Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-05-08
TERRITORIAL BOARD OF EDUCATION,

DOAkU NbuChlluNi
Governor'.L Bradford Prince, Prof. Hiram
Hadley, Elias 8. Stover, Amado ChaTea,
Prof P. ]. schneider,
eupt. Of Public Observation-Disclosures Chayes
RHETORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith of st.
Francis. is the capital of New Mexico, trade
center, sanitsrium and Archepiscopal see.
An Indian Pueblo had existed on the site pro
vious to the 18th century. Its name was
O.ga-p'ho-ge, but it was abandoned
before Coronado's time. Tho Spanish town
Of Santa Fe was founded in 1905, it is there
fore the second Oldest European settlement
still extant in the United States. In !04
came tho first ventureeome American tn. ef
the forerunner Of the great line of n'er.
chants who have made traffic over the Saits
70 trail, worldwide in its celebrity.
CITY OF SANTA rE.
The city lies in q 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 il The
center of the valley at the mouth ola p;clur.
esque canon, the chief entrance to the Iecos
National Park, and through which ruEs tbs
Rio Santa Fe, a beautiful mountain stream,
having its rise in the Santa Fe range of
mountains. Its elevation is 6, 1868 feet. lts
populatinn 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 lis
toric interest than any other place Oh the
North American continent. Land may be
purchased at prices to snit 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 Santa Re
valley there has been but one failure in the
fruit crop. What place, what country can
| approach this recordP
| PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Among the more important public insti.
tutions located here, in spacious and attrac
tive modern buildings, are the U. s. court
and federal ofics building, tho territorial
capitol, st. Vincents sanitarium, territorial
penitentiary, New Mexico orphans training
school, St. Vincent's charity hospital, U. 8.
government Indian school, Ramona memo
Tial institute for Indian girls, st. Catherine
Indian boys training school, Fort 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-
oopal, Presbyterian, Methodist and Con.
Sregational churches, the governors palace,
Che archepiscopal residence of Archbishop ].
B. Salpointe and Bishop P. /. Chapelle
and many others, including frst.class hotel
accommodations, and several sanitary in.
stitutions for the benefit Of health-seekers.
Santa Fe county las an area OF l,49S,oot
acres and q population of 5000. The prin
opal occupations are mining, sheep and cat
J tie raising, truck farming and fruit growing
The valley soils are especially adapted te
4 horticulture and there is at 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
psr and gold, In veins as we'll as in the form
Of placer gold, at CerrilIos, New Placers
(Dolores), Golden and San Pedro being just
ly noted for their richness.
THE woaLD's sAN1TARIuM.
But it il to Santa Fe's superior climate
advantages, and its fame as natures mos
potent healing power as cure for consump
. ton and other pulmonary disease that Sant'
Fe bases its great future upon. The highes
American medical authorities concede tn,
superior advantages Of the city's location.
The requisites of climate curative o
consumption, are, according to the hes
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 occara
lion l,ay be had, and the social advantage
are good.
An eminent German authority says: 9Th
altitude most favorable to the human organ
Tim il about 1900 meLers." somewhat NOR
han 500 fesk