Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-09-04

before Coronado's time. TIE Spanish town
Of Santa Fe was founded In 1905, it is there
fore the second Oldest European settlement
still extaht in the United States. in 1904
came the first venturesome American trader
--tha forerunncr Of the great line of ner.
chants who have made traffic over the Santa
Re trail, worldwide in its celebrity
CITY OF SANTA re.
The city lies in charming nook on tbs
west side Of the Santa Fe range and is shell.
tered from the northern winds by sl,ur Of
low hills which extend from the mountains
west es far rs the Rio Grande. 1t lies in the
center of the valley at the mouth of pictut.
esque canon, the chief entrance to the Pecos
National Park, and through which runs tbs
Rio Santa Fe, beautiful mountain stream,
hsving its rise in tho Santa Fe range OF
mountsius. Its elevation is 6, S6S feet. Its
pcpulstinn is 1850. 1t has good schools and
churches. There 10 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 placs on the
North American continent. Land may be
purchased at prices to snit the rich or ths
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 frait tree was planted in the Santa Fs
valley there has been but one failure in the
fruit crop. What place, what country oaH
approach this record?
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Among the moro important public inEti.
tutions located here, in spacious and sttrae.
tive modern buildings, are the U. s, court
and federal Office building, the territorial
capitol, st. Vincents ssnitarium, territorial
penitentiary, New Mexico orphans training
school, St. Vincenps charity hospital, y. 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, Epiz.
copal Presbyterian, Methodist and Con-
gregational churches, the governors palace,
the archepiscopal residence Of Archbishop J.
B. Salpointe and Bishop 2. L. Chapelle
and many others, including first-class hotel
accommodations, and several sanitary in.
ntitutions for the benefit of health. seekers.
RESOURCES.
Santa 70 county has an area of 1,49S 005
acres and population of 5000. The prin-
cipal occupations are mining, shesp and cat
tie raising, truck farming and fruit growing.
The valley soils are especially adapted to
horticulture and there is at hand never
falling market in the mining camps.
In the southern portion of TIE county
mining forms the principal indu,try, thu
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 PlacerB
(Dolores), Golden and San Pedro being just.
ly noted for their richness
THE WORLDS sANIrARIuM.
But it is to Santa Fs'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 climate curative of
consumption, are, according to the best
medical testimony, altitude, drynesa, equa-
bYlity of temperature, light and sunshine,
and porous soil. Moreover, If possible,
these must be sought in localities interesting
end attractive, where variety and cccaps.
ton lay be had, and the social advantages
ere good. ou,
An eminent German authority says. "Thc
altitude most favorable to the human organ.
km Is about 1890 meters" somcwhst mols
han s.50e fact