Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-12-04
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY

.. s. Surveyor General, So. EDWARD F. HOBART
T. S. Land Register. A. l.. MoRRIsos
Receiver Public Moneys WIN. NJ. BERGEt
q. S. ARMY.
Commander at Fl. Marcy. :. Col. SIMON SNYDEr
Adutant ......... LIEUT.. >. SEfBt RH
Uuartermaster , .. .......L LIEUT. PLUMMEH
Dsbursing q. NJ Capt. J. W. Summerhayes
o. s. Int. Rev. Collector. .... IL. A. HUGHES
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.
An Indian pueblo had existed on the
site previous to the 18th century. Its
name was U-ga-p'ho-ge, but it had been
abandoned long before Coronado's time.
The Spanish town of Santa Fe was found
ed in 1905, it is therefore the second old
est European settlement still extant in
the United States. 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 the 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 in the territory is
as follows: Santa Ee, 7,O47; Costilla,
7,774; Terra Amarillo, 1855; Glorieta,
1857; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452 !;
Cimarron, 6,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Albu-
euerque, 4,9l8; Socorro, 4,655; Las
Cruces, 1874; Silver City, 5,946; F..
Stanton, $500. The mean temperature
at the government station at Santa Fe,
for the years named was as follows; 1874,
4S.9 degrees; 1875, 48.6 degrees; 1876,
48.l; 1877, 4S.3; 1878, 47.6. 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, 3.
DISTANCES.
alta Fe is distant from Kansas City
..lles; from Denver, 1913 miles ;
.rslnidad, 2lb miles from Aibu-
e'le, 50 miles, from Deming, 3l6
s. from FL Paso, $40 miles from Los
rs, l,O32 miles, from San Fran
1881 miles
ELEVATIONS.
base of the monument In The
nd plaza is, according to latest correct
measurements, 7,Ul9.5 feet above the
ryel of the sea Bald mountain, toward
the northeast and at the extreme north
ern end of the Santa Fe mountains,
II, b6l feet above sea level Lake Peak, TO
the right (wh ,re the Santa Fe creek has
its source), is l2,O45 feet high the divide
(Tssuque road III; Aqua Frla, =, 4oO !;
Cieneguilla west, 6,O25; La Balada.
5.5l4: mouth OF Santa Fe creek north OF
Pena Blanca), 5,225; Sandia mountains
(hiphest point, l0,6O8; Old Placers,
6.80l; Los Ctrrillos mountains (south),
1884 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 stands on the spot
where the old Spanish palace had been
erected shortly after 1903. That ancient
structure was destroyed in 1850 ana the
present one was constructed between
1897 and l7l6.
The chapel of San Miguel was built be-
tween 1886 and 1850. In the latter years
the indians destroyed it. Fully restored
in I'LL, 1t had previously, and after 1893,
been the onty Spanish chapel n Santa
Fe. 1t still remains the Oldest church III
use in New Mexico.
The walls OF the old cathedral date in
part from 1922 but the edltlce proper is
from the past century.
OLD Fort Marcy was first recognized
and used as strategic military polht py
the Pueblo Indians when they revolteo
against Spanish rule in l6SU and drove Out
the enemy after besieglng the city lol
nine days. The American army undel
kearney constructed old Fort Marcy Ii
1916.
Fort Marcy of the present day Is gar
risoned by two companies OF the lOti
u. s, infantry, under command OF Col
SNYDER, and here at a. m. daily occurs
guard mounting, feature OF military
maneuverlng ever OF interest to the tourist
Other points of interest to the tours
are: The Historical Soclety's rooms th'
"Garita, the military quarter chapel an(
cemetery of Our Lady of the Rosary th'
church museum at the new cathedral, TIT
archbishops gardens; church OF our ou
Lady OF Guadalupe with Its rare Old work
of art: the soldiers monument, monu
ment TO the Pioneer Path Finder, hi
Carson, erected by the Il. A. X. OF New
Mexico; st. Vincent hospital conducte'
by Sisters of Charity, and tie Orphans
Industrial school, the Indian tralnln
school; Loreto Academy and the chape
OF Our Lady of Light.
The slght-seer here may also take
vehicle and ENJOY days outing Will
both pleasure and profit. The varlou
spots Of interest to be visited are Tesu4u
pueblo, aKing in the divide en- route
Monument rock, up In picturesque SAINT
he canon; the Aztec mineral springs
Nambe pueblo; Aqua Fria village tn
t,,rouoise mines; place of the assasslna
lion Of Governor Perez; san Ldefons
pueblo, or the ancient Gill jewellers, pe
yond the Rio Grande.
THE CITY OF SANTA FE
is making steady modern growth; la
now q population OF o,OOO, anu mas ever