Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-03-25
ANTONIO SED|LL0
LAND GRANT
Will Be Developed
and Colonized at
Once
TO IRR|GATE 10000 ACRES
Two Large Reservoirs Pro-
jected.- Coal Deposits To
Be Utilized.

Be Utilized.
J. M. Murdock, Of Chicago, was in
the city last week en- route to the An
tonic Sedillo land grant in western
Bernalillo and north central Valencia
Counties. Mr.. Murdoch visited the
city partly to obtain information at
the Office of the Bureau OF lmmigra-
tion and partly to see the sights
A representative of the New Mexi-
can called upon Mr.. Murdock to OBJ
tain from him il possible, his plans
as to the colonizing and improve
ments of the Antonio Sedillo Land
Grant, great and valuable property
situated north and south OF the Santa
Fe Pacific Railroad, In western Ber-
nalillo and in north central valencia
Counties. This property was recent
ly purchased by Mr.. Murdock through
the American Trust Company, OF New
York, and the title to 1t is now vested
in Mr.. Murdoch The grant is con-
firmed and patented by the United
States to the original owners and
from them descended a correct and
legal chain of title to Mr.. Murdoch,
hence the title to it is perfect 1t
contains SG,249 acres, according to the
approved survey on file in the office
Of the U. S. surveyor general in this
city. There are two rivers OF con-
siderable size running through the
property, namely the Rio Puerco and
the San Jose. The Santa Fe Pacific
Railroad and the Eastern Railway OF
New Mexico run through the grant
thus securing to the people who will
settle upon it easy and speedy rail-
road communication east and west. In
talking concerning his plans Mr..
Murdoch said:
II have visited the Antonio Sedillo
land grant five times, have gone over
it and examined it thoroughly per-
sonally, sometimes using a vehicle,
sometimes riding and sometimes walk
ing; I have also been with two sur
veying parties that | have had sur
veying the property and think that
] know something about 1T. It is a
great proposition and think I am
right in my opinion when | state that
within five years, will have several
large and prosperous colonies of well
to do farmers on the grant.
Experimenting With Sugar Beets.
Robert H. McGinnis, of Loveland.
Colorado, an expert in sugar beet rails
ing has already been employed to
make experiments in the raising OF
sugar beets. He is now preparing
three small parcels of land, two on
the Rio Puerco and one on the San
Jose for this purpose. have placed
gasoline engine in position to pump
water from the Rio Puerco for the
purpose Of irrigating these patches.
II the experiments in raising sugar
beets are successful and there is no
good reason why they should not be,
beet sugar factory will be erected
just as soon as I can guarantee one
Of the greatest beet sugar manufac-
turing companies in the country, a
sufficient area of land in cultivation
in sugar beets and sufficient supply
Of the beets for the factory. So far
as known there are about 5000 acres
of coal land on the grant and a fine
lime stone supply is also inexhausti-
Bile. If we can raise the beets; with
the coal and lime stone right to hand
beet sugar factory perm 70 must
be a success. A beet sugar factory
OF average dimensions will use from
four to FIVE car loads Of coal and
from four to five car loads of, lime
stone every twenty-four hours and
both these minerals being close to
hand, easy Of access, cheap to mine
and with short haul, furnish all
that is necessary for the successful
working Of factory.
VIII Construct Reservoirs.
THE surveyors who have surveyed
the grant recently estimated that there
are nearly 10000 acres OF valley land
that may be placed under irrigation
and cultivation. We have already
discovered two splendid reservoir
sites, one Just outside Of the western
line Of the grant which will cover
about 600 acres and one on the grant
on the Rio Puerco about fifteen miles
from Garcia, station on the Santa
Fe Pacific which will cover about 800
acres. We are now experimenting
with drills on both Of these locations
to ascertain how deep we will have to
60 to bed rock and what we will have
to do to secure bottom In the reser
voirs that will hold water and where
there will not be too much seepage
As soon as our surveys and drillings
are completed and the plan for the
construction Of the two reservoirs
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