Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-05-23
LOCALITY
Las Vegas, the Chief City
OF New Mexico Some
of Her Resources,
Attractions and
Advantages.

lies on both sides of the Gallinas rive
and, with its suburbs, has about 100
Inhabitants.
1t has water works, street cars, arc an
incandescent electric light plant, telephon
exchanges, Territorial agricultural exper
ment station, headquarters OF the AtchI
son railway system, New Mexico division
together with railroad machine shops an
Representing works, stock yards, and th
largest sheep shearing and dipping plan
In the United States.
West OF the river, the old town has III
quaint and picturesque Mexican appear
ance- - adobe houses. narrow, crooke,
streets, native people and customs, handi
crafts and occupations; but the plaza ant
all OF the new town, east of the river, con
stitute a distinctive American city. Tn,
streets are wide and we'll graded, Will,
sidewalks abound, shaded with growing
trees. Three parks, fl,ed with grass anc
trees, add to the beauty and healthfulnes.
of the place. Handsome and we'll filled
stores, beautiful residences, and innumera
BILE lawns, set in grass ard adorned with
%shrubbery and flowers, combine to pro-
claim a cultured community, possessed OF
all modern comforts and ~conveniences.
A city hall, three public school buildings,
court house, Masonic temple, opera house.
Territorial Normal school and Territorial
Insane asylum are public buildings, CON
structed Of red and white cut sandstone,
unsurpassed in beauty by similar edifces
in any town, of equal size, in the States
An Academy, Seminary, Jesuit college,
Convent school, Presbyterian Mission
school, Methodist manual training school,
Qbristien Brotheis' institute, City high
school, three graded public schools, a kin
dergarten, q commercial school and two
music schools, besides several private teach
ers, are among the educational advantages
and facilities.
LAS VEGAS is the natural sanatorium of
the United States, combining more nat
ural advantages than any other place Ia
America. Her thermal waters are the
equal of the Hot Springs of Arkansas,
while her climate IL infinitely superior,
There is no malaria, no excessive heat or
cold, no gnats, rats OF mosquitoes. The
~ = - fOat 0h0 Aik1iy Cl0C-
certain cure for consumption, il
the disease be taken In time. The hot
waters are a specific for liver, skin, rheu-
matte aud blood disorders. Her Montezu-
ma hotel is the fines hosiery between
Chicago and California, and is situated in
a beautiful canyon, five miles from town,
where the Hot Springs, forty In number,
come boiling to the surface.
The latitude ls about the same as that OF
Tennessee, while the altitude Il
nearly $500 feet. This combination gives
a peculiar, but most happy, result. In the
winter, during the day. the thermometer
falls, 10 the shade, below forty de-
grees, while it often runs, In tho sunshine,
TO sixty-1ve degrees-or even more. On
the other hand, in the summer, the heat 10
never oppressive, IN the shade, and no
is too warm for comfortable sleep,
under one OF two blankets. The sun will
nine days out of every ten, the year
round. This, with the extreme dryness Of
the air, caused by the very slight precipi-
tation OF moisture; the resinous aroma,
down from the pine-clad noun
tains; the large amount of electricity in
the air, and the consequent ozone, RESULT
ing from thealtitude; and the legation Of the
all conspire to produce an atmos-
phere which is a balm to all diseases Of the
orgaus. The percentage OF
Heath from consumption is lQweF In New
than 1t is any W here else in the
United States; and no other place in New
Mexico excels Las Vegas in the salubrity
II its climate, Asthmatios experience |
immediate and permanent relief, in this ]
altitude.
In the way Of health and pleasure re-
Iorts, Las Vegas is unrivaled. In a radius
IT twenty miles, In romantic mountain !
,lens and beside babtling moyataia breoks,
ire the Las Vegas Hot Springs. Harvey's,
n PorveniT, sandoval's Mineral Hill, Ro-
Ranch, Blake's, Sparks, Sapello,
o mention, where health can be recovered,
md life becomes a pleasure to the ennuye,
he invalid, the over-worked business man.
LAS VEGAS has two daily and dive weekly
,apers, three banks, two building and loan
Issociaticns, three hotels, many boarding
lcuses, nine churchee, q number Of clubs,
all the leading civic and social socie-
les; a roller -four mill, capacity, fifty bar
per day two wool-scouring establish
cleaning 1900, 900 pounds of wool
annually; a well. equipped brewery and
establishmen q manrfactory of
and c~arbonated waters; two wag-
IN and carriage factories; a saddle and
harness factory; q foundry. cleo
rio light plant, three planning mills.
nd other enterprises of less Importance.
There are eight large wholesale houses,
nOS0 HhOoo - 4
itory, and into the adjoining sections
While the volume of this trade, and the
'alue of the stocks which they carry, oan
.0t be duplicated west of Kansas City and
ou.h of Denver. Three merchants brok-
RS nave selected the city as their distrib-
ting center, the amount of their yearly
ales exceeding, In the aggregate, the com.
lined Gales of all other such brokers in
lew Mexico. TIL retail merchants, of
.as Vegas, are more numerous, and carry
anger and better stocks of goods than do
he retail merchants of any other own in
his Territory or Arizona,
LAS VEGAS is the distributing point for
early all New Mexico. By the Atcblson
she has connection with Kansas
n the east, Colorado on the north, Arizo-
a and California on the west, and Texas
nj Old Mexico on the south. Besides
hese, she has more siege lines, connecting
er with tributary territory, b has any ,
town in New Mexico. This territory i
lcludes the entire section east and south
t the mountains, and comprises the coun-
les Of Colfax, Mora, Taos, San Miguel,
anita Fe, Socorro, Dona Ana, Grant.
Lincoln and Eddy, with parts of
'alencia and Bernalillo-a country larger ,
han all New England. This takes in the
amous Valley ofthe Rio GraDde, and the
.ss famous, but not less excellent, Valley
{ the Pecos-the finest fruit sections of
ne west.
This Territory is rich In everything that
institutes the Wealth of Nations. Iron,
lead, silver, gold, mica, limestone,
andstone, marbles, gypsum, soda in end
IS variety and exhaustless quantities.,
re among the several products of the
which Los Vegas commands.
heep, cattle and lumber abound, so that
each of these prime articles Of commerce :
lis city is the best market in New Mexico.
handles more wool thar all the other
WINS in the Territory combined, while
or In hides is truly enormous.
the same way, she stands pre-eminent
,r her trace in grains, hay, vegetables,
nd other farm products; while her trade
ice, gathered In the ne~ighboring noun
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