Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-06-25
Las Vegas, the Chief City
of New Mexico Some
of Her Resources,
Attractions and
Advantages.

son railway system, Now Mexico division
together with railroad machine shops an,
tie representing works, stock yards, and th
largest sheep. shearing and dipping plan
In the United States.
West of the river, the old town has th,
quaint and picturesque Mexican appear.
ance = adobe houses. narrow, crooked
streets, native people and customs, handi.
crafts and occupations; but the plaza and
all OF the new town, east OF the river, con,
stitute a distinctive American city. The
streets are wide and we'll graded, while
sidewalks abound, shaded with growing
trees. Three parks, filed with grass and
trees, add to the beauty and h~ealthfulness
Of the place. Handsome and we'll filled
stores, beautiful residences, and innumera-
BILE Law MS, set in grass and 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 asy lum are public buildings, con-
structed of red and white cut sandstone,
unsurpassed in beauty by similar edifices
in any town, of equal size, in the States
An Academy, Seminary, Jesuit college,
Convent school, Presbyterian Mission
school, Methodist manual training school,
Christian Brothers, institutes, City high
school, three graded public schools, a kin
dergarten, a 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 In
Her thermal waters are sthe
equal OF the Hot Springs of Arkansas,
while her climate is infinitely superior.
There is no malaria, no excessive heat or
cold, no gnats, rats or mosquitoes. The
air is pure, dry, rarif1ed, and highly cleo
trified-a certain cure for consumption, IL
The disease be taken in time. The hot
v aters are a specific for liver, skin, rheu-
natic and blood disorders. Her Montezu-
hotel is the finest hostelry between
and California, and is situated In
beautiful canyon, five miles from town,
where the Hot Springs, forty In number,
.ome boiling to the surface.
TINT latitude Is about the same as that OF
u IA ACAoCBoCGg "hltO guO ttAtuuO ~ |
iearlv $500 feet. This combination gives
peculiar, but most happy, result. In the
winter, during the day, the thermometer
falls, 10 the shade, below forty de-
,rees, while it often runs, in the sunshine,
o sixty-five degrees-or even more. On
he other hand, in the summer, the heat Is
oppressive, In the shade, and no
is too warm for comfortable sleep,
one or two blankets. The sun will
,hine nine days out Of every ten, the year
'ound. This, with the extreme dryness of
he air, caused by the very slight precipi-
of moisture; the resinous ar0ma,
'olling down from the pine-clad noun
aims; the large amount of electricity in
he air, and the consequent ozone, result
from thealtitude; and the location of the
land locked by mountain and mesa
all conspire to produce an atmos-
,nere which IL o SSlm to all diseases OF the
organs. The percentage OF
Mexico than it is anywhere else in the
United States; mi no other place 10 New
Mexico excels Las Vegas in the salubrIty
II its climate. Asthmatics experience
immediate q permanent relief, in this
altitude.
In the way of health and pleasure re-
orts, Las Vegas IL unrivaled. In q radius
y twenty miles, 10 romantic mountain
liens and beside babbling mountain brooks,
ire the Las Vegas Hot Springs, Harvey's,
Il Porvenir, Sandovsl's Mineral Hill, Ro-
nero Ranch, Blake's, Sparks, SapellO,
aociada, and other places, too numerous
o mention, where health can be recovered,
nd life becomes a pleasure to the -ennuye,
he invalid, the over-worked business man.
LAS VEGAS has two daily and Ave weekly
,apers, three banks, two building n loan
ssociations. three hotels. many boarding
louses, nine churches, q number OF clubs,
nd all the leading civic and social socie-
las; a roller -four mill, capacity, fifty bar
els per day two wool-scouring establish
cleaning 1900, 900 pounds of wool
nnually; a veil equipped brewery and
establishment; q mandatory OF
and c~arbonated waters; two wag-
n and carriage factories; a saddle and
larness factory; q foundIyT. cleo
rio light plant, three planning mile,
nd other enterprises of less Importance.
There are eight large wholesale houses,
whose trade extends throughout the Ter
itory, and into the adjoining sections;
Vhiie the volume of this trade. and the
alue OF the stocks which they carry, can
ou,h of Denver. Three merchants brok-
rs have selected the city as their distrib-
ting center, the amount of their yearly
ales exceeding, in the aggregate, the com
lined sales of all other such brokers In
lew Mexico. The retail merchants, Of
las Vegas, are more Numerous, and carry
and better stocks Of goods than do
retail merchants OF any other town In
his Territory or Arizona.
LAS VEGAS Is the distributing point for
early all New Mexico. By the Atchlson
ystem, she has connection with Kansas
\ the east, Colorado on the north, Arizo-
q and California on the west, and Texas
nd Old Mexico on the south. Besides
hese, she has more stage lines, connecting
- xyfth t~,h,,tu~v torritoru than has any
Their town 10 New Mexico. This territory
the entire section east and south
( the mountains, aud comprises the COUNT
les Of Colfax, Mora, Taos, San Miguel,
Fe, SocOrrO, Dona Ana, Grant,
,haves, Lincoln and Eddy, with parts of
Talencia and Bernalillo-a country larger
han all New England. sTuis takes In the
amous Valley ofthe Rio Grande, and the
ass famous, but not less excellent, Valley
be west. tEtIN8
This Territory Is rich In everything that q
the Wealth of Natl ms. Iron, !
oal, lead, silver, gold, mics, limestone,
marbles, gypsum, soda In end
IS variety and ~exhaustless quantities,
re among the several products of the
0untry which Las Vegas commands.
sheep, cattle and lumber abound, 80 that
q each OF these prime articles Of commerce
his city Is the best msrket In New Mexico.
lie handles more wool than all the other
owns Ia the Territory combined, while
Ter 10 hides is truly
q the same way, she and pre-eminent
or her trace in grains, hay, vegetables,
nd other farm products while her trade
n ice. gathered In the neigbboriug noun
ain %canyops, extends east into Kansas,
vest iato Arizona, and south INTO Old