Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-11-25

From this II will appear that Santa Fe Is
relatively warmer in 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, 49.4; Buffalo, 44.8;
Detroit, 44.6: Grand Haven, 43.7; North
Platte, 52.3: 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's resident of Spring
field, Illinois, can get only by emigratlng
annually to Lake Superior.
Here is neurological data for 1891 as fur.
nished by the U. S. local weather bureau:
Average emperature.......".... "".... Alb
Average relative humidity ....... ........ 51.3
Average velocity of wind, miles per
hour.....,..... .......".."- f.3
Total rain fal ............. ...""..l6.73
Number of cloudles days....-" ......... 100
Number Of fair days....... lof
Number of cloudy days................".". S.
For tubercular diseases the death rate in
New Mexico is the lowest in the union The
ratio being as follows New England, %.
Minnesota IA; southern states, g. New Mex'
leo, 8.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City 1863
miles; from Denver 1888; miles; from Trinidad,
I ZIG miles; from Albuquerque, IS miles; from
Deming, 316 miles, from Ell Paso, $40 miles;
| from Los Angeles, 1882 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
ed shortly after 1905. That ancient structure
was DESTROYED in 1880, and the present one
was constructed between 1897 and l7l6.
The chapel of San Miguel was built be-
tween 1886 and 1880. In the latter years the
Indians destroyei it. Fully restored in l710
1t had previously and after 1893, been the
only Spanish chapel in Santa Fe 1t still
remains the Oldest church in use in New
Mexico.
The walls of the old cathedral date in pari
from 1922; but the edifice proper is from the
past century.
Otner points OF lHtereSs W tno Iouilots
are: The Historal Society's rooms; tnt
"Garita," the military quarters; chapel ant
cemetery of Our Lady of the Rosary; tht
church museum at the new cathedral, thu
archbishop's garden; church Of Our Lady c
Guadalupe with its rare old works of art
the soldiers monument, monument to thu
Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit Carson, erected by
the G. A. r. of New Mexico; st. Vincent'
hospital, conducted by the Sisters of Charity
and the Orphans ind astral schools the In
dian training school; Loretto Academy ant
the chapel of Our Lady of Light; the Ramo
ma Indian school, St. Catharine's Indian
school.
The sight-seer here may also take
vehicle and enjoy days outing with botl
pleasure and profit. The various spots o
interests to be visited are Tesuque pueblo
taking in the divide route; Monument rock
up in picturesque Santa Fe canon; the Ate
mineral springs; Nambe pueblo; Aqua Fri
, VILLAGE the turquoise mines; place Of the a:
sassination of Governor Perez; San ldefons
pueblo, or the ancient cliff dwellings, beyon
the Rio Grande.
THE MILITARY POsT.