Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-01-13
HISTORICAL.

Santa Fe, tie city of yue l,..r Iai.h Of
st. Francis, is the GO, at of .aF Atlico,
trade center, sanitary a.... 3D. a,r.. see.
An Indian pugh.O mai, -A.t,,. .-.. a.- SIC
previous to the 18th century. is aar.a was
O.ga-p' ho-ge, but il had uagu 4,.u. red
long before Cor0nado's time. i'LrS auish
town Of Santa Fe was fouuGCd in 1904, l.. is
therefore the second oldest European SETTLE
ment still eXtant in the United states. Ia
1904 came the first yenturesoue American
trader--the tOrerunner Of the great line Of
merchants who have made trataC over The
Santa he 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 aGupted to
the permanent cure Of pulmonary com
plants, as hundreds viii be wines, u!.d
by travelling from point TO point aImos. any
desired temperature may De enjoyed. The
altitude of some OF the principal points III
the territory is as follows: Santa Fe, 1911;
Costilla 7,774; TERRA Amarillo, 1875; Clio
rieta, 1857; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452 ;
CimarrOn, 64S9; Bernaillo, 5,7O4; A. bu-
4uNiHACi 1OOOllC, 1,pJO, Ids VI GCtS
3S44; Silver City, 5,946; Ft. Stanton, $500
The mean temperature at the government
station at Santa Fe for the years named as
was as follows: 1874, 4S.9 degree; 1875, 1856
degrees 1876, 481; 1877, 4S,3 1878, 476;
1879, 500 1880, 1865; 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, 25; Minnesota, IA !;
Southern States, +; and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City 500
miles; from Denver 33S miles from Trini-
dad, 2l6, miles; from Albuquerque, So
miles, from Deming, BIC; from Fl Paso,
$40 miles; from Los Angeles, 1882 miles
from San Francisco, 1,2Sl miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in the grand
plaza is, according 10 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 1861 feet above sea
level; Lake Peak, to the right twhere the
Santa Fe creek has its source, is 1905 feet
high; the divide (Tesuque road) 7,l7l
Augua Fria, 6,4SO; Cineguila, (west) COPS
La Bajada, 5514; mouth of Santa Fe creek
north of Pena Blanca, 5,225; Sandis
mountains (highest point, l0,6O8; Ole
Placers, 6,s0l; Los Cerrillos mountain.
(south), 1854 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
Oh, 1,nI Hoo, oto1
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
I'LL, 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 part
from 1922; but the edifice proper is from the
past century.
Other points of interest to the tourist are:
The Historical Society's rooms; the "Gari.
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;
Ine oolulerS monument, monument to the
Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit Carson, erected by
the 9. A. R. of New Mexico; st. Vincent's
hospital, conducted by the Sisters of Charity,
and the Orphans industrial school the In.
dian training school; Loreto Academy and
the chapel of Our Lady Of Light
The sight-seer here may alsG take a vehicle
and enjoy days outing with both pleasure
and profit. Tie various spots Of interests
to he visited are Tesuque pueblo taking in
the divide en- route; Monument rock, up in
Santa Fe carIun; the Aztec min.
era springs Nambe pueblo; Aqua Fria vii.
hge; the turquoise mines place Of u" assas.
snation of Governor Perez, San .idp!pnsO
pueblo or the ancient cliH lwe.-,-. ....9uI
the Rio Grande
THE CITY OF SANTA FR
Is making steady modern growth has
now population Of 5000, and has every
assurance of becoming beautiful modern
city. Her people are liberal and enterprs.
ing, and stand ready to foster and encourage
any legitimate undertaking having for its
object the building up of and improvement
Of the place. Among the pre'ent needs Of
Santa Fe, and for which liberal bonuses in
cash or lands could undoubtedly be secured,
may be mentioned canning factory a
wool securing plant and a tanncry. Skilled
labor of all kinds is in demand at rood
wages. The cost of living il reasonable an4
real property, both inside and suburban, Is
'teadily advancing i'll value.