Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-08-16

Santa Ee, the city of the Holy Faith CT 81
Francis, is tho capital of New Mexico, trads
center, sanitarium and Archepiscopal seq
An Indian Pueblo had existed on the site pre-.
vious to the 18th century. Its name Yves
O.ga-p'ho-ge, but it was abandoned
before Coronados time The Spanish town
Of SAINTS Fe WIS founded in 1905, it is there.
fore the second Oldest European settlement
still extaut in the United States. In 1904
came tins first yanturesome American trader
the forerunner Of the great line of msr.
chants who have made traffic over theHanta
Ne trail, worldwide in its celebrity.
CITY OF SANTA FE.
The city lies in charming nook o.. the
west side Of the Santa Fe range and is shell.
tered from the northern winds by spar OF
low hills which extend from the mountains
west as far as the Rio Grande. 1t lies in tina
center of the valley at the mouth of a 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
mountsins. It's elevation lie 6,868 feet. Its
populatinn is 1850. 1t has good schools and
churches. There ~ an excellent system of
water works. This 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. Sints the
6rst frat tree was planted in the Sara Fe
valley there has been but one failure il, the
fruit crop. What place, what country can
approach this reeorGp
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Among the more important public lnsti-
tutions located here, in spacious and attrac-
tive modern buildings, are the U. s. court
and federal off1ca building, the territorial
capitol, st. vincent's sanitarium, territorial
penitentiary, New Mexico orphans training
school, st. Vincent's charity hospital, U. 8.
government Indian school, Ramona memo
rial institute for Indian girls, st. Catherine
Indian boys training school, Fort Marcy
barracks, st. Micheels college, Loretto acad.
envy, Presby terrain home missions industrial
school for girls, New Mexico deaf and dumb
institute, Nsw West academy, Catholic
cathedral and four parish churches, Epia-
COpdlS 1ICoDy GC4 !dllt NLCtAkCui6s oAA NOt4'
gregational churches, the governors palace,
the archepiscopal residence Of Archbishop J.
B. Salpointe and Bishop P. L. Chapells
and many others, including first-class hotel
accommodations, and several sanitary in.
stitutions for the benefit of health-seekera.
REsouEcns.
Santa Fe county has an area OF LAOS, 0oa
acres and population of 1000. 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 at hand never
failing market in iile mining caiups.
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 well as in the form
Of placer gold, at Cerrillos, New Placers
(Dolores), Golden and San Pedro being Just
ly noted for their richness.
THE WORLDS sANITARIuA.
But it is to Santa Fe's superior climatic
advantages, and its fame as nsture's mos
potent healing power as cure for consump
ton and other pulmonary disease that SAINTS
Fe bases its great future upon. The highes
American medical authorities concede tn,
superior advantages of the city's location.
The requisites Of q climate curative o
consumption, are, according to the hes
medical testimony, altitude, dryness, equa
billy of temperature, light and sunshine
and a porous soil. Moreover, If possible
these must be sought in localities interesting
and attractive, where variety and occApa
ton l,ay be had, and the social advantage,
ore good.
An eminent German authority says: 9TH
altitude most favorable to the human organ
6m u shout 2,GD meters" somewhat mon
han e,50e feek