Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-08-01
MEAN.

from this 1t win appear that Santa Fe ID
relatively warmer in winter and cooler In
summer than other places having nearly
the same annual temperature Compare
The difference between the coolest month
and the warmest month for these places.
In Santa re the monthly range is 1878, in
Boston, ASH; Albany, 494; Buffalo, AS;
Detroit, 44.6: Grand Haven, 1877; North
Platte, 1913: We find that Santa Fe has tho
spring temperature of northern Illinois and
Indiana, the summer temperature of north.
ern Wisconsin and Michigan, the autumn
s.i;,sratlra Of Wisconsin and Michigan,
and the winter temperature of central
Illinois and Indiana. In other vor!s, bv
favorable summers that resident of Spring
field, Illinois, can get only by emigrating
annually to Lake Superior.
Here Ia neurological data fer 1891 as fur.
nished by the U. s. local weather bureau:
Average temperature. ,....". Alb
Average relative humidity ........ ......... OILS
Average velocity Of wind, miles per
hour......... 1.S
Total rainfall. ............. ..... ."...."..16.73
Number of cloudles days. ...... ............ 1e6
Number Of fair days.".....-.."..."..... 1O7
Number of cloudy days.".....".."...... 81
For tnbercular diseases the death rate In
New Mexico is the lowest in the union, the
ratio being rs follows: New England, %;
Minnesota, IA; southern states, 6; New Mex
leo, 8.
DIsTANCEs.
Santa Fe Is distant from Kansa- City 800
miles; from Denver 1888; miles; from Trinidad,
ZIG miles, from Albuquerque, So miles; from
Deming, 3i6 miles; from El Paso, $40 miles;
from Los Angeles, 1852 miles, from San
Francisco, 1881 miles.
POINTS or INTEREST.
There ara aome forty various points OF
moro or less historic interest in aud about
~ Ths ' old . adobe palace stands on tho spot
where thu old Spanish palace had been erect
I'd shortly after 1906. That ancient structure
was destroyed in 1880, and the present ono
was constructed between 1897 and 1716
The chapel of San Miguel was built DO.
tween 1888 md $780, In the latter years tho
Indians destroyed it. Fully restored in ITO.
It had previously and after 1893, been the
snly Spanish chapel in Santa Fe. It still
remains the Oldest church in use in New
Mexico.
The walls of the old cathedral date in part
from 1922; but the edifce proper is from ths
past century.
Other points of interest to the tourists
are: The Historal Society's rooms; tAe
'Garits," the military quarters; chapel and
cemetery Of Our Lady of the Rosary; the
church museum at the new cathedral, the
archbishop's garden; church Of Our Lady Of
Guadalupe with its rare old works Of Art;
the soldiers monument, monument to the
Pioneer Path Finder, Kit Carson, erected by
the g. A. B. of New Mexico; st. Vincent'a
hospital, conducted by the Sisters of Charity,
and tie Orphans industrial school; the IN.
dian training school; Loretto Academy an4
the chapel of Our Lady of Light the Ram~
na Indian school; st. Catharine's Indian
school.
The sight-poer here may also take z
vehicle and onjoy days outing with both
pleasure and profit. Tho various spots OF
interests to be visited are Tesuque pueblo,
taxing In the divide route; Monument rock,
up In picturesque Santa Fe canon; the Aztec
mineral springs; Nambe pueblo; Aqua Fra
village; the turquoise mines; place OF the ~
sassination of Governor Perez; San 1ldefonso
pueblo, or the ancient cliff dwellings, beyond
the Rio Grande.
THE HILIJARY POST.
At Santa re is the Oldest military estab.
Lshment on American soil, having been "
almost continuous occupation since ldU1
when the 6paniards first established hsre
their base Of operations. Old Fort Marcy
was built by U. 8. soldiers in lS46 ana me
esw post was occupied few years leeeI