Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-10-23
THIS LOCALITY.
Las Vegas, the Chief CITY
of New Mexico Some
of Her Resources,
Attractions and
Advantages.

LAS VEGAS, meaning "The Meadows
is the county seat of San Miguel county
lies on both sides of the GalIinas river
and, with its suburbs, has about 10,OOt
inhabitants.
1t has water works, street cars, arc and
~incandescent electric light plant, telephone
exchanges, Territorial agricultural expert
ment station, headquarters of the Atchi-
son railway system, New Mexico division
together with railroad machine shops and
tie-preserving works. stock yards, and the
largest sheep shearing and dipping plan
In the United States.
West of the river, the old town has the
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 q distinctive American city. The
streets are wide and well graded, while
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, ard innumera-
BILE lawns, set in grass and adorned with
~shrubbery and flowers, combine to pro-
claim a cultured community, possessed of
all modern comforts and co%nveniences.
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 edificss
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 high
school, three graded public schools, a kin
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, Her thermal waters are the
equal of the Hot Springs of Arkansas,
while her climate is infinitely superior.
There is no malaria, no excessive heat or
cold, nc, gnats, rats or mosquitoes. The
air is pure, dry, rarified, and highly cleo
triied-a certain cure for consumption, IL
the disease be taken In time. The hot
waters are a specific for liver, skin, rbeu-
matte and blood disorders. Her Montezu-
ma hotel is the finest hostelry between
Chicago and California, and is situated in
q beautiful canyon, five miles from town,
where the Hot Springs, forty in number,
come boiling to the surface.
The latitude IS about the same as that OF
central Tennessee, while the altitude is
nearly $500 feet. This combination gives
a peculiar, but most happy, result. In the
winter, during the day, the thermometer
seldom falls, 10 the shade, below forty de-
grees, while it often runs, in the sunshine,
to sixty-1ve degrees-or even more. On
the other hand, In the summer, the heat Is
never oppressive, IN the shade, and no
night is too warm for comfortable sleep,
under one or two blankets. The sun will
shine 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,
rolling 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 location OF the
town, land locked by mountain a1d mesa
all c0nSplT6 W pIouuCo a atu1oe
phere which is q balm to all diseases OF the
respiratory organs. The percentage Of
death from consumption is lower In New
Mexico thar it is anywhere else In the
States; and no other place In New
Mexico excels Las Vegas in the salubrity
its climate. Asthmatics experience |
Immediate and permanent relief, in this
In the way of health and pleasure re-
,orts, Las Vegas Is unrivaled. In a radius
twenty miles, in romantic mountain
yleps and beside babbling mountain brooks,
ire the Las Vegas Hot Springs. Harvey's,
Poryenir, Sandoval's Mineral Hill, Ro-
nero Ranch, Blake's, Sparks, Sapello,
aociada, and other places, too Numerous
% mention, where health can be recovered,
life becomes q pleasure to the ennuye,
he invalid. the over-worked business man
LAS VEGAS has W daily and ave weekly
papers, three banks. two building and loan
.ssociations, three hotels. many boarding
,ouses. nine churches, q number OF clubs, l
md all the leading civic and social socie-
les; a roller -four mill, capacity, fifty bar
els per day two wool-scouring establish
nents, cleaning 100000 pounds of wool
annually; a we'll equipped brewery and
establishment; q mandatory OF
and carbonated waters; two wag-
ID and carriage factories; a saddle and
Iarness factory; o foundry. cleo
rio light plant, three planning mills.
nd other enterprises of less Importance.
There ere eight large wholesale houses,
trade extends throughout the Ter
tory. and into the adjoining sections
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