Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-06-22

Santa 70, the city of the Holy Faith Of ST
Francis, Is the capital of New Mexico, trade
center, sanitariutn and Archepiscopal see.
An Indian Pueblo had existed on the site pre-
vious to the 18th century. Its name was
O-ga-p'ho-ge, but it WIS abandoned
before Coronado's time. Tho Spanish town
of Santa Fe was foundsd in 1905, it is there.
fore the second oldest European settlement
still extant in the United States. In 1904
came the first verturesonie American trader
tho forerunner Of the great line Of mer.
chants who have made traffic over theta
Cs trail, worldwide in its celebrity.
CITY OF sANTAFE.
The city lies in charming nook O.. the
west side of the Santa Fe range and is -hel.
tered from the northern winds by spar Of
low hills which extend from the mountains
west as far rs the Rio Grande. 1t lies in the
center of the valley at the mouth ola pictur.
esque canon, the chief entrance to the Pecos
National Park, and through which runs the
Rio Santa Fe, beautiful mountain stream,
having its rice in tho Santa Fe range OF
mountains. Its elevation /. 6,ss8 feet, It's
populatinn is 1850. 1t has good school and
churches. There Is an excellent system Of
water works. The city is lighted with gas
and electricity. 1t has more points of his
North American continent. Land may be
purchased at prices to snit the rich or the
poor. Five acres In Santa Fe OF vicinity
will produce moro 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 frait tres was planted in the Santa Fs
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 !nsd.
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 orphans training
school, St. Vincant'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.
and many others, including first.class hotel
accommodations, and several sanitary in.
situations for the benefit Of health.seskers.
REsouhcEs.
Santa Fe county kss an area OF 1,49s,Ooo
ecrss and population of 5000. The prin.
opal occupations are mining, sheep and cat.
tie raising, truck farming and fruit growing.
Tho valley soils are especially adapted to
horticulture and there Ia n hand never
filling market in the mining camps.
In the southern portion of the county
mining forms tho principal industry, the
largo deposits of coal, lead, silver, iron, cop
per and gold, In veins as well as in the form
Of placer gold, at Cerrillos, New Placen
(Dolores), Golden and San Pedro being Just
ly noted for their richness.
THE WORLDS sAHrrARIuK.
But 1t Is 10 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 city's location.
The requisites Of a climate curative Of
consumption, are, according 10 the lest
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, where variety and occaps-
ton laay be had, and the social advantages
srs good.
An eminent German authority says: "The
eltitnde most favorable to the human organ.
tem IL about 1900 mstsss." somewhat moss
than [. 500 teet,