El Paso International Daily Times (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 302, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 22, 1894 Page: 5 of 7
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3bi ratui uHiiv iirnua, eaturuay, necemuer '12. io»i
CLIMATIC GCRE
Health Restoring Qualities
of El Paso’s Wonder-
ful Climate.
FACTS AND FIGURLS
eflNIOlfS OF LEADING PHYSICIANS
ON THIS SUBJIDCT.
itatiitleal Elgiftei Show the Climat-
ie Advantages of This Section.
The World’* Sanitarium.
The reputation of El Paso as a health
resort Is already firmly established.
Ing, and yet not high enough to embar-
rass ’t/he heart’s aatlon and Increase the
dyspnoea of those affected -with pulmon-
ary complaints. I found it true with re-
gard to myself while suffering from a
severe attack of bronchitis, and also with
regard to others whom I met that when
as at Las Vegas and Santa Fe (at an
altitude respectively of 6700 and 7100 feet)
we suffered from dyspnoea and had to
walk slowly, like confirmed Invalids, the
descent to El Paso enabled us to walk
briskly and soon made us feel equal to
running a foot race.
The soil is sandy uni very porous.
Tire temperature Is hot In summer and
mild In winter. For those who have the
means of traveling tt would be folly to
summer in El Paso, apd yet the dryness
of the atmosphere Is such that a temper-
ature of 100 <to 106 degrees in the shade
la mor© endurable 'than that of 70 and
K5 degrees in Philadelphia. Sunstroke is
unknown, tn spite of a maximum temper-
ature of 110 degrees In summer, and those
who are compelled to remain there do not
perish with the heat, nor suffer much, If
any, .more than the inhabitants of East-
ern cities.
But tt Is the winter temperature to
which I wish to call attention, as well
as the small amount of rainfall and the
small number of cloudy days, these con-
ditions combining to constitute the Charm
of the winter, during which season the
Thousands' of tavalldshave found here •1“va’11<* 0311 wa’,1F or even sit out ofdoora,
the relief which they have sought vainly 1 eveT*> <***. Combined with the
•lMwhere. Especially Is this true in nfi mIia temperature there Is, as I have be-
eases of pulmonary disease, and there i fore «««?«*• a tor^ tonic quafity to
are today living in El Paso hundreds of. L“,J df> due, perhaps, In part, to Its
people, In good health, engaged In busl- rarity anddryness, v-hlchl havefailcd
■esa and enjoying life, who declare that!*0 011,1 in jig alr.°* Florida, of the gulf,
had they r->t come to this genial clime
tticy woulth either have died lone axro i view of its mild winter climate, its
•r continued to draj? out a miserable 1 altitude, the great dryness of the atmos-
health resorts come on to Ell Paso by 1
id vice of the ohvsicians at those re- 1 months, I think it must bo conceded that
JX They ^meyfrom Co1orado and ! El Pa*> Puente many of the requisites
the “Combined Atmospheric Humidities
for Winter,” 1893, diviued Into ’ Moisture
Extreme and Moderate,” and "Dry-
uess. Extreme and Moderate," El Paso Is
shown, with nearly all of Few Mexico
and Arizona, a large part of Colorado
and Utah and part of Wyoming, in "tx-
treme dryness.” In Scribner s Magazine,
November, 18S8, page 606, In an article
by General A. W>. Grealy, chief s gnal
officer, entitled "Where Shall Wo Spend
Our Winter,” the author says: ’ The map
of absolute humidity for January shows
with other data herewith, that lor dry
cold air one must seek Montana, Wyo-
ming, Nebraska, Dakota, Minnesota, Wis-
consin, Northern Michigan and Northern
Iowa. DRY WARM AIR is found in
Southwestern Texas and the Southern
portions of New Mexico and Arizona.”
The caps are General Greely’s. El Paso
*8 in the extreme western corner of
Texas, between Southwestern Texas and
New Mexico, within three miles of toe
southern boundary line of New Mexic.v
For the purpose of comparison I have
compiled the mean relative humidity
from September 1 to May 1 of a number
of cities in different parts of the coun-
try, from the signal service report of
1880, page 470, “from commencement of
observations to December, 1885, inclusive.”
as follows:
El Paso .......................... 49
Fort Grant, Arlz................ 43
Santa Fe ....................... 47
Denver .............................. 50
Prescott, Ariz ....................... 51
Fort Apache, Ariz .................. 66
Fort Thomas, Ariz ............ gs
West Das Animas, Col .............. 60
Philadelphia ........................ 70
Boston, New York, New Orleans,
each ................................ 71
Charleston ........................... 74
Pensacola ........................... 76
Fort Grant and Santa Fe are the only
stations In the signal service reports of
141 stations that lead El Paso for these
months, even by a fraction, barring
of cloudy days In any month and the cloudless skies, considerable but not U-
number of clear and fair days In that cetslve altitude, absence of malaria, and
month Is shown. In fact, speaking from personal observa-
Av. No.* Av. Cloudiness.! «°n. an almost perfect climate, I con-
Cloudy Days. Scale 0-19. I fluently recommend El Paso from the
January .................3.0............3.2
February ...............3.0............3.1
March ..................3.2............2.1
April ...................1.6............2.2
September..............2.8............3.4
October.......... ......1.7............2.2
November .............2.9............2.9
December ....... 2.8............2.4
This gives El Paso an average of 20.9
middle of September to the middle Of
day, camping out In the mountains of
few Mexico after that time.
1 W. M. Yaffdell, M. D.
Items of Interest by tbe Wabash Man.
It costs, approximately, to run the
;over mentof the United States, an-
cloudy days In the eight months named nually 1410.435,079 00.
or an average of 2.6 cloudy daya per t Ths Wahash Railroad ia tho shnrtasf
month. For the same eight months the ,Qav*H’oa8Q nroaa H tn 8 s nor test
following favored localities have averages Mne between Kansas Oity and St.
of cloudy days as follows: Prescott, 18.9: Louis.
Fort Grant, 29.7; Fort Thomas, 23.8; Fort
MorithtehenreN^d ^hey°comf “from South- ! f/om ! be^fe for^SSn?
srn California Vierauso it is too iiarnn , merely a theoretical conclusion, it. is pe classed among resorts lor consump-
Here they flnd a drywmnmn? confirmed by the experience of a con- tives, accepting Dr. Denison’s dictum-in
?}__a nifl*.ra.hlp number of asthmatic, bronchitic.! summing up, “that there Is nothing more
cyercl‘lmatae wUh aTmost °Tery %r<mdlta?n slderabTe^numbeT^of"asthmatic, bronchitic.! summing up, "f ,
oy cnmaie, witn almost every conuwon { phthisical patients who have already | evident about this discussion than that
- - ' ----- Some i the element of altitude Is inseparable
a _____________________ _ some from the best climate for phthisis.”
thorough examination and -careful si :dy i wee'ksTaM Febnmry and ,“^* . Accepting the second , proposition.
»f the subject, toe found El Paso and S ^fnri «n( the armv Coolne8s OT co!
Ban Diego, Cal., the two places most j testimony
fs.vorn.hle to all nersorm afflicted with I Uglily ‘obtataed
places—viz: that the patient
required to Insure healthfulness. ; an(1 pntmsioai pawem:s
Some years ago Dr. Alfred S. Hor,::h-i the vlrt^s of this climate,
isn of Chloaifo wrote that after a ®f these I met myself during a stay
pulmonary diseases. Following Is a por-
tion of a table of statistics of ‘‘annual
sliamtlc changes” which Dr. Houghton |
prepared, and upon which he based his
sencluslons:
!r’*>
f
»s
§
o
fegfeisslSElevation Above Sea Devel
Bstirnstf Mean Annual Temp. Since
E3tab. Signal Service. *
tfSKgg&gfcipaHy Range of Temp..
agSSSS^gMean of Maximum.*...
OStSfeS&wMean of Minimum.*....
Inches of Snow and Rain.
Relative Humidity
| ssessssa
assassfts
j|SSP8S^5?!Cper cent Cloudy Weather.
S£fc Comp. Moisture and Dry-
ness of Docallty...........
«-« « mot »>->*.Rank of Resort.............
• Degree*.
In hie report Dr. Houghton ueee the
'Coolness or cold preferable to warmth
or heat,” I have copied the following ta-
ble of mean temperature for El Paso,
calculated from ten years' observation,
from signal service report, part I, 1887,
page_282, for the months named; the
maximum and minimum below 32 degrees
are not included in any general table, but
are compiled from the special El Paso
report each year, commencing with 1880
—the volume for 1881 being the oldest
that I have by me—and ending April, 1888,
the report for the years 1887 and 1888.
taken from the El Paso signal service
office records:
Mean. Max. Min.
Below.Below.
t
3
11
32
32
a.m.
p.m.
p.m.
' Deg. Deg.
January’ • •
.. 36
53
44
0
153
February ..
.. 41
69
50
0
61
March .. ..
.. 45
67
58
0
27
April......
75
63
•
2
OctoDer .. ..
... 53
75
62
9
8
November ..
.. 41
61
49
•
68
December .
.. 38
56
46
5
112
The lowest
temperature
from
com-
at eudh ,----- — , . ,
soon begins to loose his cough, to im-
prove In appetite, and to gain In weight
and strength.
Notwithstanding the newness of the
place, the accommodations of El Paso
are v.ry fair. There are several quite
large and respectable hotels, there Is a
good market, and the price of living Is net
high. Although in Texas, It is a very wide
awake Yankee town, with an elegant
court house, public school building, num-
erous churches, etc. One great charm to
the visitor or sojourner is the proximity
of Old Mexico, just across the Rio
Grande, wthere, within an easy walk or
drive, he finds the city of Paso del Norte,
surrounded by a well Irrigated and cul-
tivated country, teeming with a kindly
and Industrious population. For myself,
I never wearied of watching their strange
seventeenth century methods of living
and working.
I Winter Resorts In the Southwest.
!New York Herald.
! The Medical Record cites a recent re-
I port of Dr. W. M. Yandell, the hea.th
I officer at EI Paso, Texas, as conclusive
evidence "that the southwestern portions
of our country offer great advantages to
invalids, and especially to consumptives.
In a population of 11,000 at El Paso the
total mortality during the first nine
months of the present year was only 8«,
or a death rate of 7.63 per thousand.
This is an extremely favorable showing
when compared with that of other cities.
The death rate per 1000 of London Is 22.14.
of New York 20.47: of Providence 19.83, of
Paris, 26.48; of Dublin, 35.94. These fig-
ures, partly based on tbe census of 1S8U,
afford most striking contrasts with those
of the southwestern city.
But this is not all. Dr. Yandell affirms
that no cases of consumption originate at
El Paso, and if deaths by accident be ----------------
excelled from his tables the actual mor- m, and so on for the others,
tslitv in the city was only 59, or 6.36 per 7 a. m. and 11 p. m. tempera
1000. It would be hard to find a town on “ *'
the continent with a smaller death rate.
Several years ago the Heralu urged upon
physicians the desirability of establish-
ing winter resorts in the Southwest. \Ve
are not surprised, therefore, tha^ Die
Journal now says: Our medical
Medical Journal now says
men should inform themselves more fully
of its advantages.”
The Southwest has climate advantages
. for certain classes of invalids superior to
Allowing language: those Qf southern France. It would surely
“The number of Inches of rain and ! be a Krea,t boon to the many thousands of
•mow will give corroborative testimony jn the northern parts of the country
ui t» the dryness, etc. In a place where have to flee annually from our se-
tht air Is dry and the sunshine clear! vere winters and springs to have the
and steady, wide range of dally tem- 1 „hnioe Gf a Southwestern health resort,
perature or Budden changes of heat are ! -—.p-ioiiy vears like this, In which Florida
sot only not unpleasant nor injurious, hag been infected by yellow fever,
out often agreeable and beneficial from as
tha stimulation they create, while
moderate variation or equability In a
lamp, muggy climate Is debilitating In
the extreme.
“The dew point in El Paso Is 11 de-
grees below the mean of minimum tem-
perature, and 27 degrees below the mean
sf annual temperature, while at Ban
Diego It is only 3 degrees below the
mean of minimum temperature, and II
•agrees below the mean of annual tem-
perature.
“At El Paso the mean of relative and
absolute humidity Is also much less than
at Ban Diego, while Jacksonville la be-
hind not only both of these places, but
also Denver.
“The average rainfall Is 36 Inches. At
El Paso It Is 11 Inches. The average be-
tween dew point and mean of minimum
temperature is 6% degrees. At El Paso
It Is 11 degrees. The average mean an-
nual temperature Is 5u degrees. At El
Paso It Is 64 degrees, but the seasonal
average at El Paso Is 66 degrees.
"In every particular, except spring
winds, El Paso shows a better record
than San Diego, and far better than
Jacksonville or Savannah. Tbe only place
•n the Atlantic coast that approaches
El Paso Is Asheville, N. C., and for that
place I have no seasonal figures.
Dr. Houghton further states that the
•ltltude of El Paso Is 8780_feetj
that of San Diego Is 67 feet only, El Paso
ttlng neither too high nor too low.
El Paso’s Pare Air.
To the American Climatological _ Asse-
ntation Dr. E. W. Schauffler, of Kansas
City, made the following report:
El Paso Is situated at the extreme
western boundary of Texas, In that
congme of land which is bounded on the
aorth and west by New Mexico and on
the south by tbe Rio Grande. Its longi-
tude is 106 degrees west, and its latitude
Q degrees norih, the longitude being the
uune as that of Santa Fe, N. M., and
the latitude the same as that of
Savannah, Ga., and San Diego,
Cal. It is 340 miles south of Santa
Fe, constituting the southern terminus
ef the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
.kllroad, and the point where the road
connects with the Mexican Central rail-
road. Three other trunk lines—two from
the east and one from California—center
aere, bidding for the Mexican trade, and
thus what was five years ago a sleepy
little settlement under the wing of Fort
Bliss, has now become an active, enter-
prising town of some 5000 or 6000 Inhab-
itants. with much actual business and
boundless expectations.
The mountain ranges of New ^Mexico
and old Mexico abutting on the river at
this point give variety and beauty to
the landscape and contribute that ex 1.it-
erating quality of “mountain air” which,
combined with the mild temperature of
the winter season, constitutes the charm
of the El Paso climate.
The altitude Is 3760 feet above the sea
level—high enough to oe pure and brac-
FACT9 AND FIGURES.
Compiled for the Information of
Physicians and Invalids.
In a paper entitled, "The preferable
climate for phthisis or the comparative
importance of different climatic attributes
in the arrest of chronic pulmonary dis-
eases,” in the "Transactions of the ninth
International medical conkress,” Chas.
Denison, A. M., M. D., professor of dis-
eases of the chest and of climatology,
medical department, University of Den-
ver: author of "The Rocky Mountain
Health Resorts," and “The Annual and
Seasonal Climatic Charts of the United
States,” and one of the most distinguished
of American authors on this subject, lays
down the following propositions: The
order in which the first five subjects are
arranged is intended to indicate the rela-
tive Importance of the attributes consid-
ered, the last live being added as con-
firmative of these main propositions;”
PROPOSITIONS.
1. Dryness as opposed to moisture.
2. Coolness or cold preferable to warmth
or heat.
3. Rarefaction as opposed to sea-level
pressure.
4. Sunshine as opposed to cloudiness.
5. Variability of temperature as opposed
to equability.
CONFIRMATORY PROPOSITIONS.
Ci. Marked diathermancy of the air to
be ^referred to tue smoky aunosphera of
cities or the dense air strata of moist
currents. _ ,
7. Radiation and absorption of heat by
rocks and sandy loams better than latent
absorption by water and damp clay
soils.
8. Mountainous configuration or country
(quick drainage) contrasted with the flat-
ness. etc., of level sections.
9. Frequent electrical changes of at-
mosphere, also moderate winds (except
in quite cold weather) preferable to con-
tinuous stillness of the air.
10. Inland altitudes contrasted wnh sea
air (total absence of land influence). lut
I11 certain cases sea voyages find island
resorts to be preferred as compromise
substitutes for high altitudes.
In connection with his paper Dr. Deni-
son has two cherts, the great valve and
accuracy of which are shown dv his s:ate-
ment that "It was the value of the
records of the United Stare3 signal ser-
vice bureau, and the importance to the
medical profession of coniensmg T e
averages of all climatic at’ribu ev. in a
convenient and graphic form, that led the
writer to compile some S.WO.OOO reparate
signal service observations into ho an-
nual and seasonal climatic maos of the
United States, which a*e the avthoilties
for many of the concluslms reailed In
this paper." In the ilr*t chart, s.lowing
the full, la common with other places In
the Rocky Mountain region. In refer-
ence to "diathermancy (the property of
transmitting radiant heat) versus dense
moist or smoky atmospheres,” Dr. Deni-
son says: “The clearness or transpar-
ency of the air is a decided indication 01
Its purity. * * * So a large area,
having throughout a similar atmosphere,
through which one can see most remark-
able distances, and, besides, probably be
deceived as regards the same, must in-
dicate. as it does, coldness, rarefacdop
and dryness; that the purity is approach-
ing the absolute.” All this El Paso ha3.
It has the “radiation and absorption ®t
heat by rocks and sandy loams and ta«
“mountainous configuration of country
In perfection.
"Frequent electrical changes of atmow
phere” are common to El Paso as to ah
Rocky mountain regions.
It is protected on the west, north anC
south by a main spur of the Uccki
mountains and a slightly elevated plateai-
on the east side, extending some sixty m
seventy miles, accounting for the mod
erate winds, in which it excels almost al
New Mexico and Arizona.
The following ' from General Greely’i
article before referred to, page 60S, place*
El Paso first among high climate winte:
resorts. General Greely says: "Or-1
of the greatest benefits to be derived front
health resorts in winter is the oppor-
tunity and inducement for exercise In th»
open air, and since Invalids shrink froix
chilling temperatures, there is a necessity
not only of warm days, but also absence
of high winds and low relative humidity
conditions which, especially the winds,
tend to rapidly abstract heat from till
body. Besides clear, bright days withoui
too frequent rains are needed to enliven
and cheer the Invalid, and remove lit®
-from the depressing impressions which
.... , always result from confinement through
phthisis. While altitude is the govern- ■ stress of dull or stormy weather. Chari
mg element, all the associated favora.de v gives for fourteen stations covering the
conditions ox the atmosphere, eomewi.it country most frequented In winter, the
In the order in which we have named - ■■ - •* -
them, seem to go hand-in-hand until
they reach the climax of success in oon-
ferring’a more or less complete immunity
from consumption among tne residents
at the given altttude. The question of
an altitude of immunity from phthisis Is
important, because there is strong pre-
sumptive proof that those climatic condi-
tions which prevail where phthisis seldom
or never originate"-, are best suited to
arrest the disease when it has commenced
elsewhere.”
El Paso has an altitude of from 3725
to over 3800 feet, considertvble but not ex-
cessive. In my report, published last
month, of mortality Statistics of this
city, from January 1, 1888, to October 1.
1888, it was shown that the temporary
annual death rate, as computed from the
statistics for the nine months, was,
from natural causes V.15 per 1000 per an-
num, and among resident population
other than (Mexicans, only 5 per 1000 pet-
annum. For the Mexicans, about 800 in
number, constituting the bulk of the
poor, the death rate was 28.33 per 1000 per
annum, yet not a doath among them was
from consumption. This city has grown
from almost nothing in 1881 to over 11,000
at present, and we have not sufficient
trustworthy data from our American
population to say that consumption will
not originate among them, yet of the
eleven deaths from consumption, head-
ing the list, in the nine months referred
to, not one originated here. That it Is
rare among the Mexican population is
mencement of observations In 1877 to
April, 1888, was—6 in December, 1880, in
which month the maximum was below
32 degrees two da vs. In December, 1887,
the next lowest temperature was reached
—2, and this same month the maximum
was below 32 degrees three days, a
total of five days maximum below 32 de-
grees in eight years. The lowest In De-
cember, 1881, was 18 degrees; December,
1882, 11 degrees; December, 1883, 13 de-
grees; December, 1884, 27 degrees; Decem-
ber, 1883, 12 degrees; December, 1886, 23
degrees. Dividing the number of days in
January, 163, in which the minimum was
below 32 degrees, by the number < f years,
eight, from which the tab e o
maximum and minimum below 32
degrees Is compiled, shows an
average of nineteen days and a frac-
tion in January each year In which the
minimum was below 32 degrees. Decem-
ber has an average of 14, February about
others. The mean
temperatures, stow
a cool, bracing atmosphere the rule, cold
frequent, extreme cold rare. The mean
3 p. m. temperature shows a delightful
climate, yet not warm enough lor the
bacillus or tubercle to thrive, as "its
growth entirely ceases below 82 Fahren-
heit, and above 107 degrees,” according to
Dr. Herman Weber, an authority quoted
by Dr. Denison.
In reference to the third proposition,
“Rarefaotion as opposed 10 sea level
pressure,” Dr. Denison says: “As to the
quality of the climate which affords tins
immunity (from consumption) Jaccoud
says: ‘Altitude is the most important
element....Climates with a high altitude,
having tonic and stimulating effects, can
alone confer on »the inhabitants absolute
or relative immunity from pulmonary
Apache, 31.4; Santa Fe, 29.9; West Las
Animas, 31.8; Denver, 36.2. The average
oloudlness per month for the eight months
for El Paso, as shown above, la 2.8, and
computed from the same signal service
report It Is In Prescott, 2.3; Ftort Grant,
2.6; Fort Thomas, 2.4; Fort Apache, 2.7;
Santa Fe, 2.8; Denver 3.7. Fort Grant
Fort Thomas, Fort Apache and Prescott
In Arizona are given in comparison with
El Paso to show how this city ranks
with the most favored stations in the sig-
nal service reports. Dr. Denison proves
by comparing "twenty-five dry and twea-
y-flve moist prominent stations and health
resorts ta tne United States” and "the
fifteen most and fifteen least variable sig-
nal stations in the United States for 1883,
* * how uniformly variability goes
with dryness and equability with mois-
ture.” He claims “that variability Is quite
a uniform constituent of dry, high cli-
mates, and that as the dryness predoml- hone,
nates, the marked variability is less
felt, and Is less, if at all ob-
Jectionaihle. On the other hand, marked
atmospheric equability, wherever found
Is prima facie evidence of excessive
humidity. *••••*•
it Is toadyism to the mistake of medical
antiquity for equability to be any longer
insisted on as a constituent of the best
climate*fpr phthisis. It Is all right and
essential for humid climates, but for
dry, cool and elevated resorts It Is out of
the question. Besides the quality 01
stimulation, which Is associated with
variability, there is an important con
sideration In the purifying of the atmos-
phere which variability indicates. Thtj
happens through the alternate expansion
by heat and contraction of the air by
cold, together with1 the nightly
chilling and sometimes freezing,
which regularly renders It Inimi-
cal to germ life. The purity ®f
atmosphere which is represented by
warm, moist and equable climates, U
not to be compared with that purity
which is represented by the opposite at-
tributes. The first is where the tempera-
ture so- continuously hovers within the
limits of the microbe’s needs—where
sound as well as heat is smothered In
a short distance, and the sun’s rays
give a dusky red glow. The second, in-
dicating a comparative absence of germ*
—Is where exposed meat can cure and
not spoil; where far distant objects ap-
pear near, and the unobstructed rays of
the sun give nearly as white a light as
does an electric lamp.” These charac-
teristics of high climates. El Paso has to
laces In
The Weather Bureau of the United
Slates cost § about f820,000,000.00 per
annum.
Prom Chicago to Detroit the short
Hue is the Wabash— 272 miles. This
forms a part of the celebrated Niagara
Falls Short Line to New York and
Boston
The live beef cattle expor‘ed from
this oountry during the past year were
263,535 head.
It is impossible to 6ay just how many
of these were shipped over the popular
Wabash Railroad.
The average cost of a railway loco-
motive is ill),000 and their life is some-
what less than that of a weh cared for
velocity of the wind at 3 p. m., about the
hour at which the wind is at its highest
Winds below ten miles an hour may be
considered satisfactory. El Paso, Char
lotte and St. Paul show the least wind
Santa Fe, San Francisco and San An
tonio are most liable to high winds.”
The other stations in Chart V are An’
gusta, Knoxville, Sanford, Jacksonville
San Diego, Yuma, Sacramento and Den
ver in and about the order named. Tin
average voioclty o? the wind at ?, n. m.
Is December: El Paso 6.8, Denver ».»
Santa Fe 12.0, Charlotte 6.2, St. Paul T.l
January: El Paso 6.7, Denver 10.2, San-
ta Fe 10.1. Charlotte 7.2, St. Paul 7,4.
February: El Paso 7.2, Denver I».s
Santa Fe 11.5, Charlotte 7.9, St. Paul 8.4
In Chart VI, “Probability of Rain,’
same article, General Greely gives pe;
cent for December: Yuma 6, Ei Paso lk
Denver 16, Santa Fe 17, San Diego 15, Sat
Antonio 22, with the other stations named
under Chart V increasing up to KnoxviU*
39,
For January the per cent is: Yuma k
El Paso 11, Denver 16, Santa Fe 18, Sar
Diego 19, San Antonio 25, and so on \vlt>
ths others up to Knoxville 46.
For February; Yuma 7, Oil Paso R
Denver 19, Santa Fe 23, San Antonio 2S
San Diego 26, and so on with the other*
up to Knoxville 42.
Dr. Denisbn In summarizing says: “Th»
The Wabash Railroad is the only
lino running a la carte* oars between
Chicago and New York.
Anxious Reader: No. There is no
truth whatever in the report that Gov-
ernor Waite will not allow his h ir to
be cut until he is eleoted governor of
Illinois.
The Wabash Railroad lands you in
New York at 7:50 a. m., sa ing you one
night’s hotel bill.
Look out for bulletin No. 2.
C. M. HAursoN,
Commercial Agent, Denver, Call
Holiday Excursions.
Christmas holiday excursions via the
Texes & Pacific, to all points In the
southeast. It is the only line offering
choice of routes via New Orleans,
Shreveport or Memphis. Tickets
will be sold from all stations,
December 20, 21 and 22, 1894.
Good for return 30 days from
date of sale at the rate of ONE FAKE
for round trip. For full information
in regard to tiokets, rates and routes,
oall on or address
B. F. Darbyshire,
Gen’l Ag’t, El'Paso, Texas.
l*r. O. F. BRADEN 1
Eye, Ear, Nose&Ihroat
SPECIALIST.
Office, Freudenthni Block.
i >r. Alexanders
N ative ’Wine,
fHffi PURE JUICE OF THE GRAPE
Address R, F. JOHNSON AGO-, Bole
igaaSs, K1 Paso, Texas, for prioeeln
-mr* or oass*
THOMAS A. DWYEK, JR.,
Commission Merchant
--AND--
Receiving & Forwarding
AGENT,
£kl. EN
£ v Z.
fhovm ffonly V^^gur^s^v^: bm in'
in tais'section an^Wumblr'o^ yeVrs!dem j the Northin' wtaSrle
Dr. Denison says of “Sunshine as op- 1 p??? a nf«r’*k*
posed to cloudiness:” “There is lit tie cl, ,fh ™ 1G™; L In ‘in ni >ipl(
sue SIdn£ ..??.. .^d.VAit‘fife 'denemislmon ^ «nd P^Sfte^railway’whS
sunshine, and, for successful existence, i aSftonlo6 fcwhe^soitBomber*3
must have it......Ths variations for claudi- ! J tb^e Vehisnn^Tn
ness range from above 60 per cent of tho W'Ia thL
time, over the interior lake region, down o, a,n W“l
to less than 30 per cent in the southwest- i 1,, south, i.t a day*
ern portion of New Mexico and Arizona. 1 it. n'^
Taking so broad a field into calculation, aitl‘
a striking harmony is noted between cloud- [^ J3 W,JV \vI;}' ^ ‘”1?if
lessness or sunshine and the other favor- I th?
able attributes. They all go together. | *n<^ lrV. Southern New Mexico or South-
A preponderance of sunshine should be €rrl Arizona, on the fcouthern Pacific
—fu.t.j *------1_~ -----nr n higher attitude and colder cllmat*
New Mexico or Colorado on th»
mentioned as favoring the possibility- of, or a
much-to-be-desired outdoor life, and also ‘ ’J*
the mmiiinF-mit irlpn. in Riimmor time ** t Aten
the camping-out Idea in summer time.’
El Paso is shown on Dr. Denison’s “Cli-
matic chart illustrating annual cloudiness,
average over ten years," In the most
favored portion, under 30 per cent, correct-
ly as I shall show from signal service
figures. The average number of cloudy
days in months given, “from commence-
ment of observation to and Including
December, 1885,” will be found on page
482, Signal Service report of 1886. The
“average cloudiness” is the average com-
puted irom the averages “from cora-
Atchlson, Topeka and Santa Fe.
To summarize, I believe that I haG
shown from signal service records and
from Dr. Denison and General Greely
that El Paso has, In common with South’
ern New Mexico and Southern Arizona,
the best winter climate In the United
States for consumptives and ‘he namt
holds good for asthmatics and persons
suffering from other chronic pulmonary
diseases. Northern New Mexico and
Colorado are unsurpassed in late spring
In summer and early fall, but are trying
mencement of observation to and including: on invalids in the coldest months. To ln-
December, 1885,” page 479, report of 1886, j valids In search of dry, warm air In day-
and "for the ^ear 1886” page 321, report of time, cool or cold, bracing nights, with
1887, part L
luct the average number | rare excessive
I
cold, moderate winds,
Stale of Chihutihuii, .Mexico.
Bays and cells native and for. l«n
products on commission, an t receives
and dispatches freights by rail, express
p,nd wtHOTtR.
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