Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-02-21

Auditor TRINIDAD ALAE.
| Treasurer ANTONIO ORTIZ y SALA2.
AdjutaHt General ........... L. " WYNKO.
JUDICIARY.
Chief Justice supreme t cCqr, ~ + v: i9H
! Associate Justice % district. W. d. l.
| Associate Justice 81 district. &c.. !. K. MGlJ
/ Presiding Just ice 18th district V. LOAt
| U. >. District Attorney ... L. \. FISK
| Z. ). Marshal , .. TRINIDAD RoMEH
| Clerk supreme Court SUMMERS BUREHARi
LAND DEPARTMENT.
T. $. surveyor General. o.. EDWARD f. HoBArt
Z. s. Land Register. .... . A. l.. MoRRISoN
Receiver Public Moneys. ...,,.W M NJ BERGEH
y. s. ARMY.
Commander at TT. Marcy, Col. HENRY DOUGLASS
Adjutant ..... ..,....... LIEUT.. ;. ! SEYBURN
QNartcrmlStCr. .,.....l LIEUT.. PLUMBER
Di.0ursiug O. NJ Capt J. W. Summcrhayes
5eCy Bureau of immigration ...... MAX FEOsf
U. s. Int. Rev. Collector ..... up. McGRoRTY
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city Of the Holy Faith OF
st. Francis, is the capital OF New Mexico
trade center, sanitary, archepiSCOpaI
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 a fiourlshing Pueblo village. The his
tory of its first European settlement was
lost, with most OF the earl y 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,
and influence. In 1904 came
the first venturesome American trader
the forerunner of the great line of mer-
chants 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
3res dryness and purity Especially |
adapted to tAe permanent cure of pull |
nonary complaints, as hundreds will be
and by travelling from point to
,oint almost any desired temperature
nay be enjoyed. The altitude of some OF
he principal points in the territory is
Is follows: Santa Fe, 7,047; Costilla,
TIA; TERRA Amarillo, 7,455; Glorieta,
,5S7 Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452
Jimarron, 6,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,704 Albu-
4,919; Socorro, 1868; Las
}ruces, 3,S44; Silver City, 5,946; #.
tanton, $500. The mean temperature
t the government station at Santa Fe,
" the wears named was as follows 1874,
80 degrees; 1875, 1876 degrees; 1876,
81; 1877, 1873; 1878, 47.6. 1879, 500;
$50. 46.6; which shows an extraordinary
Uniformity. For tuberClllar diseases the
cath rate in New Mexico is the lowest in
le union, the ratio being as follows
lew England, %; Minnesota, IA; South
IN States, 6; and New Mexico, 8.
DISTANCES.
santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
50 miles; from Denver, 33S miles;
ON Trsinidad, 2l8 miles from Albu-
uerque, So miles; from Deming, 3l6
lilies; from FL Paso, $40 miles from Los
ngeles, LOOP miles: from San Fran
sco, .2S1 miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in The
rand plaza is, according to latest correct
. measurements, 7,0l9.5 feet above the
vel of the sea; Bald mountain, toward
le northeast and at the extreme north
N end of the Santa Fe mountains,
,661 feet above sea level Lake Peak, to
le right (wh ere the Santa Fe creek has
s source, is II ,O45 feet high the divide
resuque road iii; Aqua Frla, 6,480;
(west), 6,O25; La BaJada,
5l4; mouth of Santa Fe creek north of
ena Blanca), 5,225; Sandia mountains
highest point, 1O,60S; Old Placers,
sol Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
584 feet in height.
POINTS OF INTEREST,
There are some forty various points OF
ore or less historic interest in and about
le ancient city:
The Adobe Palace, north side OF the
aza. has been occupied as an executive
ansion since 1880, the first governor and
lptain general $50 far as the data at
and reveals) being Juan de Otermin
The Plaza--Onate and De Vargas made
marches over this beautiful
isis, the one in 1891, the other in 1893. |
Church of San Miguel. Erected in the
9Th century; destroyed during the Pueblo
of 1880; rebuilt by order of
The Marques de la Penuela, in the
ear ITO.
The oldest dwelling house in the
nited States is located near San Miguel
lurch. 1t was built before the Spanish
inquest.
The ancient cathedral's walls are grad
Ally crumbling and instead grand mod.
n stone structure is building. The old
lthedral was erected in 1861.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
nd used as a strategic military point by
e Pueblo Indians when they revoltod 4
,ainst Spanish rule in 1880 and drove out
le enemy after besieging the city for
me days. The American army under
carney constructed old Fort Marcy in
,46.
Fort Marcy OF the present day Is gar
soned By three companies OF the 10th =
. S. infantry, under command OF Cap
ms Gregory Barrett, j. F. Stretch and
uggan, and here at a. m. daily occurs 2
lard mounting, q feature OF military
ever of interest to the tourist.
Other points of interest to the tourist
e: The Historical Society's rooms; the
Garita, i" the military quarter chapel and
,metery of Our Lady of the Rosary; the
lurch museum at the new cathedral, the
,chbishop's gardens; church of our Our
adv of Guadalupe with its rare old works
art; the soldiers monument, monu-
tent to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit
arson, erected by the G. A. R. of New
Iexico; St. Vincent hospital, conducted ):
v Sisters OF Charity, and the Orphans
ldustrial school; the Indian training