Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-09-08
SITE FOR A.
SAN|TAR|UM
Unable to Find Suitable Hot
Springs in Colorado Comes
to New Mexico.
FURNISHED WITH DATA
Institution to Be One of the Most
Modern and Complete in the
Country.

| DR.. C. D. Seely of Sea Breeze, Fla,
is in the city and is visiting the
various places of interest that one
finds in historic Santa Fe. The real
object of his visit, however, is to find
suitable site for sanitarium
which he, with the aid of other east
ern physicians, purposes establishing.
DR.. Seeley has visited the various To-
calities of Colorado that he thought
would be adapted to the purpose, but
he has found them all lacking in the
one essential, natural hot springs He
came into New Mexico from Canon
City and went at once to the Las We
gas hot springs. 4hese he found the
best adapted of any, but the fact that
the United States will within the very
near future take this site for the es-
tablishment of an army sanitarium
for the service precludes the location
of the proposed institution at that
place. He came to Santa Fe and
while much pleased with the general
conditions existing here, he again en-
counters the same difficulty in the
lack of thermal waters Dr. SeeIy
will spend today and tomorrow in Wis
iting the various points of interest in
and about the city. He is accompan-
led by Mrs. Seely and both are much
pleased and interested in the history
and landmarks that are to be found in
the Ancient City. Tomorrow they
will ipiD OIL bnr Of hot o,,t,y nj
Lamy and will continue their journey
to the Pacific coast visiting en- route
the Grand Canon. After the party
has reached San Francisco they will
continue the journey north into Brit
ish Columbia, and will from there
make the voyage to the Sandwich Is
lands. They expect to return east
about the middle OF December.
With Or. SeeIy.
Those who are associated in the
sanitarium scheme are Drs. J. T. Hen
ry and E. nj. Estes of Detroit, and H.
W. Henderson of Pittsburg. The COM
pany will be capitalized at $500,00
and the sanitarium will be one of the
most modern ana complete in all ap-
pointments in the country. The var
ious parts of the country are now be-
ing visited and the conditions pre-
vailing. carefully compared. DR..
Seely called at the offices of the
bureau Of immigration and was fur
nished with all the data concerning
locations in New Mexico and the many
"a hof ~
DR.. Seely is making his first visit
to Santa Fe, but he is one O. the old
timers in the West He first came to
the West during the year 1856. and
went to the coast. In 1853 he went to
Colorado during the Pixies Peak ex-
citement and remained there until
that winter when the party went
down to the gulf and spent the sea-
son at Cedar Keys. The fever again
came on and in the following spring
the whole party made their way to ST.
Joe, and again started over the plains
for Denver. He remained in Colorado
and in northern New Mexico until.
1861 when the gold finds in British
Columbia attracted attention and
party of twentysiX was organized to
go to the new fields. They made
their way across the country going by
the way of Salt Lake and up the Co.
lumbia river. They followed the
route from Puget Sound and went
from there into Victoria. The Carri
bou mines, however, proved a disap-
pointment and DR.. Seely returned to
the States, going to Stockton, Cal.
where he stuL.ed medicine.
About 1872 he returned East and
las since practiced in the various
states. At present he makes bis sum-
ner home in Detroit and spends his
winters in 4orida.