Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-03-15


Governor l. Bradford Prince, Prof Hiram
Aadley. Elias 8. Slower, Amado Chaves,
Prof. P. :. Schneider,
supt of Public Instruction .Amado Chayes
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith of st.
Francis. Is the capital of New Mexico, trade
center, sanitarium and Archepiscopal sec
An Indian Pueblo had existed on the site pre-
yious 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 1904
came the first venturesonie American trader
the forerunner Of the great line of mer.
chants who have made tratfic over the Santa
70 trail, worldwide in its celebrity.
CITY OF SANTA TE.
The city lies in charming nook on the
west side of the Santa Fe range and is shel.
tered from the northern winds by spur OF
low hills which extend from the mountains
west Is far as the Rio Grande. II lies in the
center of the valley at the mouth of a pictur.
eeQue canon, the chief entrance to the Pecos
National Park, ard through which runs the
Rio Santa Fe, q beautiful mountain stream,
having its rise in tho Santa Fe range OF
mountains. Its elevation is 6, 1858 feet. It's
populatinn is 1850. 1t has good schools and
churches. There 10 an excellent system of
water works. The city is lighted with gas
and electricity. It has more points of his
toric interest than any other place on the
North American continent. Land may he
purchased At prices to snit the rich or the
poor. Five acres in Santa Fe or virnitv
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
hrst fruit tree was planted in the Santa Fe
valley there has been but one failure in the
fruit crop. What place, what country can
approach this record9
PUBLIC INSTITUTION.
Among the more important public insti.
tutions located here, in spacious and attrac.
tive modern buildings, are the U. g. court
and federal ofios building, the 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. Michael's 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
the archepiscopal residence of Archbishop.
B. salpofnte and Bishop P. l.. Chapelle
and many others, including first.cass hotel
accommodations, and several sanitary in.
gtitutions for the benefit of health.seekers.
xBoulcrs.
Santa Fs county las IN area Of l,49s,ooo
acres and population of 1000. The prin.
cipal occupations are mining, sheep and cat.
tie raising, truck farming and fruit growing
Tho valley soils are especially adapted t.
horticulture and there 10 u 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 Placers
(Dolores), Golden and San Pedro being just
~ noted for their richness.
TIE woaLD's sAn1rARrun.
But It u to Santa Fe's superior climatic
advantages and its fame a. natures most
potent healing power as cure for consump-
ton and other pulmonary disease that Santa
Fe bases it, great future upon. The highest
American medical authorities concede tho
superior advantages of the city's location.
The requisites of . climate curative Of
consumption, are, according 10 the best
medical testimony, altitude, dryness, equa.
bility Of temperature light and sunshine,
and . porous soil. Moreover, If possible
these must be sought in localities interesting
anS attractive. where variety and occals.
lion laay b had, and the social advantages
sre good.
An eminent German authority says: "The
altitude most favorable to the human organ.
Ism 10 about 1900 mstsss." somewhat more
han $500 fsak