Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-04-22
TERRITORIAL Board OF EDrcArfo,,


Governor L. Bradford Prince, Prof Hiram
Hadley, Elias s. Slower, Amaao Chayes.
Prot. P. !. Schneider,
Supt. of ablic Instruction .Amado Chavas
HISTORICAL.
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 extant in the United States, In lsH4
came the first venturesone American traH8,
tho forerunner of the great line of msr-
chants who have made traffic over theSaDla
Fe trail, worldwide in its celebrity.
CITY OF SANTA FE.
The city lies in charming nook on the
west side of the Sarta Fe RANGE and is siel.
tered from the northern winds by g spur Of
low hills which extend from the mountains
west as far as the Rio Granda. Ii lies in The
center of the valley at the mouth Of pictur-
esque canon, the chief entrance to the rceos
National Park, and through which runs the
Rio Santa Fee, beautiful mountain stream,
having its rise in the Santa Fe range of
mountains. Its elevation is 1868 feet. Its
populatinp 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 L s.
toric interest than any otker place on the
North American continent. Land may he
purchased at prices to snit the rich or tbs
poor. Five acres in Santa Fe or vieintV
will produce more than can be produced
anywhere else in the world. Oar markets
are close at hand and we can successfully
compete with any other locality. Since the
first frait tree was planted in the Santa re
valley there has been but one failure in the
fruit crop. What place, what country can
approach this record?
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
Among the more importan. public lnati.
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. Vincents charity hospital, U. s.
government Indian school, Ramona memo.
rial institute for Indian girls, ST. Catherine
Indian boys training school, Fort Marcy
emy 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.. ChapelIe
and many Others, including frst-class hotel
accommodations, and several sanitary in
situations for the benefit of health-seekers.
REsouKcEs
Santa Fe county has an area OF LASS, 0oc
acres and population of 1000 The prin-
cipal occupations are mining shern and ,,N
tie raising, truck farming and fruit growing.
The valley soils are especially adapted to
horticulture and there is az hand never
failing 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 well as in the form
Of placer gold, at Cerrillos, New Pacers
(Dolores), Golden and San Pedro being Just
" noted for their richness.
THE WORLDS sANrrARIUM
But it il to Santa Fes 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. Tue highest
American medical authorities conccde the
superior advantages of the ci.y's 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 porous soil. Moreover, if possible,
these must be sought in localities interesting
and attractive, where variety and occlpa.
ton lay be had, and the social advantages
are good.
An eminent German authority says; "Ths
altitude most favorable to the human organ.
lem is about 1000 METERS" somewhat mors
han $500 feet