Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-03-27
TEaa11oRlAL BoAaD o. EDUCATION,

TERRITORIAL BoARD OF EDUCATION,
Governor l. Bradford Prince, Prof. Hiram
Hadley, Elias 8. Slower, Amado Chayes.
Prof. p ). schneider,
6upt. Of ablic Instruction .Amado Chaves
Santa Fe the city of the Holy Faith of st,
Francis. is the capitsl of New Mexico, trade
center, snnitarium md Archepiscopal SEQ.
An Indian Pueblo he'd existed on the site pre-.
vious to the 18th century. Its name was
O.ga-p'ho-ge, but it was abandoned
before Coronado's time. The Spanish town
Of Santa Fe was founded in 1905, it is there.
fore the second oil best European settlement
still e1tant in tie United States. In 1904
came the first We lturesone American trader
the forerunne,' of the great line of mer.
chants who have made tratfic over the Santa
Fe trail, worldwide in its celebrity.
CITY OF sANrATE.
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 bills which extend from the mountains
west as far as the Rio Grande. 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, beautiful mountain stream,
having its rise in the Santa Fe range of
mountains. Its elevation is 1868 feet. It's
populatinp is 1850. 1t has good schools and
churches. There IL 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
North American continent. Land may be
purchased at prices to snit the rich or the
poor. 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 Santa Fe
valley there has been but one failure in the
fruit crop: What place, what country can
approach this record?
rusL1o INSTITUTIONS.
Among the more importan. public insti.
tutions located here, in spacious and attrac-
tive modern buildings, are the q. 8. court
and federal Office building, the territorial
capitol. St. vincents 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
!uulau uOyS training eCuool, roTt 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.
gregational churches, the governors Palace,
the archepiscopal residence of Archbishop J.
B. 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 IN area OF LAOS, 900
scres and a population of 1000. The prin.
cipal occupations are mining, sheep and cat.
tie raising, truck farming and fruit growing.
The valley soils arc especially adapted to
horticulture and there is u 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.
fHs WORLDS sANrrAR1uM.
But It Is 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
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 10 the best
medical testimony, altitude, dryness, equa.
oility Of temperature; light and sunshine
these must be sought in localities interesting
ane attractive, where variety and occara-
ton hay be had, and the social advantages
ere good.
An eminent German authority says: "Ths
altitude most favorable to the human organ.
Ism Is about 1000 nistsn." somewhat mors
han 800 fesk