Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-05-11

T11Rlf011AL BOARD OF EDUCATION,
aovMnor'.L Bradford Prince, Prof. Hiram
HAdley, Elias 8. Stover Amado Chaves,
Prof. p. J. schneider,
Bupt Of z nhlic Instruction Amado Chaves
Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith Of St
Francis, Is the capital Of New Mexico, trade
center, sanitarium and Archepiscopal ses.
An Indian Pueblo had existed on the site pre-
vious to the 10Th century. Its name was
O-ga-pho-ge, but 1t was abandoned
before Coronado's time. The Spanish tow n
Of Santa Fe was founded in 1905, it is there
fore the second Oldest European settlement
cams the first venturesome American trad>t
the forerunner Of the great line Of mer.
chants who have made traffi G over the Sants
Fe trail, worldwide in its celebrity.
CRY OF SANTA FR.
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 as the Rio Grande. 1t lies in lie
confer Of the valley at the mouth of pictl.r.
esque canon, the chief entrance to the Pecas
National Park, and through which runs ths
Rio Santa Fe, beautiful mountain stream,
having its rise in tho Santa Fe range OF
mountains. Its elevation is 6,s6s feet. It's
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. It has more points Of his
toric interest than any other place on the
purchased at prices to snit the rich or the
poor. Five acres in Santa Fe or vicinity
win produce moro 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
first fruit tree was planted in the Santa Re
valley there has been but one failure in thu
fruit crop. What place, what country can
approach this record?
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Among tho more important public insti-
buttons located here, in spacious and attrao'
tive modern buildings, are the o. 8. court
and federal Office 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. Michae"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-
gregational churches, the governors palace,
The archepiscopal residence of Archbishop ].
B. Salpofnte and Bishop P. l.. Chapelle
and many others, including first.class hotel
accommodations, and several sanitary in
situations for the benefit of health-seekers.
RESOURCES.
Banta 70 county has an area OF l,498, 900
acres and a ,pulation Of 1000. Tho prin-
clpal occupations are mining, sheep and cat
lie raising, truck farming and fruit growing.
Tho valley soils are especially adapted to
horticulture and there il n hand never
falling 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 we'll as in the form
Of placer gold, at Cerrillos, New Placers
(Dolores), Golden and San Pedro being just
ly noted for their richness.
THE woALD's sANrTARIuM.
But it IL 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
Fs bases its great future upon. The highest
American medical authorities concede the
superior advantages Of the city's location.
The requisites Of climate curative Of
consumption, are, according to the best
medical testimony, altitude, dryness, equa-
bility of temperature, light and sunshine,
and 4 porous soil. Moreover, If possible,
these must be sought in localities interesting
and attractive, where variety and occara-
lion lazy be had, and the social advantages
ore good.
An eminent German authority says: "Th1
eltitude most favorable to the human organ.
Inn 10 about 1000 mstsrs," somewhat mors
han e,50e teek