Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-01-25

/ GoyaTnnr L. BRADFORD PRINCE
,rtort. 1890 b. NJ. IhOMa.
snll,ii,,r General - . EDWARD l.. BARTLElt
Auditor -. ..lhlNlDAo tALAhl =
t'rr,vrrAr ANTONIO ORTIZ Y SALAZAk
Adiutaut General. ......-..... E. W. "fNkoo!
JUDICIARY.
Cntri Justice supreme Court r. " LONG
Associate Justice lst district W. II. W!tlThMAs
Associate Justice "a district. $780,. W d LEE
I ASs0Cintc Justice 30 district J. H. MCfif
Presiding Justice attn district. n V. LONG
IT, 5 District Attorney. .....-a 80. L. a. FISK
e s Marshal ..... TRINIDAD knMEro
/ tinrs supreme Court SUMMERS BURKHART
LAND DEPARTMENT.
t. s. Surveyor General EDWARD F, HOBART
O. 5 Land Register. .... 800 \. l.. MoRRlsoN
Receiver Public Moneys. ...WM NJ BERGER
us. ARMY.
Commander at TT. Marcy, Col. Henry DOUGLASS
Adjutant ............ LIEUT.. D. l. PEI 81 RN
QuNrteTmaster. ...-. -.. LIEUT.. fLuMMEh
bishursing O, NJ - Capt. J. W. Summerhayes.
T. S. Int. Rev. Collector ..... .J.P. MciRoRrY
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith of
st. Francis, is the capital OF New Mexico.
trade center, sanitary. archepscopal
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 tlourlshing Pueblo village. The his
tory of its first European settlement was
lost with most of the early records of the
territory, by the destruction of all the
archives in 1850; but the earliest mem
ton of it shows it then to have been the
capital and the center OF commerce,
authority and influence. In 1904 came
the first yenturesome American trader
the forer,lnner 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
sures dryness and purity especially
adapted to lie permanent cure of pull
monary complaints, as hundreds will be
witness, 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
as follows: Santa Fe, 7,047 Costilla,
7,774; TERRA Amarillo, 7,455; Glorleta,
1857; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452;
Cimarron, 6,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Albu-
querque, 4,9lS; Socorro, 1850; Las
Cruces, 3,S44; 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; 1878, 1876 degrees; 1875,
4S.l; 1877, 1873; 1873, 47.6. 1879, 500;
1880, At. Is; 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, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
S69 miles; from Denver, 33S miles
from Trsinidad PIG miles from Albu-
uueroue, So miles; from Deming, 3l6
miles from FL Paso, $40 miles; from Los
Angeles, 1872 miles: from San Fran
cisco, ,2Sl miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument i'll vhe
grand plaza is, according to latest correct
ed measurements, 7,Ol9.5 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 ,66l feet above sea level; Lake Peak, to
the right (wt ire the Santa Fe creek has
its source, is l2,O45 feet high the divide
(Tesuque road) iii; Aqua Fria, +, 4S0
Cieneguilla (west), 6,025; La Bajada,
5,5l4; mouth OF Santa Fe creek (north OF
Pena Blanca, 5,225; Sandia mountains
(highest point, l0,60S; Old Placers,
4 sol Los Cerrillos mountains (south)
i, 5S4 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
plaza. has been occupied as an executive
mansion since 1880, the first governor and
captain general $50 lar as the data at
hand reveals) being Juan de Otermin
The Plaza-Onate and De Vargas made
triumphant marches over this beautiful
oasis, the one in 1901, the other in 1893.
Church of San guel.-Erected in the
10Th century destroyed during the Pueblo
revolution of 1850; rebuilt by order OF
''The Marques de la Penuela, " in the
year 17lO.
The oldest dwelling house in the
United States is located near San Miguel
church. 1t was built before the Spanish
conquest.
The 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 revolted
against Spanish rule in 1880 and drove out
the enemy after besieging the city for
nine days. The American army under
kearnev constructed old Fort Marcy in
1916.
Fort Marcy OF the present day is gar
risoned by three companies OF the 10th
u. S. infantry, under command OF Cap
tains Gregory Barrel, J. F. Stretch and
Duggan, and here at 8 a. m. daily occurs
guard mounting, feature of military
maneuverlng ever OF interest the tourist.
Other points OF interest to the tourist
are: The Historical Society's rooms; the
"Garita, " the military quarter; chapel and
cemetery of Our Lady OF the Rosary; the
church museum at the new cathedral, the
archbishop'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 sight-seer here may also take a
vehicle and enjoy days outing with
both pleasure and profit. The various
spots of interest to be tied are Tesuque
pueblo, taking in the divide EN- route !;
Monument rock, up in picturesque Santa
Fe canon; the Aztec mineral springs;