Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-06-16

Santa Fe. the city of the Holy Faith Of ST
Francis, is the capital of New Mexico, trade
center, sanitarium and Archepiscopal SEQ.
An Indian Pueblo he'd existed on the site pre-
yious to the 10Th century. Its name was
O-ga-p'ho.ge, but it was abandoned
before Coronados time. The Spanish town
Of Santa Fe was founded 10 1905, it is there
fore the second oldest European settlement
still oxtant in the United States. In 1904
csrzss the FIRST venturesonie American trader
tho forerunner of the great line of ner.
chants who have made trait ever the SAINTS
So trail, world wide in its celebrity.
CITY OF SANTA FE.
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 mountains
west as far Us the Rio Grande. 1t lies in the
center Of the valley at the mouth of a pictur.
esaue canon, the chief entrance to the PecoS
National Park, and through which runs the
Rio Santa He, beautiful mountain stream,
having its rise in the Santa Fe range OF
mountains. Its elevation is 6,868 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
an5 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 tbs world. Our markets
are close at hand and we can successfully
compete with any other locality. Since the
fret FRAT tree was planted in the Santa Fe
valley there has been but one failure in tho
fruit crop What place, what country can
approach this record?
PUBLIC INSTITUTION.
Among tho more important public insti.
tations located here, in spacious and attrac-
tive modern buildings, are the U. 8. court
and federal Office building, tho territorial
capitol, St. Vincent's sanitarium, territorial
penitentjary, New Mexico orphans training
school, St. Vincents 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
echool for girls, New Mexico deaf and dumb
institute, New West academy, Catholic
cathedral and four parish churches, Epis-
copal, Presbyterian, Methodist and Con-
gregationa churches, the governors palace,
the archepiscopal residence OF Archbishop.
B. Salpointe and Bishop P. l.. Chapells
and many others, including first.class hotel
accommodations and several sanitary in
stitutions for the benefit Of health-seekers.
REsouncEe.
Santa Fe county has an area OF 1493, 900
acres and population Of 1000. The prin.
cipal occupations are mining, sheep and cat
lie raising, truck farming and fruit growing
Ths valley soils are especially veddspted to
horticulture and there /, a, hans never
failing market in the mining camps.
In the southern portion Of the county
mining forms the principal industry, tbs
per and gold, in veins as well as in the form
&c placer gold, at Cerrilos, New Placers
Dolorts), Golden and San Pedro being just
~ noted for their richness.
THE WORLDS sANrrARIuM.
BIT II is 10 Santa Fe's superior climatic
advantages, and its fame as natures most
pt.gnt healing power as cure for consump-
lion and other pulmonary disease that Santa
Ec bases its great future upon. The highest
American medical authorities concede the
superior advantages of the city's location.
The requisites Of q climate curative OF
consumption, are, according to 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
anG attractive. where variety and occapa-
lon i,ay be had, and the social advantages
sre good.
An eminent German authority says: "Ths
altitude most favorable to the human organ.
!ssn is about 2e,0 metsrs." somewhat more
ssaH 8.ala fee.