Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-01-22
YEAR. ANNUAL MEAN YEAR. ANNUAL MEAN

From this it will appear that Santa Fc 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, 4i.8;
Detroit, 44.6; Grand Haven, 437; 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 a resident of Spring
ileld, Illinois, can get only by emigrating
annually to Lake Superior
Here is neurological data for 1901 as fur
nished by the U. S. local weather bureau;
Average temperature Observation-Disclosures, ALB
Average relative humidity....... ......... 81.
Average velocity of wind, miles per
nour..''.'.''.' ''.'''"'..''.'.. rs
Total rainfal...... ...".................167 3
Number Of cloudles days......... ............ 105
Number of fair days. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 10Y
Number OF cloudy Observation-Disclosures. 60
For tubercular diseases the death rate in
New Mexico is the lowest in the union, the
ratio being as follows: New England, 25:
Minnesota, IA; southern states, 6; New Mex
leo, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City 500
miles; from Denver 1888; miles; from Trinidad,
ZIG miles; from Albuquerque, So miles; from
Deming, 3l6 miles; from FL 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
ed shortly after 1905. That ancient structure
was destroyed in 1850, and the present one
was constructed between 1897 and ZIG.
The chapel of San Miguel was built be-
tween 1886 and $780, In the latter years the
Indians destroyed it. Fully restored in ITO,
it 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 part
from 1922 but the editice proper is from the
past century.
Other points of interest to the tourists
are: The Hstoral Socety's rooms the
"Garita," the military quarters; chapel and
cemetery of Our Lady of the Rosary; the
church museum at the new cathedral, the
archbshop's garden; church of Our Lady OF
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. Vncents
hospital, conducted by the Sisters of Charity,
and the Orphans industrial school; the In
dian training school; Loretto Academy and
the chapel of Our Lady of Light; the Ramo-
ma Indian school; st. Catharine's 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 Fria
village the turquoise mines; place of the as
sassnation of Governor Perez; San lldcionso
pueblo, or the ancient cliff dwellings, beyond
the Rio Grande.