Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-02-03
LAS VEGAS FREE Press
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 8, 1892.
LAs1vEGAs.

It Is situated In latitude 50 degrees 40 minutes north
on the Gallinas river, at the eastern base Of the
Rocky Mountains, at altitude Of about $500 feet
above sea level. A few miles to the west are the
mountains, to the east and southeast vast plain
stretches away and affords fine stock and agrlcu-
tural country. II has enterprslng population Of
between seven and elghtthousand people andisgrow'
ing steadily.
1t is situated grant of 10000 acres, Of which
only few thousand had good title, but the legsla-
ture has just passed alaw which settles the title and
will 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,
anumber Of solid banking and financial institutions
and mercantile houses, some Of which carry stocks
of s25OOOO 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 Colora
do line is mountain and mineral region, covered
with forests Of pine timber affordiug 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 I'm the United States.
The valleys Of the mountain1streams are very rich
and prolific, producing wheat, oats, corn, grass etc.
in abundance. East and south of the town and like
wise tributary to It, are the vast and well erased
plains andivaeys of the Canadian and Pecos rivers
and their tributaries constituting the hnest stock
region for sheep and cattle in all the west. This
great country is already well occupied with prosper
GUS cattle raisers and wool growers who make Las
a. ao,,,, .a,,,.onta,t ard ctaor and
- - ,-,s.s ,.,s 80, s,,To,,os 40 handsome
80, Ill, go nor,nanont tos Vegas "a without
question the best built town In New Mexico.
The headquarters of the division Of the A. T. d 8.
+. Railroad extending from La Junta to Aibuquer-
NO. III, 90
49,. a.. .ou.ood oorro,,tors a has re0plar
.-.. a. 80. e,.ta r., r,osoc,,, o,d 7 Nor.
30, 49,, resos pa,,tand,a sonthoost 40 Anton
CIT ~ e,,,ro M I,os,o, north ~ Mora via
s.1,o a., 1,,,o,ag,o ,or,boast Win os AIamos Go
Iondr,nas and Fort linton. Telenbone lines extend
$50 AIornos 30 ,nios d,stant ana 10 Mora AZ miles
". " -1 Ssra,,a-", ~, I,aa,o1a
1yotar - srDDi,cd nv Gravity svstem ~ water
,,,o,,s enc ,oto ho,re, taken from the river seven
,,,Ias aho,,o Tho citv and has measure Of tA0 lba
IvhiIo %, far ,beTe are no nroducino mines very
roar a. Vega the nrosnectinu done has deyeloped
tha tt ma rero arc some erv good nrospects here
,hot viii ,ytl nronor 1vorling soon nav we'll Ma
cbiner has lately been nurohased by some of these
and undopbedlv thew will soon be making regular
outnvt
1io r,,,os rortbvvest NJ Las veoas where the Gal
,,aa hreals ont Of The mountains are situated
the lannon's Hot springs. The river here runs from
,vaet to ooet and tho the south bank,
o,Toost Central In natural nark surroundedby pine
"iad a,S nIct,,resone monntains The water Of the
snrIis IcaI az crvsta Of high Temperature and
,b ,Jnoro1 constituents are so subtly dissolved and
blended as 10 render IL wonderfully beneficial to the
human svstcm In addition and supplementary to
tho odvontoges possessed NV the mineral water the
climate "a one Of the anest in the world The Mon.
tezuno hotel there Is verO connections. splendidly
furnished and the and tables are all that
CON be desred and the accommodation for guests is
unsurnassed anvwhere The hath house is large and
very comnletc In all Tia anpontments
hronch line Of the santa Fe.railroad runs from
Las vegas 10 the Hot Springs connecting with all
trains At present roundtrip tickets are sold from
tEonsos CIV and eastern polnts TO the Hot Springs
GOOD for ninety DAVIS At greatly reduced rates
About 15 miles above the Hot springs at Hermit's
r,oI, onorolIv called Old Raldv a detached spur of
,be ROCKY NIountainss some of the finest scenery in
New Ntevco The neak ia broken abruptly OF on It's
toco Using almost straight I'M OO feet while on the
oth s,1o ~ the mountains the river cuts through
COMING from the ton of the range. in a narrow
canon over 2oo feet deem rising in some places with
ont a break the entire distance Good fishing and
burt,no can he had In the mountains anywhere
Tror, on IN On miles Of Las VeRas
The average temperature for the yearis9C taken at
,h NIonta1nms Hotel eocb day was as follows; Jan
nary 40 degrees, February. 5s March, S.; April 90
Mo-, co. lime "a, INV "a. August n; september 7O
octnhcr 90. Novcmber 10. peeembeI. So
Con- Nitgnel Is tho empire county Of New Mexico
7, a. on the average one hundred and eighty miles
,ons, NV ,,netvave miles wide and containing about
,oo ono ores embraces within its boundaries rugged
al wooded mountains extensive plains and fertile
,,aI,evs Tts elevation ON the east is about 1000
teet and on the west 12OOO The thirtyafth parallel
80 entrolIv tbrou0b A. It's bounded
@ t,' ,, NV Mora County on the south by Berna
M a,d Sha,cs CorntIea and extends from the sum
nj, 81 me main yanee of mountains on the west to
49, re- panhande on the east II Is well watered
49, 1,aaI,o pecos cauInas sanello and Tecolo
70 se the great divide which separates