Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-08-24
AN EMPIRE OF LAND.
Millions Of Acres ofGovernment Land
Waiting for Settlers.
LESS THAN ONE HALF APPROPRIATED.

The area Of the Santa Fe land dis.
trict Is 3l.4GS. $50 acres. OF which only
70 995.5iI acres are appropriated. or
about 40 per cent. which. however, Ia
a larger per cent than the area appro-
priated in any Of the other three land
districts OF the territory, says the
New Mexican. The area reserved in
grants. military and Indian reserva.
tions. etc. is 5.36i.b62 acres. while 49,.
los. 1914 acres are still subject to entry
under the land laws. an area three
times that of New Jersey, more than
twice that of New Hampshire. more
than twice that of Maryland, almost
three times that Of Massachusetts,
more than three times that OF Hawaii.
five times that OF Connecticut. eleven
times that of Delaware. more than
twice that of Vermont and more than
twenty times that of Rhode Island.
Borualillo county has an area OF
3.2Sl.260 acres, of which one.half, or
1924 SIS acres, have been appropria.
ted; 653 500 acres reserved. and 1.001,.
572 acres are still subject TO entry. of
which 707.6iS acres are surveyed and
293. 1924 acrcs unsurveyed. The east.
ern part of Colfax county has an area
of LBS. 600 acres, of which all but 10
per cent Is appropriated, the appro-
priatcd area being lbs 900 acres.
The area still subject TO entry Is 49,
SGS acres. of which 1ig.S2S acres are
surveyed and 23.0i0 acres u~nsurveyed.
The northern part of Guadalupe coun.
~ has an area of 1,5S9.7 $50 acres. of
which $50. 1893 acres are appropriated
and 1.O29,S61 acres are still subject
to entry, of which 1,019.S67 acres are
surveyed and 10000 acres un~surveyei.
Mckinley county has an area Of g..
255.Si0 acres. of which 1868 .291 acres
are appropriated. 999, 1915 acres re.
served and s93,l33 acres unappropria.
ted. of which 79i,17i acres are sur.
vcycd and gS.959 acres unsurveyed.
The western part OF Mora county has
an area of 1.2ig. 900 acres, of which
1S5,6i7 acres have been appropriated
n i63.353 acres are unappropriated.
OF which 36l. 1913 acres are surveyed
and 1O2. 100 acres are un%surveyed.
Rio Arriba county has an area of g.
100000 acres. of which 1,15O.215 acres
have been appropriated, S40,1 61 acres
reserved and 2.26S. 62i acres are un.
appropriated, Of which 1.469, 224 acres
are surveyed and 100, 400 acres are un.
surveyed. San Juan county has All
area OF 1857 600 acres. OF which only
2i3.OSi acres have thus far been ap-
proprlated, 1,95S.i00 acres are re.
served and 1,i95.5i6 acres are unap.
propriated. OF which 1.O1i,9lG acres
are surveyed and iS0, 600 acres unsur.
ycycd. The eastern part of San MI
gucl county has IN area OF 2,331, 900
acres. of which 1876 1884 acres have
been appropriated. 2O2. $50 acres are
reserved and ISL csc acres are sub.
iect to entry. of which 791 ,S06 acres
are surveyed and 9 1850 acres unsug-
yeyed. Santa Fe county, the smallest
county OF New Mexico. has an area
Of l,310,S3O acres. of which only $751;
6i9 acres have been appropriated.
1888 300 acres are reserved and 6OO,.
ISL acres. or more than one-half. are
unappropriated, of which 552 .625 acres
have been surveyed and 47,556 acres
are unsurveyed. Northern Socorro
county has an area of 2.l4S, 900 acres,
of which S95.457 acres have been ap.
propriated and 1852. 543 acres are un.
appropriated, of which 1.12i,463 acres
have been surveyed and 1913 ,0S0 acres
are u~nsurveyed. The area OF Taos
county liz 1.470.000 acres, OF which
sos, O54 acres have been appropriated,
1881 acres reserved and 651 ,O15
acres are unappropriated, OF which
349,662 acres are surveyed and 3O1, 1853
acres unsurveyed. Valencia county
has an area of 5,01S, 800 acres. OF
which 2~.219,020 acres have been ap.
p%ropriated, i01 1904 acres are reserved
and 2,S9S.5 7 acres are un%appropria
ted, of which 2.110. 704 acres have been
surveyed and 2S7,S72 acres are unsuf.
veyed. by these figures It will be
seen that there are still 1862. S04 acres
OF unshrveyed land in the Santa Fe
land district and that there a good
many good sized farms that could be
cut out of the unappropriated area
IN this one land district OF the terri.
tory alone.