Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-08-27

santa Fe, the city OF the Holy Faith o
Il. Francis, is the capital Of New Mexico
trade center, sanitary. archcplscOpa
see. and also the military headquarters
It is the oldest seat of civil and religious
government on American soil. When
('ahpZa lie Baca penetrated the valley OF
the Rio Grando in 1888 he found Santa
Ec = tlu!rlshing Pueblo village. The his
tory OF its first European settlement was
lost, with most OF the early records of the
territory, Wv the destruction OF all the
| archives in 1850; but the earliest men
ton OF it shows it then to have been the
capital and the center of commerce,
authority and influence. In 1904 came
the first venturesome American trader
the forerlnner OF the great line OF mer-
/ chants who have made traffic over the
/ Santa Fe worldwide in its celebrity.
TIE CLIMATE
Ct New Mexico is considered the finest on
the continent The high altitude in
smes dryness aud purity especially
adapted to tLe permanent cure OF pull
moirarv complaints, as hundreds will he
/ witness, and by travelling from point to
point almost any desired temperature
may be enjoyed. The altitude OF some OF
the principal points i'll the territory is
as follows: Santa Fe, 7,O47; COstlla,
7,774; TERRA Amarillo, 7,455; GlOrieta,
1851; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, GASP;
Cimalron, 6,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Albu-
operoue, 49l8 Socorro, 1850; Las
Cruces, 3,S44; Silver City, 5,94G; TT.
Stanton, $500. The mean temperature
at III government station at Santa Fe,
for the years named was as follows; 1874,
1879 degrees; 1875, 1876 degrees; 1876,
48l; 1877, 1873; 1873, 47.G. 1872 500;
1880, 46.6; which shows an extraordinary
uniformity. For tubercular diseases the
death rate in New Mexico is the lowest in
the union, the ratio being as follows
New England, %; Minnesota, IA; South
ern States, s; and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
$50 miles; from Denver, 335 miles;
from Trsinidad, PIG miles; from Albu-
Querque, So miles; from Deming, BIG
miles; from FL Paso, $40 miles; from Los
Angeles, l,03. miles: from Sau Fran
cisco, Isl miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base OF the monument i'll the
grand plaza is, according to latest correct
ed measurements, 1898 feet above the
level OF the sea; Bald mountain, toward
the northeast and at the extreme north
ern end of the Santa Fe mountains,
T.. GGl feet above sea level Lake Peak, to
the RIGHT (where the Santa Fe creek has
its source, is II ,045 feet high; the divide
lTesuque road iii; Aqua Fria, {, 4S0;
Cieneguilla west, COPS; La BaJaday
5,5l4; mouth OF Santa Fe creek (nOrh OF
Pena Blanca, 1925; Sandia mountains
thighest point, lO,60S; Old Placers,
6 sol; Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
) ,5S4 feet in height.
POINTS OF INTEREST.
There are some forty various points OF
more or less historic interest i'll and about
the ancient city:
The Adobe Palace, north side OF the
plaza, has been occupied rs an executive
mansion since 1880, the first governor and
captain general $50 far as the data at
hand reveals1 being Juan de Otermlh
The Plaza-Unate and De Vargas maze
triumphant marches over this beautiful
oasis, the one in 1891, the other in 1893.
Church of San Miguel.-Erected in the
10th century destroyed during the Pueblo!
revolution OF 1850; rebuilt by order OF
The Marques de la Penuela, i'll the
year ITO.
The Oldest dwelling house in the
United States is located near San Miguel
church. 1t was built before the Spanish
conquest.
Tie ancient cathedrals walls are grad.
ualv crumbling and instead a grand mod
ern stone structure is building. The Old
| cathedral was erected in l76l.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
and used as 4 strategic military point by
the Pueblo Indians when they revoltcd
against Spanish rule in 1880 and drove out
the enemy after besieging the city for
nine days. The American army under
Kearney constructed old Fort Marcy in
1916.
Fort Marcy Of the present day Is gar
risoned by three companies OF the lOth
U. s. infantry, Under command OF Cap
tains Gregory Barrel, J. +. Stretchand---
Duggan, and here at q. m. daily occurs
guard mounting, feature OF military
maneuvering ever of interest to the tourist,
Other points of interest to the tourist
are: The Historical Society's rooms; the
"Garita, " the military quarter; chapel and
cemetery OF Our Lady of the Rosary; the
church museum at the new cathedral, the
archbishop's gardens; church of our Our
Lady of Guadalupe with its rare old works
of art the soldiers monument, monu-
ment to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit
Carson, erected by the &. A. K. OF New
Mexico; st. Vincent hospital, conducted
by Sisters OF Charity, and the Orphans
industrial school; the Indian training
school; Loreto Academy and the chapel
of Our Lady OF Light.
The sight-seer here may also take @
vehicle and enjoy days outing with
both pleasure and profit. The various
spots OF interest to be visited are Iesuqut
pueblo, taking in the divide en- route
Monument rock, up i'll picturesque SAINT;
Fe canon; the Aztec mineral springs
Nambe pueblo; Aqua Fria village; thu
turquoise mines place of the assassina
ton of Governor Perez; San lldefons'
nueblo, or the ancient cliff jewellers, be
yond the Rio Grande.
THE CITY OF SANTA FE
is making steady modern growth; ha
. now a population Of 5000, and has eyer,
D., assurance of becoming beautiful moderI
city. Her people are liberal and enter
prising, and stand ready to foster and en-
y courage any legitimate undertaking hay
: inp for its object the building up and i'm
II movement OF the place. Among tn
C present needs of Santa Fe, and for whc
:. liberal bonuses in cash or lands could III
, doubtedly be secured, may be mentione
a canning factory; wool securing plaI
{ and a tannery. Skilled labor OF all kind