Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-02-23
LAS VEGAS FREE Press
TUESDAY, FEB. 90, 1892.
Las VEGAS.


Mexico, is the county seat Of San Miguel county tn
most populous and wealthy county Of the Territory
Is situated in latitude IS degrees 10 minutes north
on the Gallinas river, at the eastern base OF tn
Rocky Mountains, at an altitude OF about $500 fee
above sea level A few miles to the west are tn
mountains, to the east and southeast vast paiI
stretches away and affords fine stock and agricul
tural country. II has an enterprisng population o.
between seven and eightthousand people aud isgrow
ing steadily.
It is situated on grant Of 10000 acres, Of which
only few thousand had good title, but the legisla
ture has Just passed aaw which settles the title and
viii throw the balance Of the tract open to settle
ment.
The town is lit by electric light, has water works
gas street-car line telephone exchange, daily pa
per- churches academies, public and private schools,
number OF solid banking and financial institutions
and mercantile houses, some Of which carry stocks
Of S250OOO and whose trade extends throughout New
Mexico and Arizona. II is the chief commercial
town Of vast tributary country rich In resources,
the development OF which has just been commenced.
West and north Of Las Vegas reaching to the Colofa
do line is mountain and mineral region. covered
with forests OF pine timber, affordng an excellent
quality Of lumber. Just west OF town, one to two
miles Is an unlimited supply Of the finest red and
white sandstone, pronounced by. Prof Hayden the
finest in the United States.
The valleys Of the mountainrstreams are very rich
I'm abundance East and south Of the town and like
wise tributary TO IT, are the vast and wen erased
plains andiyaeys of the Canadian and Pecos rivers
and their tributaries constituting the finest. stock
region for sheep and cattle in all the west This
great country 10 already well occupied with prosper
GUS cattle raisers and wool growers, who make Las
Vegas their business town and supply point Build
ing material is excellent convenient and cheap and
the business houses and residences are handsome,
well built and permanent. Las Vegas is, without
question the best built town in New Mexico.
The headquarters Of the division of the A. T. d s.
f. Railroad extending from La Junta to Aibuquer
que are located here as well as their tie preserving
works.
Besides its railroad connections It has regular
stages east to Cabra Springs Fort Bascom and Lber
IT, and the Texas Panhandle southeast to Anton
Chico. Fort Sumner and Roswell; north to Mora via
sapelo and Rociada; northeast with Los Aamos, Go
londrinas and Fort Union Telephone lines extend
to Los Aamos Is miles distant and to Nora IS miles
via sapello and Rociada.
Water is supplied by q gravity system Of water |
works. the water being taken from the river seven
miles above the city and has pressure OF 40 lbs.
While so far there are no producing mines very |
near Las Vegas the prospecting done has developed
the fact that there are very good prospects here
that will, with proper working, pay well. Ma
chinery has lately been purchased by some Of these
and, undoubtedly. they will soon be making regular
output
Five miles northwest OF Las Vegas, where the Gal
nas river breaks out Of the mountains are situated
The famous Hot Springs. The river here runs from
west to east, and the springs the south bank,
almost central In natural park, surroundedby pine
lad and picturesque mountains. The water Of the
prlngs is clear crystal OF high temperature and
he mineral constituents are subtly dissolved and
blended as render It wonderfully beneficial to the
human system. In addition and supplementary TO
he advantages possessed by the mineral water, the
climate is one of the finest In the world. The Mon
ezuma hotel there is very cOmmodious. splendidly
furnished and the management and tables are all that
AN be desired, and the accommodation for guests is
unsurpassed anywhere. The bath house IL large and
'ery complete in all its appointments.
A branch line Of the Santa Fe.railroad. runs from
las Vegas to the Hot Springs. connecting with all
rains At present round-trip ticketG are sold from
Kansas City and eastern points to the Hot Springs
ood for ninety days at greatly reduced rates
About IS miles above the Hot Springs. at Hermit's
'eak generally called Old Badly, detached spur Of
he Rocky Mountans,is some Of the finest scenery In
few Mexico, The peak is broken abruptly on on its
ace rising almost straight up 2OOfeet, while on the
outh side of the mountains the river cuts through,
oming from the top OF the range, in q narrow
anon over 1000 feet Deep rising In some places with
ut break the entire distance. Good nshing and
uniting be had in the mountains anywhere
rom % to 80 miles of Las Vegas.
The average temperature for the yearlsN taken al
he Montezuma Hotel each day was as follows; Jan
ary 40 degrees; February, 5si March, So April, 6O
fay 80; June, 76; July, 7S August, az September ~;
october. 81; November, So December, 50.
San Miguel is the empire county OF New Mexico
is on the average, one hundred and eighty miles
ing by ninetynve miles wide, and containing about
10000 acres embraces within its boundaries rugged
nd wooded mountains, extensive plains and fertile
alleys. Its elevation on the east is about 1000
Jet and on the west 1900. The thirty-hfth parallel
latitude runs centrally through It. 1t Is bounded
the north by Mora County, on the south BY Berna
Ilo and Chaves Counties and extends from the sum
it Of the main range Of mountains on the west to
le Texas Panhandle on the east. 1t is well watered
the Canadian Pecos, Gallinas, sapeo and Tecolo-
rivers and their tributaries. Between the Sape- 4