Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-12-26

From this II will appear that Santa Fe Ia
relatively warmer i'll winter and cooler in
summer than other places having nearly
the same annual temperature. Compare
the difference between the coolest month
and the warmest month for these places.
In Santa Fe the monthly range is 1913, in
Boston, 45.l; Albany, 494; Buffalo, 4i.S;
Detroit, 44.6: Grand Haven, 43.7; North
Platte, 62.3: We find that Santa Fe has the
spring temperature of northern Illinois and
Indiana, the summer temperature of north
ern Wisconsin and Michigan, the autumn
temperature of Wisconsin and Michigan,
and the winter temperature of central
Illinois and Indiana In other words, by
staying in Santa Fe, the invalid gets the
favorable summers that resident of Spring.
field, illinois, can get only by emigrating
annually to Lake Superior.
Here is meteorological data for 1891 as fur.
nished by the U. s. local weather bureau:
Average tenlperature........... ......... ALB
Average relative humidity........ ......... 5l.3
Average velocity of wind, miles per
hour""...'.'. '...'........'- .............." 1.3
Total rainfall 1878
Number of clOudles days ......o. .....,..... 1856
Number of fair ys...."..................l 07
Number of cloudy days......"............ 63
For tubercular diseases the death rate in
New Mexico is the lowest in the union 5he
ratio being as follows: New England, %,
Minnesota, IA; southern states, 6; New Mex.
leo, 3.
DISTANCES
Santa Re is distant from Kansas City 1863
miles; from Denver 1888; miles; from Trinidad,
2l6 miles; from Albuquerque, IS miles; from
Deming 3l6 miles; from Ell Paso, $40 miles;
from Los Angeles, 1892 miles, from San
Francisco, 1881 miles.
POINTS OF INTEREST.
There are some forty various points Of
more or less historic interest in aud about
the ancient city.
The old adobe palace stands on the spot
where the old Spanish palace had been erect
cd shortly after 1905 That ancient structure
was destroyed in 1880, and the present one
was constructed between 1857 and l7l6.
The chapel of San Miguel was built be-
tween 1886 and 1880. In the latter years the
Indians destroyed it. Fully restored in l7l0
1t had previously and after 1893, been the
only Spanish chapel in Santa Fe. 1t etill
remains the Oldest church in use in
Mexico.
The walls of the old cathedr raj date in part
from 1922 but the edifice proper is from the
past century.
Other points Of interest to the tourists
are; The Historal Society's rooms; the
"Garita,' the military quarters; chapel and
cemetery of Our Lady of the Rosary; the
church museum at the new cathedral, the
archbishop's garden; church Of Our Lady CT
Guadalupe with its rare old works of art
the soldiers monument, monument to the
Pioneer Path Finder, Kit Carson, erected by
the G. A. r. of New Mexico; ST. Vincent's
hospital, conducted by the Sisters of Charity,
and the Orphans ind istral school; the In
dian training school, Loretto Academy and
the chapel of Our Lady of Light; the Ramo.
ma Indian school; st. Catharines Indian
school.
The sight-seer here may also take a
vehicle and enjoy days outing with both
pleasure and profit. The various spots Of
interests to be visited are Tesuque pueblo,
taking in the divide route; Monument rock,
up in picturesque Santa Fe canon; the Aztec
mineral springs; Nambe pueblo; Aqua Fris
village; the turquoise Mines place Of the as.
sassination of Governor Perez; San lldefonso
pueblo, or the ancient cliff dwellings, beyond
the Rio Grande.
THE MILITARY POST.
At Santa Fe is the oldest military estab.
lishment on American SOIL having been in
almost continuous occupation since 1902
when the Spaniards first established here
their base of operations. Old Fort Marcy
was built by U. g. soldiers in 1876 and the
new post wa, occupied few years later.