Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-01-07

buHI {, we C4Iy Oh LIle 1IOIy RAIN OF
st. Francis, is the capital Of New Mexico,
trade center, sanitary and arc' episcopal see.
An Indian pueblo had eyis ell On tie site
previous to the 18th century. Its uaAe was
0Ea-p ho.ge, but it had been Abandoned
long before Coronado's time. The Spanish
town of Santa Fe vas founded in 1908, it is
therefore the second oldest Eur. '.isn settle
ment still extent i'll the United saltps. In
1904 came the first yenturesolue American
trader-the t0rerunner Of the great line Of
merchants who have made trartc over the
santa sc Worldwide in It's celebrity.
THE CLIMATE
of New Mexico is considered the finest on
the continent, The high altitude insures
dryness and purity Especially adapted to
the permanent cure of pulmonary com
plants, as hundreds will be witness, and
by travelling from point to point almost any
desired temperature may be enjoyed. The
altitude of some Of the prihcipal points in
the territory is as follows Santa Fe 7,047:
Costilla, 7.T4i TERRA Amarillo, 1855; Clio
rieta, 1887; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452:
Cimarron, 6,4o9; Bernal!lo, 5,704; Albu.
querque, 4,9l8; SocorrC, 1865; Las Cruces,
3,s44; Silver City 5946; Ft Stanton, $500
The mean temperature at the government
station at Santa Fe for the years named as
was as follows: 1874, 489 degree 1875, 48.G
degrees; 1876, 481; 1877, 48.3; 1878 476;
1879, sos; 1885, 1866; which shows an extra
ordinary uniformity. For tubercular dis
eases the death rate in New Mexico is the
lowest in the union, the ratio being as fol.
lows; New England, IS; Minnesota, IA;
Southern States, +; and New Mexico, ),
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas CITY 1863
miles; from Denver 338 miles, from Trini-
dad, 2l6, miles; from Albuquerque IS
miles, from Deming 316; from Ell Paso
$40 miles; from Los Angeles, 1852 miles
from San Francisco, l,28l miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in the grand
plaza is, according to latest corrected meas
urements, 7,0l9.5 feet above the level Of the
sea; Bald mountain, toward the northwest
and at the extreme northern end of the
Santa Fe mountains, is 12,GG1 feet above sea
level; Lake Peak, to the right where the
Santa Fe creek has its source) is 12,0i5 feet
high; the divide CTesuque road I'M;
Augua Fria, 6,480 Cineguilla, (west) G,O25
La Bajada, 5,5l4; mouth of Santa Fe creek
north of Pena Blanca, 5,225; Sandi2
mountains (highest point, 1060S; Olt
Placers, 6,S0l; Los Cerrillos mountain,
(south), 1884 feet in height.
POINTS OF INTEREST.
There are some forty various points of
more or less historic interest in and about
the ancient city.
The adobe palace stands on the spot where
the old Spanish palace had been erected
shortly after 1905. That ancient structure
was destroyed in 1850, and the present one
was constructed between 1897 and l7IG.
The chapel of San Miguel was built be,
tween 1885 and 1880. In the latter years
the Indians destroyed it. Fully restored ii
III, it had previously, and after 1893, been
the only Spanish chapel in Santa Fe Il
still remains the Oldest church in use in
New Mexico.
The walls of the old cathedral date in part
from 1922; but the edlice proper is from the
past century.
Other points of interest to the tourist are:
The Historical Socety's rooms; the Carl,
ia, the military quarter; chapel and GENE.
terry OF Our Lady Of the Rosary the church
museum at the new cathedral, the arch
bishops 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. Il. of New Mexico; st. Vincent's
hospital, conducted by the Sisters of Charity,
md the Orphans industrial school the In
Liam training school; Loreto Academy and
.hs chapel of Our Lady of Light.
The sghtseer here may also take vehicle
and enjoy days outing with both pleasure
and profit. The various spots OF interests
o he visited are TesuqUe pueblo, taking in
ne divide en- route; Monument rock, up in