Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-09-03

with It's suburbs, has about 10000 inhab,
itants.
A VEGAS IEDUsTRIEs.
1t has water works, street cars, arc and
~incandesceDt electric light plant, telephone
exchanges, Territorial agricultural expert
ment station, headquarters of the Atchison
railway system, New Mexico division, TO-
gethsr With railroad machine shops and
tie prese wing 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 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, constitute Q distincttYe
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 healtbfulness of the place
Handsome aud we'll flied stores, beautiful
residences, a innumerable lawns, set Ia
grass and adorned with ~shrubbery N
howsrs, combiDe to proclaim a cultured
conmunity, possessed Of all modern COM
forts aud conveniences.
PUBLIC N DUCATIoNAL BUILDINGS.
A city hall, three public school build
ings, court house, Masonic temple, Opera
house, Territorial Normal school, Terrific
rial Insane asylum, are public buildings,
constructed OF rsd and white cut sand
stone unsurpassed III beauty by similar
sdiices in any town, OF equal size, In the
statss
An Academy, Seminary, Jesuit college,
Convent tchooi, Presby terrain Mission
school, Methodist Manual Training
school. Christian Brothers institute, City
High school, three graded public schools,
a kindergarten aud W Music schools,
besides, several private teachers are among
the Quotations al advantages.
SANITARY ADVANTAGES.
Las Vegas ID the natural Sanitarium 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 Ut Arkansas, while her
climate 10 infinitely superior. There IS no
malaria, no excessive heat or cold-no
gnats, rats or mosquitoes. The air is pure,
dry, rari1sd aud highly electfifed-a GER
tain cure for consumption, il the disease
10 taken in time. The hot waters sre a
specific for liycr, skin. rheumatic and
blood ditordsrs. Her Montexuma hotel Is
the finest hostelry between chicago and
California, aGd 10 situated in o beautiful
canyon, five miles from town, where the
hot ekrings, forty 10 number, come boiling
TO the surface.
LATITUDE y ALTITUDE.
The latitude is about the same as that OF
central Tennessee, while the altitude Is
nearly $500 fact This combination gives
a peculiar, but nfJst happy, result. Ia the
| winter, during the day, the thermometer
l .AlI-.. R-,ls IL. rLn..hAlA kala,1 AAO xwf,la
1t often runs, in the sunshine. to 650-Or
even more. On the other hand. Ia the
summer the heat is never oppressive, In
the shade, and no Light is too YARN for
comfortable sleep, under one or two blank
cts. The sun will shine nine days out OF
every ten, the year round. This, with tn
extreme dry ness Of tho air, caused by the
| very slight precipitation of moisture; the
resinous aroma rolling do wn iron the
pine clad mountains; the large amount vi
electricity In The air, and tbs consequent
ozone resulting from the altitudsi anu the
location Of the town. land locked by noun
tain aud nsesa-these all conspire to pro
duce an atmosphere which is balm to Al
diseases of tbs respirk organs. The
percentage of death from consumption Is
lower 10 New Mexico than it is ,any where
else in the United States; aud no other
place Ia New Mexico excsls Las Vegas IN
The sai1brity of its climate. Asthnatics
gal
lief iL IBIS attitude.
HEALTH AND PLEASURE RESORTS.
T, -. raw ~ benIth and Measure re-
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sorfs, Las vegas IL unrisaieu. An iAoiuS
OF twenty mills, in romantic mountain
glens and beside babblins mountain brooke,
are Las Vegas Hot Springs, Haryey's, Ell
Poryanir, Sandoval's, hinsral Hill, Rome
70 Ranch, Blake's, Sparks, Sapel!o, Koci-
ada and other places, too numerous to
MENTION, where health can be recovered,
and life becomes'a pleasure 20 the ennuye'
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~ hasrdino houses: nine churches: :
nnrn5er ~ china and all the leading civic
M soc;si soc,sties: a roller flour mill. ca.
nac,tv afty barrels a day; two wool
a"n,r;nv establishments cleaning l,h0O. 900
ro,nas 81 wool Annually: a manufactury
= n,;raral and csrbonated waters: two
uasnn .nd carriage factories: a saddle
M harnas. factory: electric lighr plant:
thrsa NAMING mills: two cigar manufacto.
s .es and other an-tsrprises Of less import
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