Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-09-12
MEAN,

From this 1t will appear that santa Fe |,
relatively warmer in winter and cooler in
summer than other places having nearly
the same annual temperature. Compare
the difference between the coolest month
end the warmest month for these places.
Ill Santa Re the monthly range is 1913. in
Boston, 45.1; Albany, 49.4; Buffalo, AS;
Detroit, 4l.G: Grand Haven, 437; North
Platte, 52.3: We find that Santa Fe has the
spring temperature of northern Illinois and
lndiana, the summer temperature Of north
ern Wisconsin and Michigan, the Autumn
temperature of Wisconsin and Michigan,
and tho winter temperature Of central
Illinois and Indiana. In other words, by
staying in Santa Fe, the invalid gets tho
favorable summers that q resident of Spring
field, Illinois, can get only by emisratn3
annually to Lake Superior.
Here is neurological data for 1891 as fur.
nished by the U. S, local weather bureau:
Average temperature. ..................... i7.3
Average relative humidity .......,......... 5l.3
Average velocity Of wind, miles per
Aour...".'..... ~
Total rainfall
Number Of cloudles day5. ........ .......... l3j
Number of fair days .........................l O7
Number of cloudy dayn..................... 61
For tubercular diseases the death rSte IN
New Mexico is the lowest in the union TIA
ratio being BIS follows New England. IS;
Minnesota, IA; southern states, 6; New Mex.
leo, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe IL distant from Kahsa City $50
miles; from Denver 3sS; mics from Trinidad,
2l6 miles; from, Albuquerque, 50 miles; from
Deming, 3l6 miles; from FL paso, $40 miles;
from Lo. Angeles, 1892 miles: from esn
Francisco, 1881 miles.
POINTS or INTEREST.
There are some forty various points OF
more or less historic interest in sud shout
the ancient city.
Ths old adobe palace stands on the spot
whare the old Spanish palace had been erect
ed shortly after 1905. That ancient structurs
was destroyed in 1850, and the present oDs
was constructed between 1897 and l7l6.
The chapel of San Miguel was built b.
tween 1886 and 1880. In the latter wears the
Indians destroyed it. Fully restored in ITO,
1t had previously and after 1893, been the
emily Spanish chapel in Santa Fs 1t still
remains the Oldest church in usa in Nc"
Mexico.
The walls of the old cathedral date in part
from 1922; but the edifce proper is from IT,,
past century.
Other points of interest to tho tourists
are: The Historal Society's rooms the
"Garits," the military quarters; chapel and
cemetery Of Our Lady of the Rosary; the
church museum at the new cathedral, ths
archbishop's garden; church of Our Lady IT
Guadalupe with its rare old works of art:
the soldiers monument, monument to the
Pioneer Path Finder, Kit Carson, erected by
the G.. A. r. of New Mexico; st. Vincent's
hospital, conducted by the Sisters of Charity,
and the Orphans industrial school; the In
dian training school; Loretto Academy and
the chapel of Our Lady of Light; the RAM
ma Indian school; st. Catharinss Indian
school.
The sight-seer here may also take .
vehicle and enjoy days outing with both
pleasure and profit. The various spots Of
interests to be visited are Tesuqus pueblo,
taxing in the divide route; Monument rock,
up In picturesque Santa Fe canon: the Aztec
mineral springs; Nambe pueblo; Aqua Fria
village; the turquoise mines; place of the As
sassination Of Governor Perez; San lllefonso
pueblo, or the ancient cliff dwellings, beyond
The Rio Grands.
THE MILITARY Post.
At Santa Fe is the Oldest military estab-
llshment on American soil, having been in
almost continuous occupation since 1908
when the Spaniards first established here
their base of opel atoms. Old Fort Marcy
vas built by U. 8. soldiers in 1916 and the
psw post was occupied few years lstec