Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-09-19
IRRIGATORS IN SANTA FE.
Excursion of National Irrigation Con-
gress from Albuquerque to New
MexicO's Historic Capital.
A DELIGHTFUL AND DELIGHTED PARTY
Five Hours Probably and Presumably
Passed Viewing the Many Places
of Interest About the Ancient
Capital City.


Pursuant to the program outlined IN
these columns yesterday, about seventy
delegates to the international irrigation
congress at Albuquerque arrived in the
historic capital city of New Mexico on
special train at 80 this morning.
The distinguished gentlemen and their
ladies were met at the railroad station by
the reception committee, headed by
Mayor Easley and Vice President Bart
lett of the Board of Trade, and conveyed
in carriages to the historical rooms, the
hydraulic works, the orchards and gar
dens, and other points of interest about
the city.
Prof. Perez splendid native band dis
coursed fine music in the beautiful plaza
from 1870 to 1890 p. m. An excellent
dinner was served to the party at the
Palace hotel.
The following features of this famous
city were viewed with deep interest by
the visitors:
The reservoir and power station of the
Santa Fe Water q Improvement COM
pany and Electric company, the most
complete water works of the southwest,
designed for city supply and irrigation.
Dam 900 feet long, eghty-fve feet high,
800 feet wide at the bottom, on Santa Fe
creek.
Great dam in progress of erection
north of the city, being constructed by
hydraulic process. This is the first dam
of large dimensions constructed by this
new method, and is of great interest to
engineers and irrigators. The reservoir
will cover 268 acres and is expected to
irrigate a large area of valley land.
| ORCHARDS, ETC.
The fruit of Santa Fe is celebrated
everywhers. The Bishops garden, Man
derfeli orchard, Clarendon garden, orch
ard Of j. P. Victory, and others, were
visited.
PLACES OF HISTORIC INTEREST.
The Governors palace-The most his
toric building in the United States, built
in 1888, thus antidating jamestown and
Plymouth, the seat of Spanish, Next
can and American authority for nearly
three centuries.
The Historical rooms of obi ects
of interest.
The plaza and soldiers monument.
Cathedral of st. Francis.
Church OF San Miguel - The oldest
church In the United States.
The cold House, Believed to be the
Oldest house in the country.
The Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe
The Garita-Old Spanish fort.
Old Fort Marcy ruins, fine view.
The Military reservation.
The Federal building andmonument to
Kit Carson.
The Rosario chapel.
U. s. military cemetery.
Territorial penitentiary.
United States Indian school.
Ramona Indian school.
st. Catharine's Indian school.
St. Michael's college.
The capitol grounds and burned build
ing.
Sisters hospital, Academy of Our Lady
of Light, Deaf and Dumb asylum, etc.
SO far as was possible in the very
limited time, under the painstaking guild
ance of the active local committees ap-
pointed for the purpose, the visitors were
shown the many points of world recog-
nized interest about Santa Fe, and they
all seemed delighted with what they saw
as we'll as with the hospitable treatment
extended to them. One of the visitors,
who seemed to voice the sentiments of all
remarked "Why, this is the best part of
the pregnant; we wouldn't have missed
Santa Fe for anything"
But the five hours winged their flight
into the past all too swiftly. The time
for the departure on the return trip to
Albuquerque, 4 p. M, arrived before the
visitors were half through sightseeing,
and many expressed resolution to come
back again as they boarded the train.
Choice samples of Santa Fe fruits were
distributed among the party on the train
Just before it pulled out for the south.
Subjoined is complete list of the ex-
curson parry:
John G. Childs, Riverdale, Utah; G. S.
Kinney, Salt Lake City, Utah; l.. A. Shell
don, Los Angeles, CAL; John G. Moore
Selma, CAL; W. H. Bailey, Los Angeles
j. T. Priest, Tempe, A. T.; W. L. George
Phoenix, A. T.; L. Il. Taylor, Reno, Ne
vada; +. e. Harroun, Santa Fe; N. M. Reed
Eddy; James Pierce, Shumway, A. T.; D.
j. Clark, Cliff, N. M; L. R. Delaney, Guth
RE, O. T.; F. H. Newell, U. s. g. s., Wash
ington, d. c.; j. M. Gregory, Garden City
Kas.: j. D. Schuyler, Los Angeles; A. P
Davis, Denver, Colo; A. G. Magruder
Saltwater, o. r.; W. E. Smythe and wife
Chicago; E. J. lyle, Garden City, Kas.
Nels Madison, Brigham City;E. Haworth
Lawrence Kas.; T. J. Beall and wife, E
Paso; Andrew Madison, Mt. Pleasant
San Pete county, Utah; Edward Partridge
Provo City, Utah: Louis Shurtliff, Ogden
Utah; John Q. Cannon and wife, Sal
Lake City; D. W. Ross and wife, Fayette
Idaho; c. R. Clark, Morgan, Utah; 3. F
Best and wife, Washington, D. c.; R. B
Stanton, Los Angeles; G. D. Van Dyke
Los Angeles; A. 9. Corner, Rocky Ford
Colo; E. L. Hall, Santa Fe; R. 0. Nc
CLAIM, Cattlin, Colo; Major J. P. Kimball
Fort Wingate; Jno. s. Titcomb, Denver
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