Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-04-13
$4,000 Forfeit in
Purchase $4,000
AcresLas Vegas
Grant Lands.
PUT UP BY A. ". THOMP.
SON
Notes Good Progress of Cap
ital--Turned Penitentiary
Over to Superintendent
Trelford Yesterday.


+. H. Pierce, president of the Aqua
Pura Company, of the Meadow City,
which supplies that town with as good
and plentiful supply of water as any
town possesses in the Territory, and
which furnishes the Santa Fe Railway
a good deal of its ice supply all the
year around, spent yesterday in the
city in his official capacity as president
of the board of penitentiary commits
sioners in the transfer of the manage
ment of the territorial penitentiary
to the new superintendent, Captain
Arthur Trelford. Mr.. Pierce was very
busy, but found time in the evening
to say a few words to representative
of the New Mexican.
Concerning the penitentiary, Mr..
Pierce said: "The institution was
turned over to the new superintend-
ent in first class condition and shape,
and thus the administration of Mr..
Bursum, which was the best the prison
had ever had, was closed. The board
OF penitentiary commissioners will
have meeting on the 9th OF this
month for conference with Governor
.Hagerman and the new superintends
ent."
How Land Was Sold.
Mr.. Pierce feels. very good over the
advancement and progress of the city
in which he lives and which to him
is very dear. He was especially well
pleased over the action OF the board
of trustees of the Las Vegas land
grant in disposing of $4,000 acres Of
grant lands in various sections and in
tracts of different sizes, east Of the
city of Las Vegas, to Albert w. Thomp
son, formerly receiver of the U. s.
land Office at Clayton. The amount
paid for this land is $1.25 per acre,
and the sum of $4,000 as a forfeit,
should he not carry out the project, is
now on deposit in one Of the Las Ve-
gas banks. Mr. Thompson has a fine
plan for the colonization of this great
tract, and Mr.. Pierce is of the opin.
ion that he is in every way competent
financially as well as mentally and by
the necessary experience, to make a
gratifying success of the project. This,
of course, will mean much for the
Meadow City, as $4,000 acres will sup
port large number of people in af-
fuence and in prosperity, especially
should they engage in agricultural
pursuits on small farms.
Sanitarium Project Progressing.
The project of the Associated Chari-
ties Sanitarium is in good shape and
it is believed that the sanitarium at
the Hot Springs will be ready and op-
en- to receive inmates and patients
about August 1st. This will prove an
other great asset to the prosperity OF
Las Vegas as the people who will
come there are bound to be benefited
by the climate and as the opening OF
the sanitarium will prove a great ad-
vertising card for his town.
One section of land has been do
mated by the board Of trustees OF the
Las Vegas grant to the company which
will engage in managing what will be
called "The Campbell Experimental
Farm" and upon which experiments
with the Campbell method and inten-
sive farming will be made. This sec
ton of GAO acres Of land Is situated
about three and one-half miles from
the city and must prove of benefit as
lit is thought that the right kind of
men have the project in hand and that
they are competent and energetic
enough to carry 1t out successfully.
Mr.. Pierce was pleased with the evil
dence of growth and good times In the
Capital City, for which he and the Las
Vegas people generally have a soft
spot. He said:
"There is every reason why the
Meadow City and the Capital should
work together; there is no chance for
them to have any but friendly rivalry
and when the Scenic Highway is com.
pleted another strong bond Of union
and friendship will exist between the
two towns"
Mr.. Pierce believes that the two
towns can advertise each other and
that every tourist and sightseer who
will visit the Scenic Highway will be
of benefit to the two cities. He Is very
much interested in the completion OF
the Highway and In his official capaci.