Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-09-01
NEW MHZICO'S CHIEF CITY
Her Resources and Attractions
Brief Summary of Her
Advantages.

Advantages.
LAS VEGAS, meaning 1.-The Meadows"
10 the county seat OF San Miguel county,
lies on both sides OF the Gallinas river, and
with Its suburbs, has about 10000 iDhab-
itants. ~
A VEGAS INDUSTRIES.
IL has wator-works, street cars, arc and
incandescent electric light plant, telephone
exchanges, Territorial agricultural expert
ment station, headquarters of the Atchison
railway sybtcm, New Mexico division, to-
gother With railroad machine shops and
tie-preserving works, stock yards, and the
largest sheep .~shearing and dipping plant
In the United States
BEAUTIFUL AND PICTURESQUE.
West Of the river, the old town has the
quaint and picture sque Mexican appear
snce = adobe houses, narrow, crooked
streets, native people and customs, handi-
crafts and occupations; but the plaza
and all OF the new town, east or
the river, constitute a distinctive
American city, The streets are wide and
we'll graded, while sidewalks, abound,
shaded with growing trees. Three parks,
Oiled with grass and trees, add to the
beauty and healthfulnsss OF the place.
SUIT re III
residences, and ianumerable lawns, set in
grass and adorned with s~hrubbery ami
howers, combine 20 proclaim a cultured
community, possessed OF all modern com
forts aud convcDiences
PcBLIc N DUcATIoNAL
A city hall, three public school build
ings, courthouse, Masonic temple, Opera
house, Territorial Normal school, Terrific
rial Insane asylum, are public buildings,
constructed Of red and white cut sand
stooe unsurpassed In beauty by similar
sdiices in any town, of equal size, Ia the
STATES
An Academy, Seminary, Jesuit college,
Convent school, Presbyterian Mission
school, Methodist Manual Training
school. Christian Brothers institute, City
digh school, tnree graded public schoois,
a Kindergarten and two Music schools,
besides, several private teachers are among
the 10 EDUCATIONAL advantages.
SANITARY ADVANTAGES.
Las Vegas is the natural Sanitarium Of
tho United. Statos, combining more nat
ural advantages than any other place in
America. Hsr thermal waters are the equal
or 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, rarited and highly elect iied-a GER
tain cure for consumption, il the disease
bs taken in time. The hot waters are a
specific for liver, skin, rheumatic and
blood dieorders. Her Montezuma hotel is
the finest hostelry between Chicago an
California, and is situated in q beautiful
cany Oh, live miles from town, where the
hot springs, forty 10 number, come boiling
10 the surface. :
LATITUDE N ALTITUDE.
L M.
The latitude is about the same as that OF
central Tennessee, while the altitude is
nearly 6,500 feet, This combination gives
a peculiar, but m Jst happy, result. Ia the
winter, during the day. the thermometer
seldom fails. in the shade, below 40o, while
1t oftsu runs, in the sunshine, to 65o-or
sven more. On the other hand, In the
summer the heat is never oppressive, in
the shade, and no Light is too warm for
comfortable sleep, under one or two blank
cts. The sun will shine nine days OUT of
every ten, the year round. This, with tbs
sxtrems dryness Of the air, caused by the
very slight precipitation of moisture; the
resincus arona rolling down from the
pine clad mountains; the large amount of
electricity IN the air, and the consequent
ozone resulting from the altitude; and the
location OF the town, land locked by noun
tain aud mesa-these all conspire to pro-
duce an atmosphere which Is a balm to all
diseases of the respirs organs. The
percentage of death from consumption is
lower III New Mexico than it is any whsre
Else in the United States; aud 10 other
place in New Mexico excels Las Vegas 10
the sRiubrity of its climate. Asthmatics
experiences %immedlate and permanent re-
lief In This altitude.
HEALTH AND PLEASURE REsoRTs
In the way of health aud pleasure re-
sorts, Las Vegas is unrivaled. 10 a radius
OF twenty nils, In romantic mountain
glens and beside babbling mountain brooks,
ure Las Vegas Hot Springs, Harvey's, Ell
Porvenir, S~andovetr, Mineral Hill, Rome
no Ranch, Blake's, Sparks, Sapello, koci-
ada and other pla ;es. too numerous to
mention, where health can be recovered.
and life becomes a pleasure to the ennuye, |
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