Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-03-25

Hadley. Elias 8. Slower, Amado Chsves
Prof P. !! Schneider,
Supt. of ? ablic lnstruction...A mado Chave:
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 10Th century. Its name wa.
O-ga-p'ho-ge, but it was abandoned
before Coronado's time. The Spanish town
o. Santa Re was founded in 1905, it is there-
fore the second Oldest European settlement
still e1tant in the United States. In 1894
came the first venturesonie American trader
the forerunner of the great line of mer.
chants who have made traffic over the Santa
Fe trail, worldwide in its celebrity.
CITY OF SANTA FR.
The city lies in a charming nook on the
west side of the Santa Fe range and is shell.
tered from the northern winds by a 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 ictur-
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 6.s6S feet Its
populatinD 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. Lan1 may he
purchased at prices to snit the rich or the
poor. Five acres in Santa Fe or vicinity
will produce more than can he produced
anywhere else in the world. Our markets
are close at hand and we can successfully
compete with any other locality. Since the
hrst 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 recordP
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Among the more important public inst.
tutions located here in spacious and attrac.
tive modern buildings. are the U. 8. court
and federal Office building, the territorial
capitol. St. Vincent's sanitarium, territorial
penitentiary, New Mexico &-phan's training
school, St. Vincent's Chart, hospital, U. s,
government Indian school, Ramona memo.
rial institute for Indian girls, St. Catherine
Indian boys training school, Fort Marcy
barracks St. Michae's college, Loretto acad.
envy, Presbyterian home missions industrial
school for girls, New Mexico deaf and dumb
institute, New West academy, Catholic
cathedral and four parish churches, Eps
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.
Santa Fe county las an area of 1893, 200
acres and a 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 to
horticulture and there is a. hand never
falling market in the mining camps.
In the southern portion of the county
mining forms the principal industry, the
large deposits of coal, lead, silver, iron, cop.
per and gold, in veins as we'll as in the form
(Dolores), Golden and San Pedro being Just.
~ noted for their richness.
THE WORLDS sANITAR1uM.
But it Is to Santa Fe's superior climatic
advantages, and its fame as natures most
potent healing power as cure for consump-
ton and other pulmonary disease that Santa
Fe bases its great future upon. The highest
American medical authorities concede the
superior advantages of the citys location
The requisites of q climate curative OF
consumption, are. according to the test
medical testimony, altitude, dryness equa.
bility of temperature. light and sunshine.
and q porous soil. Moreover, if possible,
these must be sought in localities interesting
anS attractive, where variety and occaIa.
ton hay be had, and the social advantages
ere good.
An eminent German authority says: "Ths
sltitude most favorable to the human organ.
lem is about 1000 metsrs." somewhat mors
han 6,50o fesk