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

TERRITORIAL BOARD OF EDUCATION,
Governor Il Bradford Prince Prof Hiram
Hadley, Elias s. Slower, Amado Chaves.
Prof. P. :. Schneider,
Supt Of 2 ublic obstruction. ..Amado Cbaves
Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith of St.
Francis, is the capital of New Mexico, trade
center, sanitarium 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 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 oxtant in the United States. In S04
came the first venturesome 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 EE.
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 mount..in
west as far as the Rio Grande. 1t lies il 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 the Santa Fe range of
mountains. Its elevation is 686S feet. Its
populatinn is 1850. 1t has good schools and
churches. There Is 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 OIL 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 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
valley there has been but one failure in the
fruit crop. What place, wha, country can
approach this record2
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
Among the more important public !nsti.
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. MichaePs 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. /. Chapelle
and many others, including first-class hotel
accommodations and several sanitary in.
situations for the benefit Of hcalth.seekers
Santa Fe county has an area OF l,a9s,0o0
acres and population of 5000. The prn.
cipal occupations are mining, sheep and cat.
tie raising truck farming and fruit growing.
The valley soils are especially adapted to
horticulture and there is a. hand never
falling market in the mining camps.
In the southern portion of the county
mining forms the principal industry, the
per and gold, in veins as we'll as in the form
Of placer gold, at Cerrilos, New Placers
Dolores, Golden and San Pedro being just
~ noted for their richness.
rHK WORLDS sANIrARrUM.
But it is 10 Santa FEES superior climatic
advantages, and it, fame as natures most
potent healing power as cure for consump-
ton and other pulmonary diseasethat Santa
Fe bases its great future upon. The highest
American medical authorities concede the
superior advantages of the citys location.
The requisites of climate curative of
consumption, are according to the lest
medical testimony, altitude, dryness, equa.
bility Of temperature, light and sunshine,
and a porous soil. Moreover, if possible,
these must be sought in localities interesting
and attractive, where variety and occlra.
ton faay be had. and the social advantages
ere good
An eminent German authority says: "Ths
altitude most favorable to the human organ.
Ism 10 about 1000 metsp." somewhat mors
han $500 fset