Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-08-30
NEW KGXICOS Chief CITY
Her Resources and Attractions
Brief Summary of Her
Advantages.

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Brief Summary Of Her
Advantages.
Las VEGAS, meaning 1.-THE Meadows,'I
10 the county seat OF San Miguel county,
lies ON both sides OF the Gallinas river, and
With Ito suburbs, has about 10000 iuhab.
itants..
LAS VEGAS INDUSTRIES.
II has water-works, street cars, arc and
~incandescent electric light plant, telephone
exchanges, Territorial agricultural expert
ment station, headquarters of the Atchison
railway System, New Mexico division, to-
gether With railroad machine shops and
tie preserving works, stock yards, and the
largest sheep. shearing and dipping plant
in the United States,
BEAUTIFUL N PICTURESQUE.
West of the river, the old town has the
| quaint and picturesque Mexican appear
| ancs - adobe houses, narrow, crooked
streets, native people and customs, hendi-
crafts and occupations; but the plaza
| and all of the new town, east OF
the river, constitute a distinctive
American city, The streets are wide and
we'll graded, while sidswalks abound,
| shaded with growing trees. Three parks,
illed with grass and trees, add to the
beauty and healthfulness OF the place.
Handsome and well. filled stores, beautiful
residences, and innumerable lawns, set In
grass and adorned with s%hrubbery and
Aowers, combine to proclaim a cultured
community, possessed OF all modern COM
forts and conveniences.
PUBLIC AND EDUCATIONAL BUILDINGS.
A city ball, three public chool build
logs, courthouse, Masonic temple, Opera
house, Territorial Normal school, Terrific.
rial Insane asylum, are public buildings,
constructed Of red and white cut sand
stone unsurpassed In beauty by similar
offices in any town, of equal size, In the
l~statss.
An Aoadsmy, Seminary, Jesuit college,
Convent school, Presby.srian Mission
school. Christian Brothers institute, City
aigh school, three graded public schools,
= Kindergarten aud two Music schools,
besides, several private teachers are among
che educational advantages.
SANITARY ADVANTAGES.
Las Vegas Ia 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 Of AIkansae, while her
climate 10 infinitely superior. There IS no
mslaria, no excessive heat or colu-no
gpats, rats or mosquitoes. The air is pure,
: dry, rarifod aud highly electriied-a GER
tain cure for consumption, II the disease
bs taken in time. Tho hot waters are Q
, spsciac for liver, skin, rheumatic and
f, Utnod diro, doris. Her Montezuma hotel Il
he finest h~ostslry between Chicago ana
ICalifosuia, aud Is situated IN o beautiful
cany on, Ave miles from town, where ths
hot springs, forty 10 number, come boiling
20 the surtaes.
LATITUDE AND ALTITUDE.
The latitude is about the same as hat o.
} central Tsnnessee, while the altitude Il
2 nearly $500 feet, This combination give
d peculiar, but most happy, result. La tn'
winter, during tho day, the thermomete
/ seldom fails, in the shade, below Az, Will
d Il often runs, In the sunshine, to 650-ol
Q even more. On the other hand, 10 tn
summer the heat lie never oppressive, II
the shade, and no light Is too warm TO
!, comfortable sleep, under one or two blank
O cts. The sun will shine nine days out 0
every ten, the year round This, Win IN
8 extreme dry ness of the air, caused by tn
very slight precipitation OF moisturei Tn
resincus aroma rolling down from In
pine. clad mountains; the large amount Q
| electricity in 1.-THE air, and the coDseque1
zone resulting from the altitude; AMI en-
location Of the town, land locked by noun
p, am and meSG-tnesc All cohoP.io " PAv,
d tiuce an atmosphere which is q balm to q!
diseases Of the respirs organs, IN
percentage of death from consumption !
Hover 10 New Mexico than 1t IL any wner
I. else in the United States; md no othe
place In New Mexico excels Las vegas y
,. ths saiubrity Of it's climate. Asthmatic
y ex d rience immedIate and permanent re
lief il .hisa% altitude.
HEALTH AND PLEASURE RESORTS.
o In the way Of health and pleasure re
p sorts, Las Vegas is unrival~d. In a rAdiu
OF twenty miles, In romantic mountai
Re glens and beside babbling mountain brook,
n ars Las Vegas Hot Springs, Harvey's, I
Poryenir. Sandovai's, Mineral Hill, Rome
70 Ranch. Blake's, Sparks, Sapello, Koci
a ada and other places, too numerous :
mention, where health can be recovered
and life becomes a pleasure to the ennuye
the invalid, the over-worksd business man
j NEWSPAPERS, MANUFACTURES, ETC.
: Las Vegas has two daily and five week..
newspapers; three banks; two building
= and loan associations; three hotels, am
" many boarding houses; nine churches; I
number OF clubs. and ell the leading civil
and social soeietiss; a roller flour mill, ca
pac,ty, fifty barrels a day two wool
r. occurring establishments, cleaning 10000
' pounds OF wool annually; a manufactor.
nf mineral and carbonated waters; tw'
a wagon and carriage facteries; a saddl
and harness factory; electric light plant
: three planning mills; two cigar manufacto
f, ries. and other enterprises OF less import
ance.
There are eight large wholesale houses
whose trade extends throughout the Terri
tory and into the adjoining sections, Will
the volume OF thist trade, and the values o
,r the stocks they carry. can not be duplicat
4 ed west OF Kansas City and south OF Den
yer. Three merchants brokers have %
= l4cted this city as their distributing center
= the amount Of their yearly sales exceed
d. ing, In the aggregate, the combined sale
II az ali other inch brokers in New Mexico
. The retail merchants of Las Vegas ar
!. more numerous, and carry larger and bet
: ter stocks of goods than do the retail mer
chants OF any other own In this Territor.
or Arizona.
TIE DISTRIBUTING POINT.
III Las Vegas is the distributing point 70
nearly all New Mexico. By the Atchiso'
systsm, she has. connection with Kansas o
!. the east, Colorado on the north. Arizon
~ and California on the west, and Texas an
7. Old Mexico on the south. Besides these
nt shc has more stage lines, connecting he
&c with tributary territory, than has an
70 utber town In New Mexico. This %territor,
% includes the entire section east and sout
= OF the mountains, and comprises Tue couu
Z Ties of Colfax. Mora, Taos, San Migue.
% Santa Fe. Socorro, Dona Ane, Grant
Cbaves, Lincoln and Eddy, with parts 0
IEalencia and Bernalillo-a country large
than ali Nav England. This takes In tn
famous Valley Of the Rio Grende and tn
y less famous, but not less excellent, Vale.
of the Pecos-the finest fruit sections Q
the west.
a TERRITORIAL WEALTH.
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This Territory is rich In everything tina
constitutes the wealth Of nations. Iron
o coal, lead. silver, gold, mica, limestone