Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-03-15
CITY OF

The county of Socorro contains g.
CSC, 700 acres of land. The county is
164 miles in length from east to west
and its greatest width from north to
south is "a miles. The Rio Grande val
ley is of more than average width in
this county and it is lined with farms
and orchards its entire length.
The following are a few of the prin-
cipal points of Importance in the coun-
ty. to-wit:
Socorro, San Marcial, Magdalena,
San Antonio, Kelly, Mogollon, Cooney,
Graham, Alma, Frisco, ella, Mangus,
Luna, Sabinal, Lemitar, San Acacia,
Polvadera, La Joya. and Paraje, of
which Socorro, commonly known as
the Gem City" is the county seat and
headquarters for the Fifth judicial dis
trict, comprising the counties OF So
zorro, Lincoln, Chaves and Eddy.
The city of Socorr is situated on the
western bank of the Rio Grande a little
south and west of the geographical
center of New Mexico, and the merid-
ian line rum through the center of the
city. The schools are excellent, there
being three fine brick buildings
equipped with all the modern appli
ances for ventilation. A fine brick
court house and Jail ornament the city,
as well as the territorial school of
mines. a building second to none in the
states.
Tie city owns it's own water system.
piped from a thermal spring situated
in the foothills of the Socorro mount
aims. three miles distant, and which is
chemically pure. The Atchison, To-
peka & Santa Fe railroad runs through
the city, and its engines are supplied
with water from the city water works.
The elevation gives a pressure sufi-
cient to throw water yer the highest
building, hence insurance is cheap.
The city stands on a sloping mesa
commencing at the river at an altitude
of $500 feet, rising gradually toward
the mountain, which stands at an alti-
tude of $500 feet, the exposure. being
toward the rising sun, making 1t an
ideal place for sanitarium purposes.
A few years ago the United States
granted a patent to the city of five
miles square of land, that portion of
which lying near the river and subject
to irrigation from the stream is capa-
BILE of producing wheat so bushels to
the acre, and corn, rye, oats, barley.
and vegetables of all kinds. including
the sugar beet. This land has been ap-
praised at IS per acre.
lntft are tributary W the city INC
following mining districts: Socorro
Mountain, Magdalena, Silver Mount
ain, Cat Mountain, Abbey, Cooney,
Wilcox, Telluride, Rosedale, Oscura,
San Andreas, etc. Many of these have
mines that have produced millions.
There are large bodies of coal, gypsum,
fire clay, and tripoli nea by, which
will eventually be utilized CONNER
cially.
Socorro is the most desirable place
for a sugar beet factory, having thous-
ands of acres of and adjacent well
adapted for the raising of beets. II is
a splendid point to establish a wool
securing plant and blanket factory,
thousands of ton of wool being
shipped through here each year. 1t is
also an ideal place to establish a tan
merry and glove factory, being the cen
ter of the goat raising region. and
would save the freight on raw hides to
eastern factories. The city will donate
Il any parties sufficient land upon
which to build factories. Wood can be
contracted for here at 81 per cord and
coal for S4.75 per ton.
The farms of Socorro county are
found principally along the Rio Grande
valley, beginning at Sabinal. about
thirty miles north of SocOrro, and
thence stretching down to the beauti-
full fields about San Marcial. Probably
2 1000 acres are under cultivation,
though six times that area could easily
be reclaimed in the first bottoms by
the establishment of reservoirs to
catch and store the food waters. This
land is of inexhaustible fertility, fria-
BILE and loamy. The mild climate al