Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-12-11
LOCALITY
Las Vegas, the Chief City
Of New Mexico Some
of Her Resources,
Attractions and
Advantages.

ihcohucrcout oioStic iBut piuut, toioPuou'
exchanges, Territorial agricultural expert
ment station, headquarters of the Atchi
son railway system, New Mexico division
together with railroad machine shops ant
tie preserving works. stock yards, and tb'
largest sheep shearing and dipping plan
In the United States.
West of the river, the old town has tn,
quaint and picturesque Mexican appear
ence adobe houses, narrow, crooked
streets, native people and customs, bandi'
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 well graded, Will,
sidewalks abound, shaded with growing
trees. Three parks, filed with grass ant
trees, add to the beauty and healthfulnes
Of the place. Handsome and well filled
stores. beautiful residences, and innumera
BILE lawns, set in grass n adorned will
shrubbery n flowers, combine to pro
claim a cultured community, possessed O
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 ediicei
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, institute, City higf
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
America. Der thermal waters are the
equal OF tie Hot Sp,iogs OF Arkpnsas
while her c'inste il infinitely superior.
There is no mslei ia, no excessive heat OF
cold, no gnats, rats or mosquitoes. The
air is pure, dry, rarided, and highly cleo
trified-a certai N cure Cor consumption, il
the disease be taken 10 time. The hot
waters are q specific for liver, skin, rheu-
matte and blood disorders. Her Montezu-
ma hotel is Che dnest hostelry between
Chicago and California, aud Is situated In
a beautiful cany or, five miles from town,
where the Hot Springs, forty in number,
come boiling to the s.,r'sce.
The latitude is about the same as that OF
central Tennessee, while Inc altitude is
nearly 6 500 feet. This combinasion gives
a peculiar, but most naDpv, result. In the
wiete", during the day, the thermometer
seldom falls, 10 the slade, below foity de-
grees, while il often lcns n the SUNSHINE,
to sixty-hve de2ree.-or even more. On
the other hand, in the srDner Ire heau is
never oppressive, Ia tue sbeCe. end no
rian6 is too warnl for comfortable sleep,
under one OF two blankets. The sun will
shine nire days out o. every ten, tue year
round. This, W tn tie extreme dryness of
the cir, caused by the very slight piecipi-
tatio1 OF moisture, the Iesinous aroma,
down from the pice-clad mou3-
teins; The large amouL 1t OF electricity In
the a r, Bnd the consequent ozone; result
ing from thealtitpde ard tle location of the
town, iacd-iocked by mountain and mesa
al conspire 10 produce al atmos-
pnere which is a balm to all diseases of The
organs. The percentage OF
death from consumption is lower In New
Mexico than ii is anywhere else in the
States; ard no other place In New
Mexico excels La Vegas in the salubrity
lis CllurHL6s ~ StuuDutiC6 6ApeTi6uCe
and permanent relief, In this
altitude.
In the way of health and pleasure re-
Las Vegas is unriva'ed. In a radius
Of twenty m les, IN rome ntic mountain
glens and beside babh'ing mountain brooks,
are the Las Vegas Hot Springs. Harvey's,
Ell Porveni. Sa ,dova,'s Mine FL Hill, Ro-
Ranch, B AXE S, Sparks, Sapello,
Rociada, and other PAGES, too Numerous
to mention, where hesltn can be recovered,
md life becomes a pleasure to The nnuye
the invalid, the over-worked business nau.
LAS VEGAS has two daily and i've weekly
papers, three banks, VIC building and loan
ass ociations, three hotels, many boarding
nine churches, a nrmber OF clubs,
md ali the Lead .ng civic and social socie-
ties; a roller four miil, capacity, fifty bar
rels per day; two wQol-scou ing establish
ments. cleaning 1,500. 900 pounds OF wool
annually; a weil-eql tipped brewery and
estab'ls melt; a manufactory of
IN and carriage factor les; a saddle and
harness factory; a foundr,. cleo
light plant, three plening mills.
other Enterprises OF less Importance.
There ele ei..h hi large Wholesale houses,
whose Ilede extends throughout the Ter.
'itory, and into the adjoining sections;
Tie volume of tois trade, and the
OF the stocks which they carry, can
lot be dapl.csted west OF Kansas CITY and
of Denver. Three merchants brok-
RS have selected the city as their distrib-
,tiDg center, the moun of their yearly
'ales exceeding n tae aggregate, the COM
Gales OF all other such brokers' in
New Me. leo. The retail merchants, of
Las Vegas, ere more Numerous, and carry
ar.er and better stocks OF goods than do
be retail merchants OF any other town in
his Territory or Arizona.
LAS VEGAS is the distributing point for
nearly all New Mexico. By the Atchlson
iystem, she Las connection with Kansas
IN the cas-, Colorado on the north, Arizo-
ia aud California on the west, and Texas
Old Mexico on the south. Besides
nese. she has more stage lines, connecting
Ter with tributary territory, than has any |
'ther town in New Mexico. This territory |
the entire section east and south |
f the mountains, and comprises the coun-
les OF Colfax, Moro, Taos, San Miguel, |
Fe, Socorro, Dona Ana, Grant,
Lincoln and Eddy, with parts OF
Talancia and Der aalillo-aT country larger
han all New England. This takes in the
amo1s Valley ofthe Rio Grande, and the
ass famous, but not less excellent, Valley
I the Pecos-the finest fruit sections Of
be west.
This Territory is rich Ia everything that
the Wealth OF Nations. Iron,
lead, silver, gold, mica, limestone,
andstone. marbles, gypsum, soda in md
IS variety and exhauatless quantities,
lie among the several products of the
which Las Vegas commands.
beep, cattle and lumber abound. so that
!, each of these prime article Of commerce
bis city Is the best market In New Mexico.
lie handles more wool than all the other
)wps in the Territory combined whila
er commerce In hides Is truly enormous.
D the same way, she stands pre-eminent
,r her trsde in grains, hay, vegetables,
nd other farm PRODUCTS: while her trade
ice, gathered In the neighboriuR noun
lin canyons, extends east into Kansas,
est iato Arizona, and south into Old
Whatever may be the cause Of