Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-10-30

'ho W. a. N. oI new Mexlcoj st. Nincents
hospital, conducted by the Sisters of Charity,
and the Orphans industrial school; the In.
Ian training school; Loretto academy and
chapel of Our Lady of Light; the Ramona
Indian school, st. Catharne's Indian school.
1t will therefore be seen that while Santa
Fe possesses the delightful climate of a san.
itarium, she is not devoid of interest. The
health seeker should never go to dull
place. Ennui an listlessness are the hand.
maidens Of disease. Here is interest for the
studious historian, the gay sportsman or the
mere sightseer. Ifyou have energy enough
to move around you can not be dull amid
such surroundings.
NATURAL BEAUTY.
Even the inveterately lazy can enjoy life
here also if they have money. To the east
Old Badly lifts snowy dome in winter, and
his steeply sloping forested sides in summer
rival his winter beauty. In the winter the
full moon at night and the sun by day turn
his crest into diadem Of brlliants. TO the
west the Jemez and Vale mountains.
scarcely less grand than The Santa Ie range
reflect the sunsets in a hundred glt,.
tones, while their purple bases lend an ideaI
background for all the splendor.
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
Among the most important public insttu:-
tons located here, in spacious and attractive
modern buildings, are the U. s. court and
federal office building, st. Vinccnts SAIL
itarium, territorial penitentiary, New
Mexico orphans training school, St. Vim.
cents charity hospital, U. $. govern.
ment Indian school, Ramona memorial in.
stitute for Indian girls, st. Catharine Indian
boys training school, Fort Marcy barracks,
st. Michaels college, Loretto academy
Presbyterian home mission industrial
school for girls, New Mexico deaf and dumb
institute, Catholic cathedral and four parish
churches, Episcopal, Presbyterian, Meth.
odst and Congregational churches, the gov.
ernor palace, the archepiscopal residence
of Archbishop P. L. Chapelle and
many others, including first.class hotel
accommodations, and several sanitary insti.
tutions for the benefit of health seekers.
The U. ). court ofprivate land claims is in
session here throughout most of the wear,
and the arguments therein, involving as
they do points of historical and archaeolog.
lcal interest are obstructive, Not only to the
lawyer but to the layman,
RESOURCES.
Santa Fe county has an area of 1,4GS,0oG
acres and a population of about II, 900. The
city itself contains over 10000 actual res.
ldents. The valley soils are especially
adapted to fruit raising, and the product is
If the finest favor and appearances Peaches
weet as nectarine, plums and apricots,
arge and luscious, apples, pears, berries and
vi the hardy fruits flourish in abundance
Usually commanding better and more re-
nunerative market than even the California
ruits. The cloudless, sunny days bring out
IL their fruity and saccharine qualities
Large mineral deposits, including gold,
liver, precious stones, principally the
turquoise and garnets nearly as fine as ru.
lies, and topaz, also; both btuminous and
nthracite coal are found in giant veins.
he two kinds sometimes run in parallel
ems in the same mine. In addition to
his natural coke" is found.
PROSPECTIVE RESOURCES.
The Chicago Municipal 4 Investment
ompany has completed = magnificent
'ater works system just east of town, fur
ishing water under 40 pounds pressure.
ii the modern Improvements in the way Of
creation, etc., are provided. In addition
hereto preliminary work is now being con.
uoted on reservoirs and canals that will
rlgate over 100000 acres Of splendid land
l and around the city. These will un.
oubtedly be completed within two years,
every effort is being made to hurry their
THE WATERS OF SANTA FE.
DR.. J. r. Banter, vice president of the
.merican Health Resort association, says;
ut is worth travelling miles to drink of
lch waters as flow through this deep cut
, the mountains and supply the city OF
anita Fee for domestic purposes and for irris
alton of the fruit farms. The water is alb.
1luily pure, cold and fresh from the melt.
,g SHOWS above, or trickling from springs
| The mountain side. 1t is tree from all
me, alkali or other ingredients so very in
lrious to the consumptive patient Such
alter is great boon anywhere and at any
me, but here, where other features Of sun.
line and pure air combine to produce an
lcdl CllHlatci ~ ID VI sPeCIul value.
THE MILITARY POST.
#. Marcy, at Santa Fe, is the oldest e,-
blished military station on American soil.
he Spaniards occupid it as such in 1902.
Id Fort Marcy was built by Gen. Kearney
1S4e; and the present site was occupied in
$50; the post is garrisoned by headquarters.
lie band and two companies of the 10th U,
infantry under cammand of Col. +. p.
carson; its location here adds greatly to
lnta FEES attractions socially and com.
ercially. The military band stationed
IRE is one of the best in the army and
nders delightful music daily in the public
AKA for the pleasure of citizens.
METEOROLOGICAL DATA.
The following 10 taken from the records
the D. Q. weather ofics of Santa Fe for
o.
'erage temperature. ............ 494
CHEST temperature during year, July4. S9U
west temperature during year, Dec. 3d.. SO
ernae m rsI.t Ss' Sn rnnEs mar cen;
era8e velocity Of wind, miles per hour. 93
tai ralntau. .................,l4 ~
I'm Der OF clondless days ................ 23a
lmper u inN Gays 49,. ...... ......,-. w
Imber OF cloudy days. 81
lnual mean cloudiness, per cent ...... 81
From January l, 1894. to May IL. 1894, the
lowing IL the record:
lmber Of cloudless days.,,. ..s,. .........."H
lmber of fair or partly cloudy .,.......&S