Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-08-14
SANTA Re.
4 Few Facts for the General Informa-
ton Of Tourists and Sight
seers Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
TERRITORIAL.


TERRITORIAL
Delegate lu Congress .AETHOHY JOSEPH
Governor b. $50. ...,.. l., BRADFORD PRIMO
Secretary ..... ... B. NJ. THOMA
Solicitor General. .... EDWARD L. bartlett
Auditor ......... ... ............ TRINIDAD ALARL
Treasurer 900. .. ..-. ANTONIO ORTIZ SALAZAl
Adlutanf (tenerRI...... .......-.. W. >. FLEVCHEl
Sec'y Bureau OF immigration MAX F.os'
JUDICIARY.
Chief Justice Supreme Court. ..... JAS. 0'BRIEr
Associate Justice LIST district W. Il. WHITEM Al
Associate Justice % district ........ ". D, LEI
| Associate Justice Sd district. ........J. r. MCFIE
! Presiding Justice 4th district JAS. O'BRIEN
Associate jus c- 18th district. 700. T. F. SEEDt
U. s. District Attorney. .... .- . H. A. FGsKF
| U. s. Marshal. ........... TRINIDAD ROMERO
Jerk supreme Court ..... SUMMERS BURKHARl
LAND DEPARTMENT.
Q. s. Surveyor General .... EDWARD F. HOBART
| U 5. Land kegister......... A. l.. MORRISON
Receiver Public Moneys. .......W WIN. NJ BERGER
U. s. ARMY.
Commander at TT Marcy. :. Col, SIMON SNYDER
| AujutaIt .............. LIEUT.. ). \. SEi 81 RN
Disbursing q. NJ 1900. Capt, J. W. summerhayes.
U. 8. Int Rev. Collector ..........L. 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 O-ga-p' ho-ge, but it had been
abandoned long before Coronados 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 toe 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 Fe, 7,047; Costilla,
7,774; TERRA Amarillo, 1885, Glorieta,
1887; Taos, $780, Las Vegas, 6,452;
Cimarron, s ,499, Bernalillo, 5,704; Albu
auerqne. 4,9l8; Socorro, 1868; Las
Cruces. 3,84; 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,
48.9 degrees; 1875, 1876 degrees; 1876,
48.1; 1877, 4S.3; 1878, 47.6. 1879, 5O.6;
1880, 1876; 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, %; Minnesota, IA; South
ern States, 8; and New Mexico, 5.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
$3.50 miles; from Denver, 33S miles;
from Trsinidad, 218 miles; from Albu-
ouerque, So miles; from Deming, 3l6
miles; from FL Paso, $40 miles; from Los
Angeles, 1902 miles; from San Fran
cisco, ,2Sl miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base OF the monument in The
grand plaza is, according to latest correct
ed measurements, 7,0l9.5 feet above the
level of the sea Bald mountain, toward
the northeast and at the extreme north
ern end of the Santa Fe mountains,
1861 feet above sea level; Lake Peak, to
the right (wh ere the Santa Fe creek has
its source, is 49, 45 feet high the divide
(Tesuque road) III; Aqua Fria, 6,480;
Cienegrlilla (west), 6,O25; La Balada,
5,514 mouth of Santa Fe creek (north OF
Pena Blanca), 1925; Sandia mountains
(highest point, 10,608; Old Placers,
6 SOL; Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
5 ,584 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 1905. That ancient
structure was destroyed i'll 1850 and the
present one was constructed between
1897 and 17l6.
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, it had previously, and after 1893,
been the only Spanish chapel in Santa
Fe. It still remains the Oldest church IN
use in New Mexico.
The walls of the old cathedral date in
part from 1922; but the editce proper is
from the past century.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
and used as strategic military point, by
the Pueblo Indians when they revolted
against Spanish rule in 1850 and drove out
the enemy after besieging the city tor
nine DAYS. The American army under
Kearney constructed old Fort Marcy LII
1846.
Fort Marcy of the present day ID gar
risoned by two companies oil the lOth
u. s. infantry, under command OF Col.
SNYDER, and here at 8 q. m. daily occurs
guard mounting, feature OF military
maneuvering ever OF interest to the tourist.
Other points of interest to the tourist
are: The Historical Societys rooms; the
"Garita, the military quarter; chapel and
cemetery of Our Lady OF the Rosary; the
church museum at the new cathedral, the
archbshop's gardens; church OF our Our
Lady of Guadalupe with its rare old works
of art: the soldiers monument, monu-
ment to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit
Carson, erected by the G. A. r. of New
Mexico; st. Vincent hospital, conducted
by Sisters of Charity, and the Orphans
industrial school; the Indian training
school; Loreto Academy and the chapel
OF Our Lady of Light.
The sigllt-seer here may also Jake
vehicle and enjoy days outing with
both pleasure and profit. The various
spots of interest to be visited are Tesuque
pueblo, aking in the divide en- route;
Monument rock, up in picturesque Santa
Fe canon; the Aztec mineral springs;
Mantle pueblo; Aqua Fria village; the
turquoise mines place of the assassina-