The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-01-05
SANTA FE LAND SCHEME.
The Great Railway Corporation En-
courages its EMPLOYEES to Invest
In Texas Land.

General Manager w. G. Nixon of
the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe
to the employees of that road. 1t
is self explanatory:
To Employees.
In order TO encourage thrift
and assist employees to accumu.
late something as the result of
their earnings, the undersigned
wishes to recommend that the
employees purchase on time, of the
present abundance of cheap farm
lands in Texas, as much as their
earnings would Justify their at
tempting to pay for. 1t will not
be much effort for the majority
of you to remember that the
farm lands along this line have
increased very much i'll value in
the last five years, and that there
has been a still greater increase
in two years, and as the price is
still very low, it is reasonable to
suppose that the increase will
still continue; and perhaps the
thought has occurred to many that
had they purchased land. years
ago, that they would have been
successful in paying for it and
probably at this time would have
had a productive farm all paid
for, bringing in revenue and as
surfing its possessor of an income
should for any reason, through i'll
health or otherwise, his ability to
earn salary fail. The majority
of our employees earn enough
money to enable them to save a
part, If they have the proper in
centive. The undersigned knows
of several cases where railroad
employees purchased land, paying
only q small portion down. and
from their monthly earnings saw
ed enough to complete the pay
ment and were not deprived any
thing really necessary on this az
count There are comparatively
few of our employees who do not
have a desire to accumulate some-
thing for rainy day, and prompt
ed by this desire, many of them
engage in unwise speculation
with disastrous results.
The possessor Of farm land has
sure Investment, not as rapid as
isolated cases of speculation, but
Il. th surer. sy'ihe amount of rich
land Along our road makes it pos
slble for every one of our en-
ployes to secure within a year or
two good land at a very low figure
and the desire to better the con-
dition of the employees of this
railroad is the motive the un-
dersigned has in making this re-
commentator TO you.
Should this proposal be taken
advantage of by any of the con-
siderable number of employees, the
company would be put to some eX-
pense in caring for the payments
and making the necessary collec-
tions, but 1t is willing to incnr
this not inconsiderable eX-
pense il order that it may have a
larger proportion OF employees
who have an interest III the
country and a smaller proportion
Of "hoaters." The company de-
sires to have men in it's employ
who prefer permanent employ
ment to men who are Indifferent
as to whether they stay with this
company or seek other employ
ment. A man acquianted with
our service and who feels it to
his interest to remain in it, is
more valuable than new man
who is Indifferent to his position
and man having an incentive to
retain his position, and feeling at
the same time that he is accumu-
lating a NUCLEUS from which q
home for his family is assured,
will preform his duties with
more ease to himself and much
more satisfaction to the company
The man who works from Janu.
airy / to Dec. 81 and makes nc
Roadway III providing for his fam
lily in case of misfortune, or to
himself in case of old age, IS not
as we'll satisfied with himself as
the man who has accomplished
something in this direction. As
a rule, railroad employees do not
spend their money as judiciously
as employees in other business,
who receive less wages. This is
certainly thoughtlessnss on their
parts, and the day of reckoning
comes to every man who realizes
that he has not done as we'll as he
could, and that is too late to
make correction. There is no
doubt but that there is opportu-
nifty for our employees i'll Texas to
improve their condition by buy.
ing farm lands. if thew take nd