Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1901-08-31
AN EMPIRE OF LAND.
Millions oIkcres ofGovernment Land
Waiting FOR Settlers.
LESS THAN ONE HALF APPROPRIATED

The area ~ the Santa Fo land dis
trlct i8 "a .fGS. 500 acres. Of which only
ig.ggb.bif acres are appropriated. or
about 40 per cent which. however. iB
o. larger per cent than the area apprO.
priatnd IN any OF the other three land
districts Of the territory. says the
New Mexican The area reserved In
grants. military and Indian resorva-
tlons. etc, Is b.3Gl562 acres. while a.
i0S.9ii acres are still subject 10 ontry
under the land laws. an area three
times that 81 Now JorsCy more than
twice that OF New Hampshire. more
THAI twice that Of Maryland. almost
three times that Of Massachusetts,
more than three times that Of Hawaii.
Eve times that of Connecticut. eleven
times that Of Delaware moro than
twice that Of Vermont and more than
twenty times that 81 Rhode Island
Bcrnaiillo county has an area 81
3.2si 200 acres. OF which onehalf. or
i.625.Ss6 acres, have boon apprOprla.
ted; G53.S00 acres reserved. and ! .00i Z.
bi2 acres are still subject 90 entry. OF
which 1O16iS acres are surveyed AMI
2p3e2i acres unsurveyed. The east
orn part Of ColfaX county has an area
~ ,7eS.000 acres. Of which all but 10
per cent Is appropriated. the appro.
priatcd area being lbs. 900 acros.
The area stili subject TO entry Is 49,.
SOS acres. Of which iig.S2S acres are
surveyed and 5000 acres uusurveyod.
The northern part of Guadalupe coWn.
" has an area Of $50. zoo acres. of
which 65gSg3 acres are appropriated
and l,02g.S67 acres are still subject
90 entry 81 which i.Oi9S67 acres are
surveyed and 10000 acres unaurveyc Z,
Mckinley county has an area Of g..
265,Ss0 acres. OF which 1858 2Ai acres
are appropriated. ggg.GiG acres r..
served and 500 1873 acres unapproprla.
ted. Of which 19i,i1l acres are sur.
vcyed and $3.50 acres unsurveyod.
The western part OF Mora county has
an area 81 i.2fa0O acres. OF which
lS5.647 acres have been appropriate
and iG3.3h3 acres are Incorporated
~ which 3Gl 1913 acres are surveyed
and ln2. lGO acres are unHurvcycd
| Rio Arriha county has an area % g.
/ 250.O00 acres. % which it5O.2l5 acres
have been appropriated. S40.1Gi acres
reserved and 226S.G2l acres are un
appropriated. u which i6g PA acres
are surveyed and 79g 400 acres are un
surveyed San Juan county has af
area nf 1857 600 acres. Of which ont,
2i3,0Si acres nave thus far been ap
| propriated. l.pbS 900 acres are re-
| served and 1866 acres are unap
| propriatcd. OF which i0tA9tG acres
are surveyed and iS0 GOO acres unsur
voyed The eastern part Of san Nj
/ guel county has an area Of 1891 .0Dl
acres. of which l9iG.7Sf acres hav'
been appropriated. 202 $50 acres az,
| reserved and ssh. c6G acres are sub
| feet 10 entry, of which 7gi SOC acra
are surveyed and 50 SEQ acres unsuf
vcyed. Santa Re county the smallos
county % New Mexico. has an are.
of 1870 $50 acres. ~ which only 6Si
$40 acres have boon appropriate
isS.9OO acres are reserved and coo
lSl acres or more than Ono.half. ao
unapproprlated. Of which 553 .625 acre
have been surveyed and "a SOC acre
are unsurveyCd. Northern Socorr
county has an area ~ . las 900 acre.
Of which sos asa acres have been an
propriatcd ana l252. 5i3 acres afe nm
appropriated. 81 which i.i2i iG3 acre
have been surveyed and i2S .0S0 acre
are unsurvoyCd. The area uf Tao
county is i.i7Oo0O acres. ~ whic
699.0bi acres have been appropriate
1881 acres reserved and 6510t
acres are uuappropflatod. ~ whic
df9,612 acres are surveyed and 3Oi .35
acres uusuryeyod Valencia count
has an area OF 5.OiS 500 acres. d
which 22l9.020 acres have been AZ
prcpriatod sol 3Oi acres are reserve
and 2.3aS.Sl6 acres are unappruprii
ted. Of which 2liO70t acres have bgc
surveyed and 2S7S72 acres are unsu
voyCd By these figures Il will D
seen that there are Htill 1859 S0i acre
OF unsnrvoyed land In the Santa r.
land district and that there goo
many good sized farms that could b
cut ont OF the unapproprlated are
"a this one land district OF the torr
tory alone.