Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-08-16
new MHZICO'S CHIEF CITY
Her Resources and Attractions
Brief Summary of Her
Advantages. =.

Las VEGAS, meaning 1.-THE Moadows,"
70 the county seat OF San Miguel county,
ON both sides OF the oaIlinas river. and
With Its suburbs, has about 10000 inhab.
LAS VEGAS INDUSTRIES.
II has water-works, street cars, arc and
incandescent electric light plant, telephone
Territorial agricultural expert
ment station, headquarters OF the Atchison
railway System, New Mexico division, to-
gsther With railroad machine shops and
tie preserving works, stock ards, 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
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 a distinctive
American city, The streets are wide and
we'll graded, while sidewalks abound,
shaded with growing trees. Three parks,
hlled with grass and trees, add to the
Handsome and well filed stores, beautiful
residences, and iunumerable lawns, Get In
grass and adorned with ~sbrubbery and
flowers, combine to proclaim q cultured
community, possessed OF all modern CONF
forts and conveniences.
PUBLIC AND EDUCATIONAL 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 red and white cut sand
stone. unsurpassed in beauty by similar
edifces in any town, of equal tize, in the
statss.
An Academy, Seminary, Jesuit college,
Convent schoolN Presbyterian Mission
school, Methodist Manual Training
school, Christian Brothers institute, City
High school, three graded public schools,
a kindergarten and two Music schools,
besides, several private teachers are among
the educational advantages.
SANITARY ADVANTAGES.
Las Vegas ia the natural S~anitarium 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 N
malaria, no excessive heat or cold-ao
gnats, rats or mosquitoes. The air is pure,
dry, rarifed and highly electriied-a GER
tain cure for consumption, II the dIseaae
bs taken in time. The hot waters are a
specific for liver, skin. rheumatic and
blood disorders. Her Montezuma hotel Ia
the finest hostelry between Chicago and
California, and Is situated in q beautiful
cany on, Eve miles from town, where the
hot springs. forty in number, come boiling
to the surface.
LATITUDE N ALTITUDE,
The lititude 10 about the same as that oil
central Tennessee, while the altitude is
nearly 8,50O feet, This combination gives
a peculiar, but most happy, result. Ia the
winter, during the day, the thermometer
seldom falls, in the shade, below 409, while
1t often runs. in the sunshine, to 66'-or
even 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, uHder a or two blank
cts. The sun will shine nine days out OF
every ten, the year round. This, with tn !
extreme dryness of the air, caused by the
very slight precipitation Of moisture; the
resinous aroma rolling down from the
| pine sclad mountainsj 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 and ~mesn-these all conspire to pro
duce sn atmosphere " hich is a balm to all
diseases of the respiratory organs. The
| percentage of death from consumption ia
lower in New Mexico than 1t is anywhere
| else in the United Statesi and no other
| place 10 New Mexico excels Las Vegas in
the ~salubrity of its climate. Asthmatics
ex pe rience immediate and permanent re-
lief liz This altitude.
HEALTH N PLEASURE RESORTS.
In the way Of health and pleasure re-
sorts, Las Vegas is unrivalad. In a radius
| OF twenty miles, in romantic mountain
| glens and beside babbllug mountain brooks,
are Las Vegas Hot Springs, Harvey's, Ell
Porvenir, Sapdoval,s, Mineral Hill, Rome
RIO Ranch. Blake's, Sparks, Snpello, Roci-
ada and other places, too numerous to
mention, where health can be recovered.
and life becomes a pleasure to the ennuye,
the Invalid, the over-worked business man.
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