Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-04-05
TERRITORIAL BoAap OF EpucAT1o,

Governor l. Bradford Prince, Prof Hiram
Hadley, Elias s. Slower, Amado Chayes
Prof P. J. Schneider
Supt. Of ublic Instruction. .kmado Cbayes
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city Of the Holy Faith Of 1T.
Francis, is the capital of New Mexico, tradr
center, sanitarium and Archepiscopal see.
An Indian Pueblo had existed on the site pre-,
yious to the 18th century. Its name vus
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 thera-
fore the second Oldest European settlement
still extant in the United States In l-@4
came the first venturesone American trader
the forerunner of the great line of mar.
chants who have made traffic over the Santa
Fe trail, worldwide in its celebrity.
CITY or SANTA FE.
The city lies in charming nook on the
west side of the Santa I'e range and is shell.
tered from the northern winds by suur IT
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 fariclur.
esque cansn, the chief entrance to the Pecoe
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 G, 868 feet It's
populatinn is 1880. 1t has good schools and
churches. There IS m 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 tile
North American continent. Land may he
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 fruit tree was planted in the Santa lie
valley there has been but one failure in the
fruit crop. What place, what country csn
approach this record?
PUBLIo INSTITUTIONS.
Among the more important public inBti.
tutions located here, in spacious and attrac.
tive modern buildings, are the U. s. court
and federal Office building, the Territorial
capitol, St. Vincents 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.
gregationa churches, the governors ralace
the archepiscopal residence of Archbishop.
B. Salpointe and Bishop 2. l.. Chapelle
and many Others, including first-class hotel
accommodations, and several sanitary in.
stitutions for the benefit of health-seekers
REsoukcEs
Santa Fe county kss en- area of Lass, OGG
acres and population Of 5000. The prin.
cipal occupations are mining, sheep aud cat.
tie raising, truck farming and fruit growing.
The valley soils are especially adapted to
horticulture and there is NJ hand never
falling market in the mining camps.
In the southern portion of the county
mining forms the principal industry, ths
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 Placers
Dolores), Golden and San Pedro being Just
ly noted for their richness.
THE WORLDS sANITAgluM
But 1t ID 10 santa res superior climatic
advantages, and its fame as natures most
potent healing power as cure for cousump-
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 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
AND attractive, where variety and uccara.
ton lay be had, and the social advantages
are good.
An eminent German authority says; "Ths
altitude most favorable to the human organ.
Ism is about 1000 meters." somewhat mora
han $500 fost.