Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-07-15

Santa Fo, the city OF the Holy Faith OF 81
Francis, is the capital of New Mexico, trade
center, sanitarium and Archepiscopal ses
An Indian Pueblo had existed on the site pre-
vious to the 18th century. It's name. was
O.ga- p'ho-ge, but it wGs abandoned
before Coronado's time. The Spanish town
of Santa Fe was founded in 1905, it is there
fore the second Oldest ECropean settlement
sNll sxtant in the United States. In le04
came tho first venturesome American trader
the forerunner of the great line of mer-
chants who have made traffic over the sAnts
Fe trail, worldwide in it's celebrity.
CITY oFsANTA YE.
The city lies in charming nook o. the
west side of the Santa Fe range and is shell
tered from the northern winds by spar 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 a pictur.
esqus canon, the chief entrance to the Pecos
National Park, and through which runs the
Rio Santa Fc, beautiful mountain stream,
having its yiss in the Santa Fe range OF
mountains. It's elevation IL {, 1868 feet. Its
populatinn is 1850. 1t has good schools and
churches. There u an excellent system of
water works. Tho city is lighted with gas
and electricity. 1t has more points of his
toric interest than any other placebn 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
first fait tree was planted In the Santa Fe
valley there has been but one failure in the
fruit crop. What place, what country can
xDnrdsch fhia record?
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Among tie more importan. public insti.
tutions located here, in spacious and attrac'
tive modern buildings, are the 0. 8. court
and federal of1cs building tho territorial
capitol, St. Vincent's sanitarium, territorial
panitent;ary, New Mexico orphans training
Echool, St. Vircent's charity hospital, q. 8.
government Indian school, Ramona memo
rial institute for Indian girls, st. Catherine
Indian boys training school, Fort Marcy
barracks, St. Michael's college, Loretto acad.
envy, Presbyterian homo missions industrial
school for girls, New Mexico deaf and dumb
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 frst-class hotel
accommodations, and several sanitary in
REsouEuEs.
Santa 10 county las an area Of 1,49s0oe
acres and a population Of 1000. The prin.
cipsl occupations are mining, sheep and cat
ls raising, truck farming and fruit growing.
The valley soils are especially adapted to
horticulture and there is at hand never
es;!lDg market in the mining CAMPS.
In the southern portion of the county
mining forms the principal industry. the
large deposits OF coal, lead, silver, iIoi. cop
per and gold, In veins as well as in the form
Of placer gold, at Cerrillos, New Placers
Dolores, Golden and San Pedro being Just
ly noted for their richness.
TIE WORLDS sAs1rAR1ux.
But it III 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 it's great future upon. The highest
American medical authorities concede the
superior advantages of the city's location.
The requisites of climate curative Of
consumption, are, according TO the hes:
medical testimony, altitude, dryness, equa-
b.llty Of temperature, light and sunshine,
and porous soil. Moreover, II possible,
tAese must be sought in localities interesting
end attractive, where variety and occara-
ton lazy be had, and the social advantages
ore good.
An eminent German authority says: "The
sltitnde most favorable to the human organ.
lam ID about 1000 snsteu." somewhat more
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