Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-06-26

santa re, the CITY OF the Holy faHn OF Oh
Francis, is the capital Of New Mexico, trade
center, sanitarium and Archepiscopal sec.
An Indian Pueblo had existed on the site pre-
O-ga-p'hoge, 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 sxtant in the United States. In 1904
came the first venturesoRie 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 II.
The city lies In charming nook Oh the
west side of the Santa Fe range and is shell.
tered from the northern winds by spar Of
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
Rio Santa Fe, beautiful mountain stream,
having its rise in tho Santa Fe range Of
mountains. Its elevation is 1868 feet, It's
populstinn Is I, 1850. 1t has good schools and
churches. There ID 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 moro than can bs produced
anywhere else in the world. Our markets
are close at hand and We can successfully
first fruit tree was planted in the Santa Fs
valley there has been but one failure in the
fruit crop. What place. what country can
approach this record7
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Among the more important public insti.
tutions located here, in spacious and attrao-
tive modern buildings, are the q. 8. court
and federal ofice building, the territorial
capitol, st. vinoent'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. Michaels 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.
B. Salpointe and Bishop p. L. Chapells
and many others, including frst-class hotel
accommodations, and several sanitary in.
RnsouscEs.
Santa Fe county las an area OF 1,4oS,0oo
acres and population Of 1000. 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 il q 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
Of placer gold, at Cerrillos, New Placers
fD0lores), Golden and San Pedro being lust.
~ noted for their richness.
TIE WoaLD's sANrrARIun.
But it il 10 Santa Fs's superior climatic
advantages, and it, 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 city's location.
The requisites Of climate curative Of
consumption, are, according 10 the best
medical testimony, altitude, dryness, equa-
bility of Temperature, light and sunshine,
and porous soil. Moreover, II possible,
these must be sought in localities interesting
and attractive, whore variety and 0ocapa-
tion laay be had, and the social advantages
are good.
An eminent German authority says: 1.-THE
altitude most favorable to the human organ.
lsm 10 about 1900 metsss." somswhat mose
han 100 feek