Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-04-24
TERRITORIAL BOARD OF EpucArros,

11hHlIURlAL DUAhD OF LpIthIipNy
Governor Il Bradford Prince, Prof Hiram
Hadley Elias 8. Slower, Amado Chaves,
Prof. P. ). Schneider.
Hupt. of P ublic lnstruction...Am Cbaves
Santa Fe, the city Of the Holy Faith Of ST.
Francis, is the capital of New Mexico, trade
center, sanitarium and Archepiscopai ses
An Indian Pueblo had existed On the Site pre-
vious to the 18th century. Its name was
O.ga-p'ho-ge, but it was abandoned
before Coronado's time. The Spanish town
of Santa Fe was founded in 1905, it is there
fore the second oldest European settlement
still extant in the United States. In 1904
came the first venturesome American trader
the forerunner of the great line Of Nor.
chants who have made traffic over the Santa
Fe trail, worldwide in its celebrity.
CITY OF SANTA FE.
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. II lies in ne
center of the valley at the mouth of a pictur.
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 1888 feet. It's
populatinp is 1850 1t has good schools and
churches. There IS an excellent system of
water works. The city is lighted with ras
and electricity. 1t he's more points of his
toric interest than any other place on the
North American continent. Land mGY be
purchased at prices to snit the rich or tha
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 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 record?
rUr.Ic INSTITUTIONS.
Among the more important public insti.
tutions located here, in spacious and attrac.
tive modern buildings are the U. s. court
and federal Office building, the territorial
capitol, St. Vincent's sanitarium, territorial
penitentiary, New Mexico orphans training
school, St. Vincent's charity hospital. u. s
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 home 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 J,
B. Salpointe and Bishop P. l.. Chapelle
and many others, including first.class hotel
accommodations, and several sanitary in
situations for the benefit of health seekers.
REsouEcEs
Santa Fe county has an area OF l,4os,0o1
acres and a population of 5000. The prin.
ct1al occupations ara rrin'nc ~her7' ard ',~t
tie raising, truck farming and fruit growing.
The valley soils are especially adapted to
horticulture and there is IL hand never
failing 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 well as in the form
of placer gold, at Cerrillos, New Pacers
(Dolores), Golden and San Pedro being just.
ly noted for their richness.
THR WORLDS sANIrAR1uM.
But it is to Santa Fes 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 cisy's location.
The requisites of q climate curative of
consumption, are, according to the lest
medical testimony, altitude, dryness equa.
bility of temperature. light and sunshine,
and . porous soil. Moreover, if possible,
these must be sought in localities interesting
AnS attractive. where variety and occira-
lion lay be had, and the social advantages
are good.
An eminent German authority says: "rhe
altitude most favorable to the human organ.
Ism 10 about 1000 metsrs." soms1 hat more
han $500 feet