, 1881-02-19
An interesting Letter Concern.
ing the City of Las
Vegas.
How American Enterprise Has Transformed
Moxioan Town.
Gas, Street Railways, National! Bank, and
0lhor Modern improvements.
Boston carilal md Yaalee Enterprise Rapidly
Changing tlc Aspect or Things.

der brltlnMt sen,-troptcal sum and tic only
souvenir Of winter Is fatnt trace Of white
oh tho s,tmslts of "OM Datdy" mid Her
mIt's Peaks, thirty miles away. As sit III
my placIta writing, tho doors and windows
alt thrown open, really pity thu poor pco-
pie back In C,icngo, who aru sicigliing to-day
and to-niorrow wilt bc trntlEing about town
In n drenchlng. tlrtzzInE rnIn.
How strango 1t seemed Il few weeks ago to
bo wllir1el along at tho ralo OF thirty miles
nj. hour into tic very heartu uf this Legendary
land Of ireasers and gols burros, cgarets,
mud seisoritas clllauitasl But to-iny II is onu
Of tho easiest things In the world to jump on
tic cars at Kn,lsas City a1ld rl,lo through by
mi! to SnMta III, or to run down beside the
Rio GraiNio through Villages Of mud, Indian
pioblos, navatos, nila tho followers Of Cor.
tez. N[at1cr-of-fact Americans hnvo gained
possession Of these fertile valleys anl tho
Spanish peaks, and tho country Is rapidly
losing much OF allAt romantic antiquity that
characterized 1t q few years ngo.
nosroN CAPITAL AND YANKEE "rLUcK"
have built n road through tho centre Of New
Mexico, down the Rio ura,ldc, to within
fifty miles of the Mexican boundary. Tho
success or tho construction Is due In every
respect to tho careful inspection ard the
ge,-up-andl-get" Of A, a. l,obinson, tho
Chief Engineer, who Is strainiug every nerve
to eo1,tpicte tho road for through traffic 10
the l'ncic this spring On CHG fst Of March
the road will h. finished to Fl las0, Md cnil-
c0mpfetng the secontt great tra'scontinctal
route to San Francisco. The whole Terri
tory IS in n fever OF excitement, nnxlpusly
waiting for tho road to run into III l'aso. and
1lll!y uf 0llr own citizens Ilere i'll Vegas nro
ready to pull up stakes md nOyu down ns
SOM rs tho boom commences.
Fl Paso ilcl Nortc ls OIL the Mexican side
of tho l!io Grarde. Franklia, across t'le
y r. Is ,gener.!lly known by the sanle name
@ l'as 'a aaireaay located Il It's l depos Gs G"saesss-
men nro on the ground buying up town lots
i've valyy oWn 'tf' fof ao' wc III D a ca s y for
tho lawlcsncss nlld .lopradattons wlllch aro
always found in n new frontier
'SM nss nSss tins ssr; Iysy isr issw-'Gxs rssa %!'
rs tic bull;,wlackers Of tho Panhandle l!sg.l
y do In, tho paln,y .tays 0f Utero md Ill
Moro. Those were tho days when Il noted
desperate In Trinidad deliberately
SHOT A MAN ON TIE srt.EE:Ts
sompistey com @ r3!ie m With yr1l G"ld leamHn
weapons: Justice OIL the frontier!
When Otero WIS OH THO boom q "tender
foot" can.9 into town. lie didn't stay lort,
9Msysf nut sft ~ 9n The nsxt It trai s 5Hr
ting In thu barronln leisurely pulling s!uar
md muslnE on thu hard lot vi tllusc rnllEh
souls around lin u blue-bott!o fly CHANGED to
!lEnt on the M toe ct qf hls boot ilurrcane Dill
his blk "stX.sl'o0ter" alll carefully picked
the isy OIL, 'rhe young man with the "bolle.l
shlrt"' icd to bis rnon, aud, when tho train
d1 ds% a f s asG s1eg s stys et s d ad y, ss
streets tilt he was safe aboard the cars.
Yesterday. through tho ktntncss Of Sheriff
Romero, visited the l.as vcgas jail, AMI
dcror, whe III Is to sts Ge anse M ." III to Is ' i'" If
this month. lle ts MI intelligent-lookin
man, and, he TALKED openly nlu frankly on
many subjects, never once nllli!ng Ia tia
nwr.lt doom which has obyieusIy beer work
relieved lin Of about Sl,0jo. Iie WIS mr.
rested for the otFrllse, n'ld the money placed
Hown H5 SnJIssp Js{es " u is o fs ssc Of af Mt
"iIoolioo" I" skip~d," tuking tic $i,Wo
with lin. Webb lins
RECEIVED Ills DEATf1-w A1lIsANT,
signed BY !Act!nE-G lsltc,; but "llooloo" :"
las never been heard FROM.
Sucli occurrences NJ these wcro everyday
Of the rnilr1ad md II frontier town. But
tho roal tlas h0vea Oil 300 miles to tho south,
anu tho thugs mud tlesperatloca haye g0ne
most enterprlstng town In New Mextco, nnd
Vigilance Committee has Succeeded In Sc
curing TINT peace aild tranquility 1t now el.-
These slexIcans are pccu'lar race. Tley
dread the ,nppr0nch of Americans, which
lncans work, or staryc. II tile Americans
should a!l leave Tomorrow, tlle natives
would nll settle back into tho old rnts, and
Gabriui bsws lis .eri. ea l o S%r barra and 'o ,
nattye Rro tnscpnrnblc. Wl.cro ynu tlntl one,
look tor the ottlor,, 10 judge from appear
nncy,. thoy nre tit conipaiions., a burro
driver would rat!lor hive him stop aItogeth-
er. These Afexlcans hnve Rrcnt confidence
In the linguistic, abilities of their asIutne
somp"dr'Ss; f.r sthsy SGy IN Ereat lerlson to
even u tackass eau understand Spanish. Tho
nbovo II q stumbling Joke Among the aborig-
i1les, mn! tlIoy never tutss MI opportunity Of
offering It FREQ ot charge.
VIZ must nDt, howover, put all Atex!cAns
In this class. There nre several funties,
such rs !he Oteros, Dacas, ltalneros, Mol,-
tazas, and Gonzales, whlcI. are descended
fr9,n Gld .sf Snnis GlaIKHs mn, taSo sfcat
nre scattered III cy0ry part Ut this vast Terri
tory, nl,l wherever found aro this leading
! citizens. ut their locality. Here III Vegas tho
dovottng ali their eiisrRies to elevate tiloIr
| people and aIyHnco. their, interests, Such
men Us Don Miguel OIetD, frank a[a1lzu-
parcs anu Alnrlano Arni10 age doinG Won
u1k lul lilly 4eAt!t0ty ulNl HE9 HHkEu w u
and respected by nil Glasses Of citizens.
1st day, OF 'Jnly, ls7o. Tho pioneers tliat It
brought found nothing but n! ortllnary Mex
lean town,-ublyuitoiis NUT houses and II
| plaza surrounded by low aloho stares man.
| ngetl by Il fow Afgxltnl!s nt,d several thrifty
JUws, who came hore long before civilization.
! a year n1d II l,nlf las worked wonders.
4 NEW TOWN HAS srltuSQ UP
| beside the track, and the old town 1as be-
| come Anierca,llzed, On the plaza many
| 'dobo buildings haye been torn down aMd 70
| PLACED by l'Rrdsono nDdern et!itices. Trini-
tlaA Nouero Inns Just completed y two-story
Iron nlId stone front store OF the rlaza which
would 10 credit to uny city. On tho 0ppos!t
! Side of tho plaza ntl tmmense brick hulel Is
hetn. pushed forward to completion. Tho
First National Bunk has moved Into Its ,le,y
quarters,-A very modern light stone build
lux, trimmed n,l tho A!!gles md edges with q
Hight rGd SANDSTONE. Tho sidewalk Is alsOpf
stUne tile windows nre Ut plate stnss, anu thu
counters would nut to shame those Of lllaily
banks IN Chicago.
MIR. lrelalll, who hns contracted to supply
| TIM tnVn with flint ln1tnfrfrnl luxury. Eu9