Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-04-01

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!. Hadley, Elias s. Slower, Amado Chaves,
Prof. P. J. Schneider,
Supt. of P ablic Instruction.. .Amado Cbavea
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith of St.
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- 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 oldest European settlement
still e1tant in the United States. In 1904
came the first venturesonle American-tradc
the forerunner of the great line of mer.
chants who have made trait C over the Santa
Fe trail, worldwide in its celebrity.
CITY or SANTA FIR.
The city lies in charming nook on the
west side of the Santa Fe range and is she).
tered from the northern winds by spu, 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 Oft pictur-
esque canon, the chief entrance to the Pecos
National Park, and through which runs tho
Rio Santa Fe, beautiful mountain stream,
having its rise in the Santa Fe range of
mountains. Its elevation is 1858 feet Its
populatinn is 1850 1t has good schools and
churches. There IS an 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 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!
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Among the more important public insti.
tutions located here, in spacious and attrac.
tive modern buildings, are the U. 8. court
and federal Office building, the territorial
capitol, st. Vincent's santarium, 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. Mchael's COLLEGE, Loretto acad.
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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. H. 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 1,49s, 900
acres and population of 5000. The prin.
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 neve.
failing 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 Cerrilos, New Placers
(Dolores), Golden and San Pedro being just
ly noted for their richness.
THE WORLDS sANrrAR1UM.
But it is to. Santa FEES superior climatic
advantages, and its fame as natures mos.
potent healing power as q cure for consump.
ton and other pulmonary disease that Santa
Fe bases its great future upon. The highest
American medical authorities concedc 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.
bility of temperature, light and sunshine,
and porous soil. Moreover, if possible,
these must be sought in localities interesting
anG attractive, where variety and occlra.
lion liay be had, and the social advantagea
ere good.
An eminent German authority says: "Ths
sltitude most favorable to the human organ.
lem is about 1000 meters." somewhat more
han {, 500 fset