Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-08-17

Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith Of 81.
Francis, Is the capital of New Mexico, trade
center, sanitarium and Archepiscopal see.
An Indian Pueblo had existed on the site pre-
yious to the 10Th 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 settlsrn emit
still extant in the United States. In 1904
came the first venturssome American trader
tho forerunner of the great line Of lner.
chants who have made traffi c over the Sants
Fe trail worldwide in its celebrity.
CITY OF sANTAF E.
The city lies in charming nook O.. 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 mountains
west as far as the Rio Grsnde. 1t lies in the
center of the valley at the mouth of a pictur.
esque canon, the chief entrance to the Pecos
National Park, and through which runs the
Rio Santa Fe, q beautiful mountain stream,
having its rise in tho Santa Fe range OF
mountains. Its elevation 10 6,S6S feet Its
populatinn is 1850. 1t has good schools and
churches. There II 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 on 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
frvJ{f crop What nIacA what cf,1ptrv ran
approach this record2
PUBLIC INsTITUTIoNs.
Among the more important public insti.
tutions located here, in spacious and attrao-
tive modern buildings, are the o. 8. court
and federal Office building tho territorial
capitol, st. Vincent's sanitarium, territorial
penitentiary, New Mexico orphans training
school, st. Vincent's charity hospital, U. 8.
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, Epis-
copal, Presbyterian, Methodist and Con.
gregational churches, the governors palace,
tho archepiscopal residence Of Archbishop J.
B. Ealpointe and Bishop P. L. Chapellc
and many others, including first.class hotel
accommodations, and several sanitary in.
stitutions for the benefit of health-seekers.
Santa Fe county has an area OF 1,49s, 0od
acres and population Of 1000. The prin.
cipsl occupations are mining, sheep and cat.
tie raising, truck farming and fruit growing.
The valley soils are especially adapted to
horticulture and there is at hand neve,
falling market in the mining camps.
In the southern portion of the county
mining forms the principal industry, tho
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 Placera
(Dolores), Golden and San Pedro being Just.
~ noted for their richness.
THE WORLDS sAN1TARIuK.
But it IL to Santa FEES superior climatic
advantages, and its fame as natures most
potent healing power as cure for consump.
ton and other pulmonary disease that SAINTS
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 o.
consumption, are, according 10 the best
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 Occapa
ton laay be had, and the social advantages
sre good.
An eminent German authority says: "Tht
altitude most favorable to the human organ
hm ID about 1900 mstsrs," somewhat NOR
han A.5O4 feek