Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-09-04
CAPITAL CITY or NEW MEXICO.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
TERRITORIAL.

TERRITORIAL.
nplcCarc III Congress ......... ANTHONY J0sEru
Governor ..................L. BEAbfoRD PRINCE
q r"j6rT ....- ..,.-. ..... j. N. IVufIAs
Actin$ Solicitor General. e.. r. +. Iwl!cgrLI
Auditor. ..-.,... .-.. ..iMHiDAD A-ARlD
treasurer .. ANTONIO UEH Y SAhAGAH
Adjutaut General .... EDWARD l.. BARTLETT
JUDICIARY.
Chief Justice Supreme Court ..... ~. Lose
Associate Justice list GistIirG. y. II. HUlIENAN
Associate Justice ri district. . WI. LIZ
AsSuriutc Justice 81 district. ). l.. ACfl'
Presiding Justice NIB district l., '. Los"
U. :, district Attorney ...... g.. THOMAS SMITH
= = Marshal .. .ROMULO MARTINEZ
C crk supreme Court .sLMMEEs EUEBHARI
LAND DEPARTMENT.
-. :. surveyor General. .... EpWArD +. !!GGAET
Ea. ~, ',U Public Toucys JANIS !. srHaDL NJ
Z. :. ARMY.
D,nrnmsnicr at f. Marcy, Gen, lIFNnY U"rGLASS
Ndjutaut ......,...,. .iIECT. :. .''EN II RI
lWartClnastCr... .... ..,'''''i]"II' fLNd.AhE
I,c'y Hurcau Of Immigration ..... .NAX FHos
U. s. Int. Rev. Collector. ~. MCGRokTY
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city Of the Holy Faith OF
It. Francis, is the capital Of New Mexico
trade center, sanitary. arrhcpiaropaI
see, and also the military headquarters.
1t is the oldest seat Of civil and religious
government on American soil. When
Cabela de Baca penetrated the valley OF
the Rio Graudc in l035 he found Santa
'c Il llourshing Pueblo village. The bis
tory of its first European settlement was
lost. with most Of the early records Of the |
territory, by the destruction OF all the
archives in $780, but the earliest men
zion of it shows it then TO have been the
.upital and the center of commerce, |
authority and Influence. lin 1874 came
the first venturesome American trader
the forcrunner Of the great line OF mcr-
chants who have made traffic over the
santa Fe worldwide in its celebrity.
TIE CLIMATE
f New Mexico is considered the finest on
.he continent. The high altitude III
5ures dryness and purity Especially
ltapted to tIe permanent cure OF pull
nonarv complaints, as hundreds will be
witness, and by travelling from point to
)oint almost any desired temperature
nav be enioved. The altitude Of some OF
he principal points in the territory is
IS follows: Santa Fe, 7,047; Costilla,
ia; Tierra Amarillo, 7,l55; Glorieta,
.5SS; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, G,4@2;
jimarron, G,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Albu-
luerQue, 49lS; SocorrO, 1850; Las
cruces, SSH; Silver City, 1916; TT.
stanton, $500. The mean temperature
It the government station at Santa Fe,
or the years named was as follows; 1874, !!
SO degrees; 1879, 1876 degrees; 1876,
81; 1877, 1873; 1878, 47.6. 1879, 900;
$50, 46.6; which shows an extraordinary
Il, Il
cath rate in New Mexico is the lowest il
he union, the ratio being as follows
lew England, %; Minnesota, II; South
RI States, 8 ; and New Mexico, 5. I
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
81 miles; from Denver, 1913 miles;
rom Trsisidad, PIG miles from Albu-
uerque, So miles; from Deming, 3l6
niles from III Paso. $40 miles; from Los :
.ngeles, Lob miles: from sun Fran G
isro, ,2&1 miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in The q.
rand plaza is, according to latest correct
Il measurements, 7,0l2.o feet above the !
eyel OF the sea Bald mountain, toward ,
he northeast and at the extreme north
ri end OF the Santa Fe mountains,
, ,G6l feet above sea level Lake Peak, to ,
ne right (where the Santa fe creek has =
s source, is T. ,045 feet high the divide
resuque road iii; Aqua trla, G,4So;
'ieneguilla (west, 6,O25; La Bajada,
Oh; mouth OF Santa Fee creek lnOfth OF
ena Blanca, 5,2225; Sanda mountains !
highest point, lO,G0S Old plarers, {
sol; Los CerriIlOs mountains (sonth), r
,554 feet in height. )