Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-01-08
SANTA Re.
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO.
nFFiGIAl DIRECTORY.
IENMlIORlAL.

| GArlTAL UlI1 VI NhW mhAlOO
NFFiIaAI DIRECTORY.
/ IEKNlTORIAL.
| i,,'.lGuir III congress .SIhoNl JOSEPH
! yOVeuut L. BRADFORD fkiN'h
| SECRETARY - ". lhpN
tr,nR solicitor general Z. Z. TwlI!cnEtI
! AGdltoT .lHHlDhD ALARlb
| !.4s.urpi ANTONIO ORTIZ SALA2ak
| Adjutant Geueral EDWARD L. BARTLETT
JUDICIARY.
G S..';nt" justice Isl district ". H. WHITETA%
| Associate Justice ~ Nlstrict " - Lt&
| Associate Justip. 81 district j. Il. Nj IT,
| Presiding Justice Ath district T. '. los"
L. y. District Attorney THOMAS SMITH
. :, Marshal w kOMULo MARTINEZ
Clerk supreme court SUMMERS BURKHARI
LAND DEPARTMENT.
l.. :. surveyor General .... EDWAtD +. AoEthi
c. > Land Register j. Il. WALLER
Receiver Public Moneys JAMES \ 1PRADL Nc
Z. >, ARMY.
Commander at TT. Marcy, Col. HENRY DOUGLASS
Adiurant ......... LIEUT.. ;. l .oEfB IN
guaTternaster .......L LIEUT.. PLUMBER
DlSOurSlnE q. ..tapt. j. W ouinnlerua!es.
Sec'y bureau OF l"nieraion max FE"S'
T. s. Int. Rev. Collector .J.P. MCGRoRrY
HISTORICAL.
Santa te, the city OF the Holy Faith Of
st. Francis, is the capital OF New Mexico.
trade center, sanitary. archeplscopal
see, and also the military headquarters.
II is the Oldest seat Of civi! and religious
government on american soil. When
CabeHa de RacA penetrated the valley OF
tie Rio ,,rande III 1898 he found Santa
Re iiourlsling Pueblo village. The his
tory Of it, first European settlement was
lost with most OF the earl y records Of the
territory, by the destruction of all the
archives ~ 1880 but the earliest mem
tlol. OF it shows it then to have been the
.;aoitai and the center Of commerce,
authority and influence. In 1904 calne
the FIRST yenturesome American trader
the forcrunnur of the great line of mer-
chants who have made traffic over the
santa he 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
adapted to tie permanent cure of pull
monary complaints, as hundreds will be
witness, } and by travelling from point to
point almost any desired temperature
NAV be enjoyed. The altitude of some of
the principal points in the territory is
as follows: Santa Fe, 7,047; Costilla,
7.774; Terra Amarillo, 7,455; Glorieta,
1887; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452;
Cimarron, & ,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,704; Albu-
oueruue, 4,9lS; Socorro, 1850; Las
Cruces. 3,S44, Silver City, 5,946; Fl.
Stanton, $500 The mean temperature
at the government station at Santa Fe,
for the years named was as follows; 1874,
4S.9 degrees; 1878, 4S.6 degrees; 1876,
4S.l; 1877, 1873; 1878, 47.6. 1879, sos;
1886, AZ. e; 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, 25 Minnesota, IA; South
ern States, &; and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
$50 miles; from Denver. 33S miles;
from Trsinidad, PIG miles; from Albu-
oueroue, rs miles; from Deming, 3l6
miles; from Fl paso, $40 miles from Los
Angeles, ,O32 miles: from San Fran
cisco. PSI miles
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in The
grand plaza is, according to latest correct
ed measurements, 7,Ol9.5 feet above the
level of the sea; Bald mountain, toward
the northeast and at the extreme north
ern end of the Santa Fe mountains,
u .66l feet above sea level Lake Peak, to
the right where the Santa Fe creek has
its source is l2,045 feet high the divide
(Tesuaue road III; Aqua Fria, $3.50;
Cieueguilla (west), 6025; La BaJada,
5,5l4; mouth OF Santa Fe creek north OF
Pena Blanca, 5,225; Sandla mountains
(highest point, lO,6OS; old Pacers,
6.SOl Los Cerrillos mountains South,
i, !5S4 feet in height.
POINTS OF INTEREST.
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 and
captain General $50 far as the data at
hand reveals) being Juan de Otermln
The plaza-Onate and De Vargas made
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 1880 rebuilt by order OF
"The Marques de la Penuela, y in the
year ITO.
The Oldest dwelling house in the
United States is located near San Miguel
church. It was built before the Spanish
conquest.
The ancient cathedrals walls are grad
uaIly crumbins and instead grand mod.
ern stone structure is building. The old
cathedral was erected in l76l. ,
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
and used as a strategic military point by
the Pueblo Indians when they revoltod
AGAINST Spanish rule in 1880 and drove out
the enemy after besieging the city for
nina DAVIS. The American army under
Kearney constructed old Fort Marcy in
1916,
Fort Marcy OF the present day IL gar
risoned by three companies OF the 10th
| Il. :. infantry, under command OF Cap
tains GREGORY Barret, }. F. Stretch and
Duuran, and here at 8 a. M. daily occurs
GUARD mounting, feature OF military
maneuvprngever of interest tothe 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 Path-Finder, kl1
Carson, erected by the &. A; K. Of New
Mexico; st. Vincent hospital, conducted
bv Sisters OF Charity, and the Orphans
Industrial school; the Indian training
school; Loreto Academy and the chape
g h,,. I adv Of I iubt