Identifier: annualreportofse973unit (find matches)
Title: Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior for the year ended June 30, 1897
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: United States Department of the Interior
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rande Valley, from Colorado to Texas, is equallywell adapted to sugar-beet culture. Careful experiments have beenmade at Santa Fe by the Water Company during the past two years,clearly demonstrating that on all the valley lands susceptible of irriga-tion in New Mexico may be successfully grown beets for sugar makingequal to the best grown anywhere else in the world. RAILWAY FACILITIES. For outlets to markets on every side, north, south, east, and west,for the farmers product, as also facilities for transportation, cheapen-ing the cost of what he has to buy abroad and facilitating the cost ofwhat he has to sell, the farmer has a network of railway carriage pos-sessed by few other Rocky Mountain communities and surpassed bynone. September 20, 1897. Dear Sir : Your favor of August 5 to Agent Lutz, at Santa Fe, requesting state-ments of shipment of cattle, sheep, etc., moving over this road from the Territoryof New Mexico, was, unfortunately, delayed in reaching me, and, coming as it did,
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San Juan Vegetable Bouquet. TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO. 369 at a time when tho demands on this department were unusually heavy, I have beenunable ere this to comply with your request. The information desired is givenbelow: Cars. Cattle 646 Horses 1 Hogs 1 Sheep 241 Total 889 Trusting this delay may not have been the cause of any inconvenience to you,I am, sincerely yours. C. S. Sutton,Auditor Freight Reports, Topeka, Kan*.Hon. M. A. Otero, Governor, Territory of New Mexico, Santa Fe, JST. Mex. Tlie Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad and its tributary linesoffer advantages to the overland traveler equal to any other system onthe American Continent. The circuit of the various tributaries of theSanta Fe system constitute a most interesting and comprehensive tourof the West, passing through the most picturesque portions of NewMexico. The Santa Fe touches all the principal cities and towns ofNew Mexico, traversing the entire length of the Territory. The SantaFe operates 857 miles of stand

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