Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-04-14
TERRITORIAL BOARD o. EDUCATION

11BGtOAlAL DOAkD " EDUCATION,
Governor l. Bradford Prince. Prof Hiram
Hadley. Elias 8. Slower, Amado Chsves,
Prof. P. = Schneider.
6upt. Of ablic obstruction. .Amado Chaves
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 had existed On the site pre-
vious to the 18th century. Its name was
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 drst ventureson,e American trade,
tho forerunner of the great line of mer-
chants who have made traffic over the Santa
70 trail, worldwide in its celebrity.
CITY OF SANTA Fl.
The city lies in charming nook on the
west side of the Santa Fe range and is shel.
tered from the northern winds bv spur Of
low hills which extend from the mountains
west Is far as the Rio Grande. It lies in tile
center of the valley at the mouth of pictllr.
eaQue 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 the Santa Fe range Of
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. 1t has more points of his
toric interest than any other place ON the
North American continent Lanti may DO
purchased at prices to snit the rich OF the
poor. Five acres in Santa Fe or vicinity
will produce more than can he produced
anywhere else in the world. Our markets
are close at hand and We can successfully
compete with any other locality. Since the
6rst 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 recordt
PUBLIC 1NsrrTurIoHs.
Among the more importan. public insti.
tutions located here, in spacious and attrao.
tive modern buildings, are the U. 8. court
and federal ofios building, the territorial
capitol. St. vincent's sanitarium, territorial
penitentiary, New Mexico orphans training
school, st. Vincent's charity hospital, o. g.
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
grsgational churches, the governors ralace
the archepiscopal residence of ArchbishopJ
B. Salpointe and Bishop P. l.. Chapele
4 n1,,ls G.cA =. l.
accommodations, and several sanitary in.
HBouRCs.
Santa Fe county has An area Of l,49s,0oo
acres and = population of 1000. The prin.
cpal occupations are mining, sheep and cat.
tie raising, truck farming and fruit growing
The valley soils are especially adapted to
Horticulture and there Is q. hand never
falling market in the mining camps.
In the southern portion Of the county
large deposits of coal, lead, silver, iron, cop.
per and gold in veins as we'll as in the form
Of placer gold, At Cerrilus, New Placers
(Dolores), Golden and San Pedro being just
ly noted for their richness.
TIE W0ALDo sANTTARlUA.
Bnt It u 10 Santa Fe's superior climatic
advantages, and its fame - natures most
potent healing power as cure for consump-
ton and other pulmonary disease that Santa
Fs bases its great future upon. The highest
American medical authorities concede the
superior advantages Of the cjty'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, II possible,
shess must be sought in localities interesting
and attractive. where variety and occlrs.
lion iiay b. had, and the social advantages
ere good.
An eminent German authority says: "Ths
sltitude most favorable to the human organ.
ism 10 ai,out 1000 metsrs," somewhat mors
han e,60e foek