Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-08-19

A Few Facts for the General Informa-
ton Of Tourists and Sight
Seers Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO.
uEFiClAL DIRECTORY

nEFiClAL DIRECTORY
=; TERRITORIAL.
: Delegate III Congress ....-. ANTHONY JOSEF
= | Governor l.. BRADFORD PRIMO
2 Secretary .-... ...... B. NJ. THoMA
solicitor General. EDWARD L. bartlett
: Auditor ....... ............. TRINIDAD ALARI
! Treasurer ANTONIO ORTIZ SALAZA
: Adjutant General. S. FLETCHE
Secy Bureau of immigration. MAX Eros
JUDICIARY.
J Chief Justice Supreme Court. ..... JAS. OBRIEl
: Associate Justice 1st district. W. II. WHITEMAr
Associate Justice I'd district .........W. d. LEI
Associate Justice Sd district ...... J. r. MCFII
Presiding Justice 4th district ......JAS. O'BRIEr
Associate justice 9TH district. ....- f. P. SEED
U. 5. District Attorney ......, ... f. A. FISK
u. S. Marshal o. ......... TRINIDAD ROMERO
lerk supreme Court ...... SUMMERS BURKHARI
LAND DEPARTMENT.
y. S, Surveyor General, .... EDWARD F. HOBART
D. S. Land kegister......... A. L. MORRISON
Receiver Public Moneys. VIM. M. BERGER
US ARMY.
Commander at Ft. Marcy. Col. SIMON SNYDER
Adjutant .............. LIEUT.. ). SEYBURN
| GuartermaSter. .......... LIEUT.. PLUMMER
q. 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-phO-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 world wide 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 tne 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, 1855; Gloreta,
1887; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452
Cimarron, 6 ,489, Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Albu-
querque, ABS; Socorro, 1865; Las
Cruces, 1884; 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; 1875,
4S.1; 1877, 48.3; 1878, 47.6. 1879, 500
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, rs; Minnesota, IA; South
ern States, 6 and New Mexico, 8.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
1859 miles; from Denver, 1913 miles;
from Trsinidad, 2l6 miles; from Albu-
querque, So miles; from Deming, 3l6
miles from El Paso, $40 miles; from Los
Angeles, 1892 miles; from San Fran
cisco, ! ,281 miles
ELEVATIONS.
The base OF the monument in The
grand plaza is, according to latest correct
ed measurements, 7,019.5 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 l2,045 feet high; the divide
(Tesuque road) It'll; Aqua Fria, 6, 4SO;
(west>, 6,025; La Balada,
1914 mouth OF Santa Fe creek (north OF
Pena Blanca, 1925; Sandia mountains
(highest point, 1O,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 in 1850 and 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 1711, it had previously, and after 1893,
been the only Spanish chapel in 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 editice proper is
from the past century.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
and used as strategic military point by
jhe Pueblo Indians when they revolted
against Spanish rule in 1850 and drove out
he enemy after besieging the city for
nine days. The American army under
K carney constructed old Fort Marcy in
1916.
Fort Marcy OF the present day Is gar
.isoned by two companies OF the 10th
u. S. infantry, under command OF Col.
Snyder, and here at a. N. daily occurs
guard mounting, feature OF military
naneuvering ever Of interest TO the tourist.
Other points OF interest to the tourist
ire: The Historical Society's rooms; the
'Garita, )" the military quarter chapel and
cemetery of Our Lady of the Rosary; the
,hurch museum at the new cathedral, the
.rchbishop's gardens; church of our Our
adv of Guadalupe with its rare old works
II art; the soldiers monument, monu-
nept to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit
Carson, erected by the G. A. r. of New
Mexico; st. Vincent hospital, conducted
" Sisters of Charity, and the Orphans
Industrial school; the Indian training
school; Loreto Academy and the chapel
If Our Lady of Light.
The sight-seer here may also take a
,ehicle and enjoy days outing with
IN ,,laasure anj Drofit The various