Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-09-02

Governor l. Bradford Prince, Prof. Hiram
dadley, Elias s. Slower, Alnado Cbayes
Prof P. ;. Schneider,
Supt. of Public Instruction .Amado Cbaye,
HISTORICAL.
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.
yious to the 18th century. Its name was
O-ga-p'ho-ge, but it was abandoned
before Coronados time. The Spanish town
OF santa Fe was founded in 1905, it is there.
fore the second Oldest European settlement
still. e1tant in the United States. In 1904
came the first venturesome American trader
the forerunner of the great line of mer.
chants who have made traffic over the Santa
&c trail, worldwide in its celebrity
CITY OF SANTA FEE.
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 of pictur-
esque canon, the chief entrance to the Pecos
National Park, and through which runs the
Flo Santa Fe, beautiful mountain stream,
having its rise in the Santa Fe range of
mountains. Its elevation is G, 1858 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
poor. Five acres in Santa Fe or vicinity
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
nrst trait tree was planted in the Santa Fe
valley there has been but one failure in the
NUT 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. Vincents sanitarium, territorial
penitentiary, New Mexico orphans training
school, st. Vincents charity hospital, u. s. |
Indian school, Ramona memo.
nal institute for Indian girls, st. Catherine
Indian boys training school, Fort Marcy
barracks, St. Michael's college, Loretto acad-
.chool for girls, New Mexico deaf and dumb
institute, New West academy, Catholic
and four parish churches, Epis.
,opal, Presbyterian, Methodist and Con.
sregationa churches, the governors palace,
he archepiscopal residence of Archbishop
b. Salpointe and Bishop P. l.. Chapelle
md many others, including frstclass hotel
accommodations, and several sanitary in
'titutions for the benefit of health-seekers.
RESOURCES
Santa Fe county has an area of 1,49s, 900
cres and population of 5000. The prin.
ipal occupations are mining sheep and cat.
le raising, truck farming and fruit growing
he valley soils are especially adapted to
orticulture and there is at hand never
ailing market in the mining camps.
In the southern portion of the county
inning forms the principal industry the
arge deposits of coal, lead, silver, iron, cop
er and gold, in veins as well as in the form
placer gold, at Cerrillos, New Placers
Dolores), Golden and San Pedro being lust.
7 noted for their richness.
LIE WOhLDb bhNlTAhlUM.
But it is to Santa FEES superior climatic
1vantages, and its fame as natures most ,
otent healing power as a cure for consump- I
on and other pulmonary disease that Santa i.
e bases its great future upon. The highest
merican medical authorities concede the
'perior advantages of the city's location.
The requisites of climate curative of
'nsuniption, are, according to the best
edical testimony, altitude, dryness, equa.
lily of temperature, light and sunshine,
ldSa porous soil. Moreover if possible,
ese must be sought in localities interesting
I'd attractive, where variety and occupa.
On Lay be had, and the social advantages
e good.
An eminent German authority says "Ths
titnde most favorable to the human organ {
m is about 1000 meters" somewhat more
an $500 feet