Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-04-20

From this it will appear that Santa Fe is
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 39'S IN
Boston, 45.1; Albany, 404 Buffalo, 4lS;
Detroit, 446 Grand Haven, 43,G North
Platte, 1913: We find that Santa Fe has the
spring temperature of northern limos ana
| 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
staving in Santa Fe, the invalid gets the
favorable summers that a 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 Tperature......... 4i.5
Average relative humidity..".. 6l,3
Average velocity of wind, miles per
hour.......... ....'''.'.'.''.' 20
Total rainfall ..,......... ......"lo'l
Number of ClOudles days........ l9o
Number of fair days ....."""."".,."..... l0'
Number of cloudy ays...............,... %
For tubercular diseases the death rate IN
New Mexico is the lowest in the union, the
ratio being as follows New England, 70;
Minnesota, IA; southern states g. New Mex
leo, g.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City S6o
miles; from Denver 1888; miles; from Trinidad
ZIG miles; from Albuquerque, So miles; from
Deming, 3lG miles; from FL Paso, $40 miles;
from Los Angeles, 1882 miles, from San
Francisco, ,2Sl 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 destroyed it. Fully restored in l7iO
it had previously and after 1893, been the
only Spanish chapel in Santa Fe. 1t still
remains the Oldest church in use IN Ne"
Mexico.
The walls of the old cathedral date in par
from 1922; but the edifce proper is from the
: past century.
Other points of interest to the tourists
are: The Historal Societys rooms; thu
"Garita," the military quarters; chapel ant
cemetery of Our Lady of the Rosary; th'
church museum at the new cathedral tn
archbishop's garden; church of Our Lady o
Guadalupe with its rare old works OF arr
the soldiers monument, monument to tn
Pioneer Path. Finder, Kit Carson, erected b,
the G. A. r. of New Mexico; st. Vincent
Lospital, conducted by the Sisters of Charity
and the Orphans ind lstrial school; the In
dian training school; Loretto Academy an
the chapel of Our Lady of Light; the Ramc
. ma Indian school; ST. Catharine's India
school,
The sight-seer here may also take
= vehicle and enjoys days outing with bot
pleasure and profit. The various spots {
interests to be visited are Tesuque pueblo
taking in the divide route; Monument rocl
= up in picturesque Santa Fe canon; the Ate
y mineral springs; Nambe pueblo; Aqua Fri
S village; the turquoise mines; place OF the
3 sassination of Governor Perez; San lldeton'
+. pueblo or the ancient cliff dwellings, beyoh
the Rio Grande.
. THE MILITARY POST
At Santa Fe is the oldest military esta
g lishment on American soil, having been
r almost continuous occupation since io'
II when the Spanards first established he
a their base of operations. Old Fort MARI
"a was built by U. S. soldiers in 1916 and Il
t. new post was occupied few years late
n, Appended is roster of the present garris'
4. at Fort Marcy: