Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-09-18
SANTA FE.
A Few Facts for the General Inforna-
ton of Tourists and Sight
Seers Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.


CAPITAL CITY VI NhW MhA1oo'
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
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Lhnfi A ASrvory JOSEPH
9elege.1 III oo"s'''' l.. BaADFoRD PRINCE
oecretary. -. 3. N. THOMAS
Acting Solicitor General X =: ISi ALhEIp
A A1n,STa, ''''''' 'AsTosio osTiz sALAaAR
4dimtant General. ....... EDWARD L. BARTLEVT
JUDICIARY.
Chief Justice Supreme Court -. E.V. Lone
Associate Justice lst district W. H. WITH AE
Associate Ius stice % dstrict T. McFlE
prssiding Justice 4th district E ', LONG
T. =. District Attorney ; Iho%1s spTINra
I; >; Marshal ,;onr+ SUMMERS BURKHART
o'e'N I,wn REPAYMENT.
:, =. e,,,voror General, EDWARD F. HOBART
U. S. Land Register ,,, - u; ~Ahh En
f'F''''''' "'''' sARMY.
,,,,,r,.ndor 9, Fl Marcy, Col. HENRY DOUGLASS
Adjutant ,'.....,...., LIEUT.. s. y sEYmsS
Quartermaster. ...,......'''.'.' LIEUT. fLoAAh"
secy Bureau of immigration ....: MAX Fkos,
q. 8. Int. Rev. Collector H. M'''oA1
HISTORICAL.
e.o po Tho city of tbe Holy Faith of
~ oa M re- =; !,it tho santal Of New Mexico,
81. FRANCIS, rs 'li ea , archenisconal
tfaoe Gen.ei' ,o rn;i;tarv haadn1arters.
see, ana aiso , aoot Of Evil and Religions
IL Is tne olt Oh. W sea- am % soil When
soverhmIeiipe Do. on nanatratad the valley of
Cape E:l 10 G. nada ;u las he found Santa
t,le lt a o,Hi pnahlo village. The his
re Ho ;1d 's srat Frrona,n settlement was
tory VI us us. g .ha oorlv racords of the
lost! Will t NV, 40 destruction of all the
terIl!oly' ;, ny hmt tho earliest men
arciiives - nvo i tben n have been the
uon VI i" eit1" th ~ no,.tor ~ commerce
captal anu ;nanarce In 1904 came
u aho CT ,,ant,,rasome American trader
. .tie f n,aS If tho great line of mer-
u '.l,sn atao Who have made traffic over the
Santa Fe worldwide in its celebrity.
THE CLIMATE
of New Mexico is considered the finest on
the continent. The high altitude in
sures dryness and purity Especially
adanted to tie permanent cure Of pull
monarv complaints, as hundreds will be
witness, and by travelling from point to
point almost any desired temperature
may he enjoyed. me al'i.tao y, stnrv "a ~
the principal points III .i ne- tei Ha.2,,a :"
as follows: SANTA re- 1'vf. S Eos;ta'
7,774; TERRA Amarila, 'too, "ioft nSo
1887; Taos, 6,92o; Lay 'eea o,1I.'
Cimarron, 6,4S9, bernalllio' o,'Uf, Aipu-
querque, a,slo e;, no.oi C;,;v Ga. ~
Cruces, 3,o44 9llvef Ivy + u,Unu,
Stanton, o,ooo. me 1919, .on' ~ ' Santa Fa
at the governnents s ',aa % fol,ows 1874
for the years ha 1oee " aSe dearess 1919
4o.9 degrees, do'1 800 1o'o ue 800 sOe:
ash 1877, 49,; loIo, no, $1,000 to'S, w.,
1880, 46:6; wnich SHOWS ~ eA anaor o ths
uniformity Eor tupeou n; .ha eI Iauest t i,
death rate III ~. he" xa M he;ny 90 fo,lowa
Nov ENGLAND. %: Minnesota, IA South
ern States, q; ana ne" meAioo' D.
DISTANCES.
sonto Ia ia distant from Kansas City
oo San. ena no e irom Denver 338 miles
90 Tre;nidad 218 miles: from Albu-
from aiet o. ro;,oa from Deminp. 316
queiquG, ~ u poso 94O miles from Los
ml'es' Ho',' 900 ,a;leo. from San Fran
Angeles, oi i, .,;ios
cisco' 1901 Ai''o ''''..,,-.
ELEVArioNs'
The base of the monument IN .le
grand plaza is, according to latest correct
ed measurements, 7,oiS.o 1eet ABOVE .iis
level of the sea Bald mountain, tom a.h
ern end OF the Santa Fe mountains
1861 feet above sea level Lake reak, W
the right (where the Santa re creek mas
its source), is l2,o42 ieet nisn we eu 400
(Tesuque road) III; Aqua Fra, 6,4oo !;
Cieneguilla (west), 6,O25; La ba]aua;
5,5l4; mouth OF Santa Fe creek (nortn OF
Pena Blanca), 5,225; Sandla mountains
(highest point, l0,60S; Old Placers,
SOL Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
1854 feet in height.
,o,,,rs an ,Nrpppsr
FUND Vt i' : ''N ,
There are some forty various points OF
more or less historic interest IN and ABOUT
the ancient city:
The Adobe Palace, north side OF the
plaza, has been occupied as an executiVe
mansion since 1880, the first governor ana
captain general ESQ far as the data az
hand reveals) being Juan de Otermin
The Plaza-Onate and De Vargas MADE
triumphant marches over this beautiful
oasis. the one in 1901, the other in 1893.
Church of San Miguel.-Erected IN the
10th century destroyed during the Pueblo
revolution Of 1880; rebuilt by order OF
t0The MARQUES de la Penuela, s." i'll the
wear 17l0.
The Oldest dwelling house in the
United States is located near San Miguel
church. It was built before the Spanish
conquest. j.,
The ancient cathedrals walls are grad
ually crumbling and instead grand moo,
ern stone structure is building. The ole