Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-04-04
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO,
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY

delegate In Congress ,..... ANTHONY JOSEF
Governor ..... l.. bhADF0HD fkiNC
Secretary ,.. B. NJ, THohA
Solicitor General. EDWARD L. BARrLE l.
| Auditor ,........ TRINIDAD ALARL
Treasurer ANTONIO ORTIZ SALAzAl
Adjutant Generai. K. W. WyNKoo
Sec'y Bureau of immigration MAX FRos
JUDICIARY.
Chief Justice Supreme Court 49,. e. V. LONG
Associate Justice list district W h. WHITEa AN
Associate Justice I'd district ... N. D. LEE
Associate Justice 30 district, ..,.....J. X. ACflF
Presiding Justice 4th district K V. LONG
U. 5. District Attorney. .. .... +. a, FlskH
g. S. Marshal 80, ... TRINIDAD ROMERO
CLERK Supreme Court .... SUMMERS BURKHARI
LAND DEPARTMENT.
g. s. Surveyor General ... EDWARD F. HOBART
U. s. Land Register......... e.. A. l.. MORRISON
Receiver Public Moneys. WIN VI. BERGER
| U. 5. ARMY.
Commander at Fl N srcy, Col, HENRY DOUGLASS
| Adjutant ............. LIEUT.. s. SEf Bt IN
| Ouartermaster ....... ...... LIEUT.. PLUMMER
Disbursing q NJ ... Capt. J. W. summerhsyes.
q. s. Int Rev. Collector r. McGRoRrY
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith of
st. Francis, is the capital OF New Mexico.
trade center, sanitary. archepisc0pal
see, and also the military headquarters.
1t is the oldest seat Of civil and religious
government on American soil. When
Cabeza de Baca penetrated the valley of
the Rio Grande in 1888 he found Santa
Fe fourlshing Pueblo village. The his
tory OF its first European settlement was
lost, with most of the ear y records of the
territory, by the destruction of all the
archives in 1880; 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 forerunner Of the great line of mer-
chants who nave 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
adapted to tle permanent cure OF pull
monary complaints, as hundreds will be
witness, y 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
az follows Santa Fe, 7,047; Costilla,
7,774; Terra Amarillo, 1855; Glorieta,
1887; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452;
Cimarron, 6,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Albu-
uueruue, Abs; Socorro, 4,655; Las
Cruces, 3,844; 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; 1875, 1876 degrees; 1875,
49.1; 1877, 48.3; 1878, AIS. 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 as follows:
New England, 25; Minnesota, IA; South
ern States, &; and New Mexico, 8.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
1859 miles; from Denver, 1888 miles;
from Trsinidad 2l6 miles; from Albu-
unerque, So miles; from Deming, 3l6
miles from FL Paso, $40 miles; from Loa
Angeles, 1892 miles; from San Fran
cisco, | ,2S1 miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base OF the monument in Uhe
grand plaza is, according to latest correct
ed measurements, 7,Ul9.5 feet above the
level of the sea; Bald mountain, toward
the northeast and at the extreme north
ern end of the Santa Fe mountains,
II ,6Bl feet above sea level; Lake Peak, to
the right (wh ,re the Santa Fe creek has
its source), is l2,045 feet high the divide
(Tesuque road 7,l7l; Aqua Fria, $3.50
Cieneguilla (westl, 6,025; La Balada,
5,5l4; mouth of Santa Fe creek north OF
Pena Blanca, 1928; Sandia mountains
(highest point, 10,60S Old Placers,
6,SO1; Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
1854 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
plazs, has been occupied rs an executive |
mansion since 1850, the first governor ana
captain general $50 far as the data at
hand rev ,als) being Juan de Otermin
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, " In the
year l7lO. !,
The Oldest dwelling house in the
chnrch II was built before the Spanish
c
me ancient cathedral's walls are grad
ually crumbling and instead grand mod.
ern stone structure is building. The old
Cathedral was erected in 1851.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
and used as strategic military point by
the Pueblo Indians when they revOltcd |
re anemv aftar hesieginp the citv for
nine min davs The American army Under
Kesrney constructed old Fort Marcy in
ls46.
Fort Marcy of the present day Is gar