Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-09-11

LAS VEGAS INDUSTRIES.
It has water works, street cars, arc and
incandescent electric hight plant, telephone
exchanges, Territorial agricultural expert
ment station, headquarters OF the Atchison
railway sybtem, New Mexico division, to-
gsther With railroad machine shops n
tie preserving works, stock yards, and the
largest sheep. shearing and dipping plant
IN the United States
BEAcTITuL N PICTURESQUE.
West OF the river, the old tow has the
quaint and picturesque Mexican appear
ance = adobe houses, narrow, crooked
streets, natlve,people aud customs, handi-
crafts aud occupntions; but the playa
and all Of the new town, east of
the river, constitute distinctive
American city, This streets are wide and
we'll graded, while sidewalks abound,
shaded with growing trees. Three parks,
died with grass n trees, add to the
beauty and healtbfuinsss Of the place.
Handsome and we'll filed stores, beautiful
residences, u tunumerablo lawns, set in
grass and adorned with shrubbery and
flowers, combine 60 proclaim q cultured
community, possessed OF all modern COM
forts and co%nvepiences.
PUBLIC N 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.
stole. unsurpassed In beauty by similar
sdiHces in any town, of equal size, in the
sta.ss.
An Academy, Seminary, Jesuit college,
school, Methodist Manual Training
school. Christian Brothers institute, City
Hi9h school, three graded public schools,
a Kindergarten aud two Music schools,
besides, several private teachers are among
ths 90 educational advantages.
SANITARY ADVANTAGES.
Las Vegas Ia the natural Eanitarium Of
the United States, combining more nat
ural advantages than any other place in
America. Her thermal waters arc sns equal
OF 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, rarined and highly electrifed-a cerv
tain cure for consumption, II the disease
% taken in time. Tie hot waters are q
specific for liver, skin, rheumatic and
blood disorders. Her Montezuma hotel is
the tinest hosiery between Chicago am
California, and Is situated in a beautiful
cany on, i've miles from town, where the
not springs, forty In number, come boiling
70 the surface.
LATITUDE AND ALTITUDE.
The latitude is about the same as that OF
central Tennassea, while the altitude is
nearly $500 feet, This combination gives
a peculiar. but most happy, result. In the
winter, during the day, the thermo meter
seldom fails, IN the shade, below 400, whIis
iJ often runs, in the sunshine, to 65o-Or
sven more. On the otner hand, ia tho
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 tn
extreme dry ness of the air, caused by the
very slight precipitation OF moisture; the
fesinCus aroma rolling down from the
pine clad mountains; the large amount OF
electricity in The air, n the consequent
ozone resulting from the altitude; and the
location OF the town, laud locked by noun
tam aud me5a-these all conspire to pro-
duce an atmosphere which Is u BALM to all
diseases Of the respire organs. The
percentage of death from consumption is
lower III New Mexico than II Is any where
else In the United States; and no other
place in New Mexico excels Las Vegas in
the saiubriry Of its climate Asthnnatics
exps rience Immediate and permanent re-
lief il this altitude.
HEALTH N PLEASURE RESORTS.
In the way of health aud pleasure re-
sorts, Las Vegas is unrivaled. In q radius
OF twenty miles, in romantic mountain
glens and beside babblinS mountain brooks,
are Las VEGAS Hot Springs, Haryey's, Ell
Porvsnir,~ Sandoval's, Mineral Hill, home-
70 Ranch, Blake's, Sparks, Sapelio, hoci-
ada and other places, too numerous to
manfinn- Whera neAIfh pan he rap0v.rad
and life becomes a pleasure to the ennuye,
the invalid, the over-wos Ted business a
NEWSPAPERS, MANUFACTURES, ETC.
Las Vesas has two daily and I've weekly
newspapers; three banks; two building
and loan associations; three hotels, and
many boarding houses; min churches; q
number Of clubs, and all the leading civic
and social societies.; a roller -four mill, ca
paclty, fifty barrels q day two wool
securing establishments, cleaning 1,h00, 000
pounus of wool annually; q mauufactcry
Of mineral and carbonated waters; two
wagon and carriage factories; a SADDLE
anu harness factory; alsotrfu ffgnt plant;
three planning mills; two cigar manufacto-
riss, and other enterprises Of less import-
ance. ES1
There are eight large wholesale houses,
whose trade extends throughout the Terri
tory and into the adjoining sections, while
the volume OF thist trade, and the values OF
tho stocks they carry, a not be dupIicat-
ed west OF Kansas City and south or Den
ver. Three merchants brokers nave Sc
lected this city as their distributing center,
the amount OF their yearly sales exceed
ing, in the aggregate, the combined sales
of ali other such brokers 10 New Mexico.
The retail merchants of Las Vegas are
more numerous, and carry larger and bet
ter stocks of goods than do the retail mer-
of any other town in this Territory
or Arizona.