Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-09-17
TERRITORIAL BOARD OF EDucATIoS,

TERRITORIAL BOARD OF EDUCATION,
Governor l. Bradford Prince, Prof. Hiram
Hadley Elias s. Slower, Amado Chaves,
Prof. ?. !. Schneider,
supt. ofPublic Instruction.. Chaves
RHETORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith of St.
Francis, is the capital of New Mexico, trade
center, sanitarium and Archepiscopal see
An Indian Pueblo had existed on the site pre-
vious to the 18th century. Its name was
O-ga-p 'ho-ge, but it was abandoned
before Coronado's time. The Spanish town
OF Santa Fe was founded in 1905, it is there
fore the second Oldest European settlement
still extant in the United States. In 1904
came the first venturesone American trader
the forerunner of the great line of mer.
chants who have made tratii over the Santa
Fe trail, worldwide in its celebrity.
CITY OF sANTAFE.
The city lies in charming nook on the
west side Of the Santa Fe range and is shell
tered from the northern winds by spur Of
low hills which extend from the mountains
west as far as the Rio Grande. 1t lies in the
center of the valley at the mouth ofapictur-
esque canon, the chief entrance to the Pecos
National Park, and through which runs the
Rio Santa Fe, beautiful mountain stream,
having its rise in the Santa Fe range Of
mountains Its elevation is 686S feet. Its
populatinn is 1850. 1t has good schools and
churches. There IS an excellent system of
water works. The city is lighted with gas
and electricity. 1t has more points of his
toric interest than any other place on the
North American continent Land may be
purchased at prices to snit the rich or the
in, To or utnipifv
will produce more than can be produced
anywhere else in the world. Our markets
are close at hand and we can successfully
compete with any other locality. Since the
first fruit tree was planted in the Santa Fe
valley there has been but one failure in the
fruit crop. What place, what country can
approach this record?
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Among the more important public insti'
buttons located here, in spacious and attrac'
tive modern buildings, are the U. s. court
and federal office building, the territorial
capitol, St. Vincent's sanitarium, territorial
penitentiary, New Mexico orphans training
school, st. Vincent's charity hospital, U. s.
government Indian school, Ramona memo
rial institute for Indian girls, st. Catherine
Indian boys training school, Fort Marcy
barracks, st. Michaels college, Loretto acad.
envy, Presbyterian home missions industrial
( school for girls, New Mexico deaf and dumt
institute, New West academy, Catholic
cathedral and four parish churches, Epis
copal, Presbyterian, Methodist and Con.
gregational churches, the governors palace
the archepiscopal residence of Archbishop
B. Salpointe and Bishop P. L. Chapelle
and many others, including first-class hotel
accommodations, and several sanitary in
stitutions for the benefit of health-seekers.
RESOURCES.
Santa Fe county has an area Of l,49S 00t
acres and population Of 5000. The prin
cipal occupations are mining, sheep and cat
tie raising, truck farming and fruit growing
The valley soils are especially adapted tt
horticulture and there is al hand neve
failing market in the mining camps.
In the southern portion of the county
mining forms the principal industry, thu
large deposits of coal, lead, silver, iron, cop
per and gold, in veins as well as in the form
Of placer gold, at Cerrillos, New Placer
(Dolores), Golden and San Pedro being just
ly noted for their richness.
THE WORLDS sANITARIUM.
But it is To Santa Fe's superior climate
advantages, and its fame as natures mos
potent healing power as a cure for consump
ton and other pulmonary diseasethat SAINT
Fe bases its great future upon. The highes
American medical authorities concede tn
superior advantages of the city's location.
The requisites of climate curative o
consumption, are, according to the bes
medical testimony, altitude, dryness, equa
bility of temperature, light and sunshine
and porous soil. Moreover, If possible
these must be sought in localities interestin
and attractive, where variety and occara
ton l,ay be had, and the social advantage
ere good.
An eminent German authority says: 9TH
altitude most favorable to the human organ
ism is about 1900 METERS" somewhat NOR
Shan $500 feet