Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-01-14


Commander at f. Marcy, Col. HENRY DOUGLASS
Adiurnmt .......... LIEUT. 5. \ SEYBtRN
l{uattrllnnstcr. ...... ........ Lieut.. PLuMMER
nisbur,img q. VI Capt. J. W. summerhayes.
-ec'y iSlrruu Oi immigration. MAX FkOS
u. s. Int. Rev. collector ......,.. up. MCGHoRTY
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city Of the Holy Faith of
st. Francis, is the capital of New Mexico,
trade center, sanitary. archepiscopal
see, and also the military headquarters.
Ii is the oldest seat OF civil and religious
government on American soil. When
Cabeza lie Bara penetrated the valley Of
the Rio Grande in 1898 he found Santa
Fe hourlshing Pueblo village. The his
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 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 iorerunner OF the great line of mer-
chants who have made traffic over the
santa Fe worldwide in its celebrity.
THE CLIMATE
Ct New Mexico is considered the finest on
the continent. The high altitude in
sures dryness and purity Especially
a,iapted to tie permanent cure of pull
monary complaints, as hundreds will be
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 follcws: Santa Fe, 7,047; Costilla,
7.774; rierra Amarillo, 1855; Glorieta,
7 .5S7 Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452;
Cnnarron, 6,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Albu-
oueroue, 1918; Socorro, 1868; 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,
1879 degrees; 1875, 1876 degrees: 1876,
1871; 1877, 1873; 1878, 476. 1879, 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 rs follows
New England, Is Minnesota, IA; South
ern States, + and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
800 miles; from Denver, 33S miles
from Trsinidad, PIG miles, from Albu- |
4ueruue 50 miles; from Deming, 3l6
miles; from FL paso, 80 miles; from Los
= ''',oIns 03, miles. from San Fran
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The base OF the monument IN tle
grand plaza is, according TO iatesI correct
ed measurements, 7,0lo.5 feet above the
level OF the sea; Bald mountain toward
the northeast ana AT tiie extreme nof'h-
9rn end OF the Santa Fe mountains,
II, 6Gl feet above sea level Lake ieak, TO
Ihe right (w here the santa re creek mas
us source, Is ll,ofo ieet 'llsl 'ie ui W.
,Tesuque road iii; Aqua tria, 6,4oo;
(west), b,O2o; La BaJada.
},1l4; mouth OF Santa te creek (nofth OF
i'ena Blanca), 0,223; Samoa mountains
highest point, l0,6OS; Old Flacers,
5 sol; Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
J ,5S4 feet in height.
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mere are some 'oIty Various pI'n lt ~
more or less historic Interest Ill "h'' "''ou'
Ihg ,t "'loIe1' wy ,4h aida ~ tho
The Adobe Palace norm slue Oh tne
piazza, mas been occupieG a. al enuo .o,'J
since iooo' Iiie ilrSl soVeii,ol ''l't
captain general $50 lar as tne uala a'
hand reyeals) PEN Juan n ue Clei,liii
lhe tIaHa-ohate anu De ,aiGaa ii.as.I
marches over tiils oe"u 1cno
oasis, the one IN io9l' Ii'e Elliel III W. 10
Ch'lrch oil san Migteinnle'tto p =, iii
iotI century ueovioyo u' :i. NJ wy .' ~
'eYolutIon Oh lo2o' iepnlt Jy ;, Viuei ~
ne Marques ue Id eiiue'"' LII '''o
year NV. ,u. l :, tho
Inc OLDEST d"ellihg liouso N WIZ; .,J
United states Is io'aten near San MisiIi
1t was built before Ihe oPa''iSi'
The ancient catileofal > VANS alG s,aId
ualy crimDIlng ana ihS'ea1 ef"i M a' oid
ern stone structure - pun n'1 Ano '''
cathedral was erected III laol' ;,
GA fort Marcy WAS iiev ,ooo o;nt i" NV
and used as Stfateglc lllliltaiy poiii' ~
the Pueblo Indians when tlIey revoiIcu
against Spanish rule IN looo ana drove 4ul
the enemy alter besiegliiG the Guy ior
nine days. Inc american army unoef
kearney constructed olo forI Marty LII
1876.
Fort Marcy OF the present uay Is gar
riaoned by three companies o, 'lie r Iotl'
u. s. Infantry, under command VI zap
tains Gregory Barrel, }. f. stretch and
Duggan, and mere al . a, H. uai'y ? ";t
o,,,,o,in,o ver of interest tothe tourist
other points of interest to the tourist
are: The Historical Socetys rooms; the
ttGorita "the military quarter; chapel and
,.e metorv of our Lady of the Rosary the
rLnrrh museum at the new cathedral, the
archhishop's gardens; church OF our Our
LADY of Guadalupe with its rare old works
Of art the soldiers monument, monu-
nent TO the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit
Carson. erected by the &. A. K. of New
Mexico: st. Vincent hospital, conducted
NV Sisters of Charity, and the Orphans