Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-04-03
OUR Ell PAso 7 T
Every Prospect is Pleasing at the
Pass City of Texas.
To the Editor Of the Optic.

To The Editor of the Optic.
Ell PAso, Texas, April LIST, 1885,
For some time, we have been thinking
that another letter will be acceptable,
perhaps, to your readers from this part
of the country. A year ago to-day, it
was not as cold as 1t is now. Only the
high winds prevented the fruit from
freezing. Ice formed on water stand.
ing outdoors as thick as double
strength glass; thick enough not to
break, except with something beside
the hand. Our floating population is
nevertheless, h%owsoever, notwithstand-
ing, departing from this city every
train. The hotel registers will soon
assume the accustomed sllmness usual
to them during the months in which no
roccurs and no oysters are supposed to
be sold, except cove or canned.
Our enterprises, however, which are
ultimately bound to make this town
the leading one in this part Of the
country, go on apace, and some are
actually started. Take the White Oaks
railroad. Dirt began to fly, as this
writer witnessed, a month ago. The
Gulf; Rio Grande & Pacific railroad
has its engineering force in the field,
and they are ten miles or more west
Of Juarez, by this time. This road,
when completed, will have wei 1000
miles of main track, about equi-distant,
1 e., 1000 miles each, to the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans 1t will form a tri-
angle, the upper and narrow point OF
which will be Juarez, to occupy a terri
tory now undeveloped, but which will
add, in every sense, to the
of Mexico, and indirectly help Ell Paso
greatly.
Otherwise, everything is quiet. The
usual business routine is gone through
with. To-day the omnipresent bill COL
lector presents his smiling face. 1t is
either cash, swapping accounts or
standing off. Too often, alas, the
latter! Our citizens are as prompt as
circumstances will allow. 1t is diff
cult to pay your bills unless somebody
else is willing or able to settle with
you. How this world is interdepend-
ent. A business man told me the
other day how a draft of his travelled
from here west to Phoenix, San Fran
CISCO, Tacoma, St. Paul, Chicago,
New York, New Orleans, Galveston,
San Antonio and home at last, that
tho it was only about $1,740, paid
I've ST., 1000 worth of debts. Most OF
the business of the country is done by
bank exchange. All we need as re-
CARDS finances, is a little more lubrica-
ton Of the circulating medium to make
change.
This is the season OF the year to
plant grass, set out trees, plant shrubs
and flowers, and every year finds a
more and increasing number OF plots
Of grass around our houses and public
buildings. The grass most commonly |
used here is the Bermuda. A hardy,
easy spreading, not easily dried up
article, that forms quite a form
liable obstacle to successful farm
ing in other parts OF the
country. A good grass plot around
the house is to some extent a partial
protection against the sand storms that
o prevail a large part of the time.
We trust they will soon be over. But
patience to endure them will be in
order until they cease.
The trees are green, at last again,
some OF them. Soon the smell of the
umbrella china berry trees will fill the
air with It's fragrance. And the peach
and apple blossoms, apricots and pear
trees will show their snow decked
domes, while the grape vines will
blossom forth, all indicating the com
ing Of the season when we will be able
to eat the luscious fruits that are
brought forth a~buudantly in this favor
ed cline. The sun shines, and shines, |
and shines as Annie Laurie says, tho
other things she said in the
Eraminer are not so visible. We
will become once more invisible our-
selves for the present.
OBSERVER.
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