Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-03-17
TERRITORIAL BOARD OF EDUCATION,

Governor l. Bradford Prince, Prof Hiram
Hadley. Elias 8. Slower, Amado Chave.
Prof P. ; Schneider,
Supt. Of ablic lnstruction.....A mado Cbayes
Santa Fe. the city of the Holy Faith of ST
Francis, is the capital of New Mexico, trade
center, sanitarium and Archepiscopal see
Az Indian Pueblo had existed on the site pre-
viousto the 18th century. Its name was
O.ga- p'hOge, but it was abandoned
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 venturesonle American trade,
the forerunnef of the great line of aler
chants who have made traili over the Santa
Fs trail, worldwide 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 as the Rio Grande. 1t lies in the
center of the valley at the mouth of a pictur
esque canon, the chief entrance to the Pecoa
National Park, and through which runs the
Rio Santa Fe, beautiful mountain stream
having its rise in the Santa Fe range OF
mountains. Its elevation is 6 1853 feet. Ite
populatinn is 1850. 1t has good schools ana
churches. There Is an excellent system Of
water works. The city is lighted with gas
and electricity. 1t has more points of bs.
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 virinity
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
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 record?
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Among the more important public inst.
tutions located here, in spacious and attrac.
tive modern buildings, are the U. s. 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. s
government Indian school, Ramona memo.
rial institute for Indian girls, St. Catherine
Indian boys training school, Fort Marcy
barracks, St. Michael's college, Lorctto acad.
envy, Presbyterian home missions industrial
school for girls, New Mexico deaf and dumb
institute, New West academy, Catholic
cathedral and four parish churches, Eps
copal, Presbyterian, Methodist and Con
gregational churches, the governors palace
the archepiscopal residence of Archbishop
B. Salpointe and Bishop P. /! Chapelle
accommodations, and several sanitary in.
stitutions for the benefit of health-seekers.
RnouEcu.
Santa Fe county las an area Of !, 49s, 00G
acres and a population Of 1000 The prln.
cipal occupations are mining, sheep and cat.
tie raising truck farming and fruit growing
The valley soils are especially adapted to
horticulture and there is a 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.
. TIE WORLDS sANIrAR1ux.
But It Is to Santa Fe's superior climatic
advantages, and its fame as natures most
potent healing power as cure for consump-
ton and other pulmonary disease that Santa
Fe bases its great future upon. The highest
American medical authorities concede the
superior advantages Of the ci.y's location.
The requisites of climate curative Of
consumption, are. according TO the best
medical testimony, altitude, dryness, equa.
~ E.rht o,1l
and porous soil. Moreover, If possible
these must be sought in localities interesting
anS attractive, where variety and occlra.
lion Ray be had, and the social advantages
ore good.
An eminent German authority says: "'rhs
sltitude most favorable to the human organ.
lem 10 about 2,OO metsrs." somewhat mora
han e,60o fssk