Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-09-02

From this it Will appear thst Santa Fc is
relatively warmer ia winter and cooler in
Summer than other places having nearly
the same annual temperature. Compare
! the difference between the coolest month
and the warmest month for these places
In Santa Fe the monthly range is 1913, in
Boston, 45.1; Albany, 494; Buffalo, AS;
Dstroit, 44.6: Grand Haven, 43.7; North
| Platte, 52.3: We find that Santa Fe has tho
spring temperature of northern Illinois and
Indiana, the summer temperature of north.
ern Wisconsin and Michigan, the autumn
temperature of Wisconsin and Michigan,
end tho winter Temperature Of rH-%-et
illinois and indiana. In other words, by
Itaying in Santa Fe, the invalid gets tho
| favorable summers that q resident of Spring.
field, Illinois, can get only by emigrating
annually to Lake Superior
Here is neurological data for 1891 as fur
nished by the U. s. local weather bureau:
Average temperature. ...................... 47.3
Average relative humidity. sis
Average velocity of wind, miles PSF
EOtr.......... 75
icgai ralnial ...... ......"...lG.7
Number of cloudles days, ...,....... 1875
Numper OF lair days..-....-................ lO7
Number OF cloudy OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 81
For tubercular diseases the death rate in
New Mexico is the lowest in the union, the
ratio being AZ follows: New England, Is;
Minnesota, ID; southern states, 6; New Mex.
leo, 8.
DISTANCES.
Santa lie Is distant from Kansa- City 800
.nilee; from Denver 1888; miles; from Trinidad.
II miles; from Albuquerque, IS miles; from
Denling, $40 miles; from Ell Paso, $40 miles;
from Los Angeles, 1852 miles: from Bar
francisco, 1881 miles.
POINTS or INTEREST.
There arc some forty various peints o1
more or less historic interest in aud shout
the ancient city.
The old adobe palace stands on the spo.
where the old Spanish pslacc had been erect
was destroyed in 1850, and the present one
wa. constructed between 1887 and 1716.
The chapel of San Miguel was built bo-
tween 1856 and 1880. In the latter years the
Indians destroyed it. Fully restored in ITO,
1t had previously and after 1893, been the
emily Spanish chapel in Santa Fe. 1t still
remains the Oldest church in use in Ne
Mexico.
The walls of tho old cathedral date in par.
from 1929; but the ediice proper is from tl>s
pas: century.
Other points Of interes. to tbs tourists
IRE: The Historal Society's roonla; tls
'Garita," the military quarters; chapel and
cemetery of Our Lady of the Rosary; tbl
church Museum at the new cathedral, thu
Grchbishop's garden; church of Our Lady Of
Guadalupe with its rare old works of art:
the soldiers monument, monument to this
Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit Carson, erected by
TIE q. A. r. of New Mexico; st. Vincents
hospital, conducted by the Sisters of Charity,
and the Orphans Industrial school; the In,
dian training school, Loretto Academy ana
the chapel Of 0uz Lady Of Light; the RaE
IA Indian school; st. Cats,arine's Indian
school
Tho sight-seer here may also take
! vehicle and enjoy q dag outing with both
pleasure and profit. The various spots OF
Interests to be visited ere TesuQue pueblo,
taking In the divide route; Monument rock,
up in picturesque Santa Fe canon; the Aztec
mineral springs; Nambe pueblo; Aqua Fris
| village; the turquoise mines; place of the a..
sassinstion OF Governor Perez; San lldefonso
pueblo, or the ancient cliff dwellings, beyond
the Rio Grande.
| THE MILITARY rcsT.
At Santa Fe is the Oldest military estab-
nshment on American soil, having been in
almost continuous occupation since 1908
when the Spaniards first established here
their base of ope. ations. Old Fort Marcy
was built by U. 8. soldiers in 1916 and ths
Dew post was occupied g few years latas.