Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-06-12

Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith Of 81
Francis, is the capital Of New Mexico, trade
center, sanitarium and Archepiscopal see.
An Indian Pueblo had existed on the site pre-
vious to the 18th century. Its name, was
O.ga-pho.ge, but it was abandoned
before Coronado's time The Spanish town
Of Santa Fe was founded in 1905, it is there
still e1tant in the United States. In 1904
came the frst venturesome American trader
tho forerunner of the great line OF nier-
chants who have made traffic over the Ssnts
Fe trail, worldwide in its celebrity.
CITY OF SANTA FE.
The city lies in charming nook on the
west side Of the Santa Fee range and is s'iel.
tered from the northern winds by spur OF
low hills which extend from the mountains
west as far as the Rio Grende. 1t lies in the
center of the valley at the mouth of pictur.
esQue 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
mountains. Its elevation is 6,S6S feet. Its
populatinn is 1850. 1t has good schools and
churches. There Ii m 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. Land may be
purchased at prices to snt the rich or the
Door. Five acres In Santa Fe or vicinity
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
first fruit tree was planted in the SAINT %
valley there has been but one failure in the
fruit crop. What place, what country can
approach this recordi
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Among the more important public insti.
buttons located here, in spacious and attrac-
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, w.
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.
emy, 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.
sregational churches, the governors palace.
Tho archepiscopal residence of Archbishop.
3. Salpointe and Bishop P. l.. Chapelle
and many others, including first-class hotel
accommodations, and several sanitary in.
situations for the benefit of health.seekers.
Santa Fe county las an area Of LAOS, 900
acres and population of 5000. The prin'
cipal occupations are mining, sheep and cat
Ito raising, truck farming and fruit growing.
Tho valley soils are especially adapted to
horticulture and there is AZ hand q never
Milling market in the mining camps.
In the southern portion of the county
mining forms the principal industry, tho
large deposits of coal, lead, silver, iron, cop.
par and gold, in veins as we'll as in the form
Of placer gold, at Cerrillos, New Placers
(Doiores), Golden and San Pedro being just
! " noted for their richness.
THE woaLD's sANrTARIuA.
But It il 10 Santa FEES superior climatic
advantages, and its fame as natures most
potent healing power as a 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 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 porous soil. Moreover, If possible
these must be sought in localities interesting
and attractive, where variety and occalet
lion lay be had, and the social advantages
sre good. 49,.
An eminent German authority says: "Ths
| altitude most favorable to the human organ
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