Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-08-21
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Her Resources and Attractions
Brief Summary of Her
Advantages.

Advantages.
Las vxsks, meaning "The Meadowsp
10 the county seat of San Miguel county,
lies IN. both sides OF the lGalluAs river, and
With Its suburbs, has about 10000 inhab'
itants. 'so
LAS VEGAS INDUSTRIES. ~
1t has water works, street cars, arc and
nscandescent electric light plant, telephone
exchanges, Territorial agricultural expert
fnent station, headquarters Of the Atchison
railway system, New Mexico division, to-
gether With railroad machin shops anu
tie preserving works, stock yards, andthe
largest sheep .shearing and dipping plant |
In the United States II sNsMl 4
BEAUrIFuLA M PICTURESQUE. sNf
Westof the river, the old town hes the
quaint and picturesque Mexican appear
ance - adobe houses, narrow, crooked
streets, native people aud customs, handi-
crafts and occupations; but the plaza
and all Of the new town, east Of
the river. constitute q distinctly
American city, The streets are wide and
we'll graded, while sidewalks abound,
shaded with growing trees. Three parks,
filled with grass and trees, add TO the
beauty and healthfdlness OF the place.
Handsome and we'll filled stores, beautiful
residences, and innumerable lawns, eet'iD
grass and adorned With ~shrubbery and
flowers, combine to proclaim q cultured
community, possessed of all modern com
forts and convenicnces.
PUBLIC AND EDUCATIONAL BUILDINGS,
!. A city hall, three public school build
. ipgs, courthouse, Masonic temple, Opera
. house, Territorial Normal school, Terrific.
rial Insane asylum, are public buildings,
constructed of red and white cut sand
stoue. unsurpassed In beauty by similar
edifces in any town, of equal Size, In the
y stAtss. S.15E .1sH snegts4g
An Academy, Seminary, Jesuit college,
{ Convent school, Presbyterian Mission
school, Christian Brothers institute, City
High school, three graded public schools,
u Kindergarten aud two Music schools,
! besides, several private teachers are among
the educational advantages,
SANITARY ADVANTAGES.
Las Vegas is the natural Sanitarium o.
the United States, combining more nat
ural advantages than any other place IN
Is America. Hsr. thermal waters are the equal
of the Hot Springs Of Arkansas, while hei
climate isindnitely superior. There Is n
Imaiaria, no EXCESSIVE heat or eold-no
mats. rats or mosquitoes. The air is pure
: Jury, tiAvA II Hi6utJ iSS
> tain cure for consumption, II the diseas'
bs taken Ia timss Tie hot waters are
D, specific for liver, akin, rheumatic ant
blood dieo. ders. Her Montezuma hotel i
+, the finest .hostelry between Chicago am
California, and is situated in q bsautifu
h not springs, forty 10 number, come boiiini
Se 10 the surface.
ms LATITUDE AND ALTITUDE.
L L mi - go. &. o,xt tha @ ~, 90 that n
as central Tennessee, while the altitude l
re nearly 6,5OO feet This combination give
i peculiar, but most happy, result. Ia tn
10 winter, during the day, the thermomete
3. eldom falls, in the shade, below 40, Will
It often runs, in the sunshine, to 60
il even more. On the other hand, In tn
summer the heat is never oppressive, II
I che shade, and no Light 10 zoo warm 70
Il comfortable sleep, under one or TWO blank
II cts. The sun will shine nine days OUT Q
, every ten, the year round. This, with IN
extreme drynsss of the air, caused by III,
very slight precipitation OF moisture; tn
resinous aroma rolling down from tn
pine clad mountains; the large amount 0
electricity IN tile air, and the consequen
ID ozone resulting from the altitude; and tn
g wocation of the town, land locked by noun
ain and mesa-these all conspire to pro
FL Iuce an atmosphere which is a balm to al
! diseases Of the respira n orgAns.a IN
IA percentage of death from consumption !
tuwer in New Mexico than IL 10 any wher'
slse in the United States; aud no othe
y place inINew- Mexico excels Las Vegas u
Q the salubriry of It's climate. Asthmatic
Of experience immediase aud permanent re
ief ih Ibis altitude.
!, HEALTH AND PLEASURE RESORTS.
j. In the way II health ard pleasure re
sorts, Las vegss is unrivalrd. In a radiu
- r. Aa.Arti nnvlnfQi
ylens and beside babblinl mountain brooks
ire Las We. as Hot Springs, Harvey's, Il
/ Poryenir, Sanioval's, Mineral HILL Rome
70 Ranch. Blake's, Sparks, SapeTo, hoI,
. ada ana other Places too numerous y
nention, where health can be recovered
J ind life ecoInes a pleasure to the ennuye'
The invalid, the oyef-wprkat eqsipess man
NEWSPAPERS, MANUFAc7oRIEs, ETC.
Las Vegas has two daily and five weekly
newspapers; three banks; two building
and loan associations; three hotels, and
many boarding houses; nine churches; b
number Of clubs, and all the leading civic
and social soclsties; a roller hour-mill, ca
pacity, fifty barrels a day W wool.
: securing establishments, cleaning 100000
pounds Of wool annually; a manufactNry
OF mineral and carbonated waters; two
= wagon and carriage factories; a saddle
and harness factory; electric light plant;
three planning mills; two cigar manufacto.
ries, and other enterprises Of less import
ance.
y ln.re are eight large wholesale houses,
a whose trade extends throughoutthe Tsrris
tory and into the adjoining sections, while
the volume OF this trade, and the values OF
! the stocks they carry, can not be dup'icat-
: ed west OF Kansas City and south of Den
} YER, Three merchants brokers have &C.
\ iected this city as'their distributing center,
{ che amount OF their yearly sales exceed
ing, In the aggregate, the combined sale.
o. all other such brokers in New Mexico.
The retail merchants of Las Vegas are
III more numerous, and carry larger and'bets
: ter stocks Of goods than do the retail mer-
chants Of any other town in this Territory
I pFe Arizona.
THE DISTRIBUTING POINT.
Las Vegas is the distributing point for
nearly all New Mexico. By the Atchison