Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-02-10

RkwELL DISTRICT.
Register. -. I.................W. 8. Cobean
Rsceiyer..... ....... ..............F Frank Lssnet
EDUCATIONAL.
TERR1roRh AZ BOARD OF EDUCATION,
Governor l. bradford Prince, Prof. Hiram
Hadley, Elias s. Slower, Amado Chayes,
Prof. P. :. Shheider,
Supt. of PuhicInstruction. =. Amado Chayes
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe,tte city of the Holy Faith of st.
center, saniarium and Archepiscopal see
An Indian 'ueblo had existed on the site pre-
vious to th 18th century. Iu mans was
O.ga-p'hose, but it was abandoned
before Ceonado's time. The Spanish town
of SantaFe was founded in 1905, it is there
fore thesecond Oldest European settlement
still giant in the United States. In 1904
came Ne first venturesons American trader
the brerunner of the great line Of mer-
chants Who hive made traffic over the Santa
Fs trail, worldwide in its celebrity.
,ITY OF SANTA II.
The city Liz in charming nook on the
west side of th Santa Fe range and is shell.
tered from thetorthern winds by . spur Of
low hills whiclextend from the mountains
west as far as tie Rio Grande. 1t lies in the
center of the vdey at the mouth OF a pictur-
esque canon, te chief entrance to the Pecos
National Parkand through which runs the
Rio Santa Fe, beautiful mountain stream,
having its ris in the Santa Fe range Of
mountains. Il elevation is 6,868 feet. Its
populatinn is 750. 1t has good schools and
churches. Tho Is an excellent system of
water works. he city is lighted with gas
and electricity. 1t has more points of his
toric interest han any other place on the
North America continent. Land may be
purchased at ices to snit the rich or the
poor Five acs in Santa Fs or vicinity
will produce lore than can be produced
anywhere elsdn the world. Our markets
are close at Ind and We can successfully
compete with sy other locality. Since the
first fruit tree as planted in the Santa Fe
valley there h been but one failure in the
fruit crop. Vat place, what country can
approach this cord?
rUHo INSTITUTIONS.
Among the ore important public insti-
tutions locatedere, in spacious and attrac-
tive modern tildings, are the u s. court
and federal ofe building, the territorial
capitol, st. Yirsnt's sanitarium, territorial
penitentiary, w Mexico orphans training
school, st. Vinnt's charity hospital, U. s.
government Irian school, Ramona memo
rial institute fl Indian girls, st. Catherine
Indian boys lining school, Fort Marcy
barracks, st. Nhael's college, Loretto acad-
envy, Presbyteln home missions industrial
school for girlNew Mexico deaf and dumb
institute, Ne, West academy, Catholic
cathedral andour parish churches, Epis-
copal, PRESBYTERIAN, Methodist and Con.
gregational thrches, the governors palace,
the archepicoal residence Of Archbishop.
B. Salpoine md Bishop P. l.. Chapelle
and many tthrs, including first.class hotel
accommodates, and several sanitary in
stitutions tr he benefit of health.seekers.
RESOURCES.
Santa Feelhty has an area Of 1,49S,o 900
acres and pflation of 5000. The prin-
cipal occupants are mining, sheep and cat
tie raising, trk farming and fruit growing.
The valley SO are especially adapted to
horticulture I'D there is at hand never
failing markell the mining camps.
In the so4ern portion of the county
mining formfhe principal industry, the
large depositsI coal, lead, silver, iron, cop
per and gold, veins as well as in the form
of placer go at Cerrillos, New Placers
(Dolores), Go IN and San Pedro being just.
ly noted for tlr richness.
THE bRLD's sANITARrUx.
But it is to nta Fes superior climatic
advantages, an its fame as natures most
potent healingwer as cure for consump-
ton and otherhlmonary disease that Santa
Fe bases its gr{ future upon. The highest
American meal authorities concede the
superior advartes of the city's location.
The requisi Tof climate curative OF
consumption, 3, according to the best
medical testiniy, altitude, dryness, equa-
bility of temThture. light and sunshine,
and a porous pill. Moreover, IL possible,
these must be tght in localities interesting
and attractivehere variety and Occapa-
ton i,ay be haand the social advantages
ere good.
An eminent fman authority says: 1.-THE
altitude most fSrable to the human organ
Ism is about 2b netsuI" esmeWhat asre
than e,tQo lset