Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-04-17
THE FAR WEST.
Sketches Of a Tour Through New
"a : Mexico.
Las VEGAS and Hot Springs-Santa fe and
Its New Awakening : The Oldest
Town in the Unites States-A
+. Quaint Old Place.
THE STRIDE OF A GREAT RAILROAD.

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| SANTA FE, n. NJ, April 1.-THE Atchi-
son, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad, with its
branches in New Mexico, traverses more
than ! 800 miles Of country, and in its con-
struction and equipment compares with
any in the West. Its trains are run with
| regularity and care. Its officers are expe-
rienced and prudent and show they are
entirely familiar with the necessities Of
Western traffic. The road is owned prin-
cipally in Boston, and is endowed with
| enormous capital. The management
is liberal and popular. The eastern
terminus is Kansas City, its trains running
into the Union depot there. The road
runs five hundred miles westward through
! the State of Kansas, thence about. tvo hum
dred miles through Colorado, and thence
through New Mexico to connect with the
Mexican Central at Ell Paso and the South.
ern Pacific at Deming, some twelve hun
dred miles from San Francisco. The engi.
neering on this road seems to be Of
first-class quality. The bridges and
culyerts are modern and substan-
tial. The rails are very heavy
and in first.class order. The rolling
stock is new and abundant. The passenger
coaches are as fine as any in the East. Au.
tomato brakes and danger signals and all
the latest contrivances for safety are en-
ployed. The travel even thus early is im-
mense, and if there is any complaint it is
that there are not enough sleeping coaches.
InIn ha ln Of % al
Tourists, stock raisers, miners, spectators,
commercial men, and vast throng of rest
less people of both sexes are constantly
moving back and forth.
But if the travel westward is abundant
now, it will soon be enormous, and exten
sive preparations are being made at the nu-
mcrous health and pleasure resorts 10 en-.
tertain the expected crowds.
Hot Springs, Las Vegas.
The railroad was opened to the old his
toric pueblo, or village. OF Las Vegas in
July, 1919, and within two or three weeks
from now q branch line will be finished to
the Hot Springs, six miles distant, the
communication at present being by a regu-
lar line of hacks. The Springs, which are
said to number twenty-five, are situated
near the mouth OF romantic canyon that
opens upon the plains four miles from Las
Vegas, and thence winds into the Spanish
range of the Rocky Mountains. The alt
tude of the Springs is q, 100 feet above the
sea level. An analysis of the water shows
the same general chemical ingredients as
those of Arkansas, whilst
ASuperb Climate
and the total absence of all malarial inhu-
ences give them great advantage. The
railroad company has purchased the prop.
erty ad iacent TO the springs, including
| magnificent bath-house, 200xi2 feet, two
stories, with departments for ladies and
gentlemen, electric and vapOr rooms,
douche spray and tub baths, cooling and
dressing rooms, barber shop and all other
| modern COnvenienCes and appliances
| probably the most complete establishment
of the kind in America A hotel built Of
stone containing about fifty rooms, has
| been found far too small to meet the de-
mands. and on the Sd proximo there will
l:s.ssas as sasasnsd magnificent new carayansary;
Mr.. Clark u. Frost late OF the Linden
Hotel. st. Louis. The erection OF such an
establishment so far away from what were,
| a few wears ago, almost the confines OF
American civilization, calls for more than
passing notice.
The HOtel-The e"MOntezuma."
is OF the Queen Ann style, handsomely
painted with wide verandas completely
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throughout by steam and has all the
modern apparatus for cooking. Water is
obtained through pipes laid four miles
above, feeding from the Rio Gallinas, the
reservoir on the hill above the grounds
| having a capacity of 100000 gallons, with
| a head of 400 feet There are steam pumps
| for fire apparatus with hose and plugs oil
| each floor of the hotel and OH the premises
| are gas works for supplying 800 burners;
steam laundry with the latest improved
attachments, including French manglc,
now in use by all the leading Eastern
hotels. The hotel will comfortably
accommodate 400 guests.
The grounds at Hot Springs are being or
namented with trees, fountains and pleas
ure walks, all under the supervision Of a
prominent landscape gardner OF Boston.
when completed there will be
Seventy Miles Of Beautiful Drives
through the ncighboring canyons. drive
! of fifteen miles brings one to the summit OF
Mt. Hermit, and another Of four and half
miles to Trout Springs brook, which
| atounds with mountain trout The termi-
| nus of the branch road from Nagas will be
| with 300 feet OF the hotel on the opposite
side of the brook, which will be crossed by
| a rustic bridge.
|
| springs are visited by invalids and pleasure
seekers from all parts Of New Mexico and
! Colorado. as wei as from more distant
| points. Gne hundred miles this SIDE the
trave!et crosses by steep gri1c ~. "a. ',,"..
! pass, and through a wonderful tunnel =.
! "S' ,eet in length. From the mouth OF
| this tunnel can be plainly seen Pixies peak
and the snow crested tops OF the Spanish
peaks. ~
Following the old Santa Fe trail TO within
| n short distance of the old town itself, the
railroad line is over the Glorietta divide,
which is the highest point on this route,
being nearly 100 feet above the sea level:
| n. e the traveller beholds succession oil
Lid ~. rntain gorges and the great cuts
produced b, the Lush t ol in'gTy ny. Nsuets sna;'
against the ever. sung G;Is,, l1 ihe,. me ens.'
neering is of the mos. .'ro,ectina the
and the cost OF making ana r
track must have been enormous. -,
| A branch road runs eighteen miles fr..-
Lamy station TO Santa Fe, which is reached
| late in the afternoon. Much has been writ
| ten about Santa Fe, and there can be but
| little novelty in any description OF the
| Quaint and queer old place. But one who
| has been there can scarcely resist jotting
| down some OF its main feature, with the
historical dato clustering around it. Santa
| Fe is
| The Oldest Tow N I'm The United States
| OF which there is any record. All evidences
| Of the Spanish occupation were obliterated
| in 1850 by the Pueblo Indians who drove
out the Spanish population and destroyed
| the churches. The destruction included
| the old San Minguel Church, which was re-
built in l7lO, and which is now visited by
| every tourist. Adjoining this sacred spot
are the residence and gardens Of Arch
| bishop John B. Lamy, grand old prelate,
whose genial. beaming eountenance is Itself
a cordial welcome TO the visitors who pay
| him their respects. On this spot this no
| bic priest was, in 1850, consecrated bishop
| of the Roman Catholic yicarate apostolic OF
| Santa Fe, and afterwards lin 1870. arch
| bishop of Arizona and Denver. Many are
| the anecdotes he relates Of his early days as
| a pioneer ia the West, and Of his privations
| in the mountains and on the plains OF the
| far West.
Historical "Reminiscences
are brought up that are very interesting
| Thus, it was in 1904 that the first goods
| - frorn L ask askia I'LL