Las Vegas daily gazette., 1883-02-18
sUGGssTIONs.
wha, Can be Done before the noOm

Yesterday the GAZETTE gave = clear
exposition OF the railroad question and
showed wherein Las Vegas. in the near
future would become the beneficiary Of
a number Of independent lines OF rail-
road. But the benefit Of a railroad
boom will not be immediate. IL takes
time to build railroads, particularly
when the mar kets are a little panicY
and capital is being boarded instead of
invested. II will take sometime to res
tore confidence in the country and re.
sumo the construction of railroads.
The future Is all right. There Is no
question about it, The men who had
confidence in Las Vegaslare the ones
who have won in the past and the same
will be the case IN the future.
But the question: is, what is to be done
IN the meantime? Why 90 TO work. of
course. Build up the town. Railroads
are not our only elements of wealth.
They bring a transitory activity, but
people must depend on themselves to
build up such industries as will afford
remuneratiVe employment to all classes
regardless of whether railroads are be-
ing built or not. Do not sit around on
dry goods boxes and in saloons and be-
wall hard times and wait for something
to turn up. Take hold of those things
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spirit and zeal, and as the scriptures en-
jeln it, with all your might. When
strangers come among US, receive them
cordially, take them around, and explain
to them our advantages of position and
naturally boundless resources. Moth
ing Is so cheap as pohteness, and
nothing pays so well. Improve your
premises. Paint your houses, fence
your grounds, clean up the alleys, lay
sidewalks, make the town look neat and
tidy and enterprising. Above all plant
trees, in the parks, along the streets, on
your grounds; and when the town is
envlrOnod with young and growing
shade and ornamental trees. visitors
will say this is beautiful city. 1t Is Q
desirable place to live, and they viii
write to their friends and they will alse
come among us.
Encourage manufactures, establish
woolen mills, and in such an enterprise
where large capital is required the
board of trade can reach it best Blu
there are likewise hundreds of small
manufactures, trades and callings
which will prove remunerative in this
western country. Small manufactures
do not require a large capital to estab
lish them, yet they are wonderful ele
ments in the real prosperity of q town
They give employment to people, ad
vance Intelligence and encourage fru
gality, industry and morality. The,
support the bourgeois, the great middl,
class, which is the real strength o
municipal and state government
There is room for many more prOduc
tive occupations in Las Vegas whicl
Will pay largely. Let US have larg
manufactures through the board o
trade and small manufactures by indi
vidual efforts; then will we have sell
supporting, independent and steadil.
increasing population. No cvanescen
boom will be necessary to our growth
THIS will be enterprise, and whe
great railroad companies see the actiY
ity, energy, and prosperity of this beau
tiful and healthful city, they will b
anxious to make it a point on their line
The railroads will come, and while the
= are coming there is plenty to do 70
, every man, woman and child in La
Vegas and all who may come afte
them.