Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-02-02
GREAT FUTURE
FOR LAS VEGAS
GrandCombination
of Resources and
Conditions
LANDS UNDER GRANT TITLE
To be Developed Speedily In
creasing in Value =. Sec
retary Fleming's Views

Among recent visitors in Santa Fe
was George A, Fleming, formerly as
sistant Territorial secretary but now
secretary to the Commercial Club of
East Las Vegas and an energetic
Young business man of the Meadow
City
Mr. Fleming is firm believer in
the future prosperity and develop
meut of San Miguel County and of
he twin cities of Las Vegas in par
ticular.
When a New Mexican reporter met
him at the Claire Hotel he gladly con-
sented to do a little boosting by tell
ing of conditions in San Miguel Coun-
ty. In answer to questions he spoke
as follows:
Prospects for future growth and
prosperity are particularly bright now
in East Las Vegas and in the entire
county as well.
"The camp OF the engineers who
Ire selecting and clearing the right
)f way for the Dawson, Ell Paso 4
Southwestern Railroad, new line
which is to run from Corona on the
El Paso & Southwestern road to the
Dawson coal fields, has been estab-
lished in East Las Vegas for the past
three weeks. The corps is working
daily and is making good progress.
The surveying corps. as it selects the
right of way, clears the land to be
used of all timber, underbrush and
similar distractions, thus showing
that no time is to be lost in putting
he railroad through.
THE directors have decided upon
the route of the new line but pre-
liminary meetings will have to be
held before more active work is taken
up. There will be no delay. The
good that will result to East Las We
gas and San Miguel County through
the building of the Dawson road, can
not now De ESTIMATED.
"San Miguel County is daily receiv-
ing an influx of homeseekers and
they are finding comfortable homes
on our rich lands. The sale of small
tracts from the Las Vegas land grant,
Is doing much to induce this immi-
grafton. The board having the sale
of the land in charge, can now give
a good title to the purchaser OF every
acre Twenty thousand acres of fine
meadow lands have actually been sold
to homeseekers. Thirty thousand
acres have been purchased by the
South and West Land Company OF
Chicago. This company now wants
an option on 100000 acres but the
board has decided not to sell that
large a tract to one company believ-
ing that it can obtain better results,
both for the seller and purchaser by
disposing of the land in small tracts
to actual settlers.
"Six hundred and forty acres of
land was given by the board to the
Campbell Dry Farming Company Of
Denver on which to conduct expert
ments.
"a few acres of this land were
placed under cultivation last year and
the crops raised were gratifying.
However not enough land was titled
to make the demonstration complete
so during the coming year a larger
area will be planted in a variety of
crops. A contract has been let to
Fred Westerman of East Las Vegas,
who understands dry farming thor
oughly and he will see what can be
done towards farming without irriga-
ton on this land.
wv. Fl. Comstock, practical farm
er. has begun the cultivation of mesa
land near the Meadow City. He has
ordered q traction engine and will
take contracts for plowing from the