feet, have pierced several
gigantic flows OF water. Some of them
are reported to have burst clear across
the drift in stream as thick as mans
leg. Eddy will therefore be supplied
with supply of the purest and softest
water, direct from an uncontaminated
subterranean reservoir.
| HOW TO GET A FARM.
The following statistics will be inter
esting to those who intend to locate in
Eddy. The cost of water right has
heretofore been given. Land is worth
from 1925 to 1856 per acre. Taking 1T at
the lower cost forty acre tract would
cost the farmer about as follows:
| Land at S25 per acre ,..S1,OtO Ot
Grabbing at, say, 81 per acre .......,.. 50 "
| One mile of fence four wires ............ l20 u
Flowing at So per acre. ............ 220 IN
Alfalfa seed for 80 acres, 20 lbs. to acre.
ut 12h c., present price, ......;.;;., u U
Corn or cane seed for III acres. GO lbs.
| to the acre, at c...... ..,......,. II "
| Narrowing 40 acres at 25c. ............. 10 O
Ditching 40 acres at % .,........,...- ~ y
| Harvesting 60 N
| Total. 81. 4si On
In addition to this there would be ar
annual water rental of $l.25 per acre.
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