Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-01-31

exchanges, Territorial agricultural expert 4
nsnt station, headquarters Of the Atchison |
system, New Mexico division, to-
garher with railroad machine shops and
sheet .shearing and dipping plant :
in the United States Y
BEAUTIFUL AND PICTURESQUE. a
West of the river, the old own has the
quaint and picture sque Mexican appear :
ance adobe houses, narrow, crooked 4
streets, native people and customs, ,handi- L.
crafts and occupations; but the plaza /
and. all OF the new town, east or Y
the river, constitute q distinctive
American city, The streets are wide and
we'll graded, while sidewalks abound,
shaded with growing trees. Three paiks,
oiled with grass and trees, add to the
beauty and healtbfulness OF tho place.
Handsome and we'll flied stores, beautiful
residences, and innumerable lawns, set in
grass and adorned with ~shrubbery and
flowers, combine to proclaim a cultured
community, possessed Of all modern COM
forts and conveniences.
PUBLIC AND EDUCATIONAL BUILDINGS.
A city hall, three public school build
irgs, .court-house, Masonic temple, Opera J
house, Territorial Normal school, Terrj.o-
riallnsane asylum, are public build lngs,
constructed OF red and white cut sand. |
stone. unsurpassed i'll beauty by similar
edifcos iii any town. of equal , "a in rha
states.
An Academy, Seminary Jesuit college,,
Convent school, Presr v%}erian Missinn
school, Methodist ,lanual Training
school. Christian Bro,ners' Institute, City
a Kinderyarte ar I've IT,. sohoois
besides. several n,tvst s 40 a.s saa,on
tho ID EDUCATIONAL adv antages.
SANITARY kpv.NrAcra 3
H. van.s i
Aas ~ Is saf natural eanlSariuh ot|
the United aietes, combining more nat
ural advantages than snv other nlaeei in
Arerica. Hsr sl,ermaI @ayors sr. the eouai
OF the Hot Spril. % Of Arkansas. while her
cii,nste is int,r ,tsiv surarior T'bare ia M
malaria, no excessive neat or cold-no
gpats. rats ar p,oscr,toas Tbe air is nnra
dry, rarif.d ana highly eIec5riied-a GER.
tuia cure tor coneurnpsi IN IL tha dIsaasa
Ia taken in tirne ,Tha ~ .atsrs ara n
snscid, FIR I;na. shir rhsrnsat. ana
blood disorders Aer Ntontasun.s Motel isa
the finess nn"teI,v h.t,vann 1hicaan and
CaIifornio .nJ i: Il, nstad - ! bSassuti,ri
CANYON. i've ,nilas RON tnvgn whara Tia
hot springs, forty in number, come boiling
10 the sutfacs.
LATITUDE AND ALTITUDE.
Ine latitude Is about the same as that OF
| ceBsral Tennessee, while the altitude is
nearly e 50o feet. This continuation pi,yles
| n nac,,liar Ind mosr hannv rssuIt re ~
winter dnriny tna aag tha Harmon. .
seldom fails n tho shada halow Ano Iter
~ ofgsn runs In nc srnshia D ~ Shile
van more IN tho othsr h.n Cor
summer the heat il never o. =. nv tne
the shade, and no Light is 6nn warm fcr
comiortaoie Steep, unuer 2 40 or twoSblank-
e%UarvIen The vaar IS nine days out Of
extreme aryness Of .leao, This, with n
very slight prec' . a1 r.useu oy t%nee
resincus arc 'esspASon ny
pine. clad r mn 49, y
electricit -, sI,o 10 a w. "a,so asan,on =,
ozone : esn,tinn a. h u a,t;t,, ont H.
Local .op 1ftha 49, IandAionsad ~ moun-
tai !, n. !" -
d.ucr oa,hana nh ~ 10y ha ~
di. sasAop ~ resnirs tnrw aroans, nv.
) oarnan,sna ~ daatb frnra cons1na, f;on j.
itnwar ;n rsw Mav;co than IL is q, IN hsr,
else in the limited States: and nd otheJ
. place ia New Mexico excels Las Vegas il
I the salubrjtv of It's climate. Astbnatici
exDerience immedia .e and oarnanent re,
lief ia .his altitude.
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HSALin ~ rAAAooHA hAeoisi'' =
9 Ia the way OF health and pleasure re-
sorts. Las Vegas is unrivalad. In a radiu
, &, an m;,.s =, romantic nr,,oi,
!, = a"ont Aan;. - NM, aanuaA. h-a.I..
49, \ -. ITA.ao Hat nrtA~n 4 - ~
I 1,e - m;nar Ia, +, -
Iotseni $780, 500, 49,. un';
4 roisane a u9 =, 20 ; 0apoao, ~ -
: aua - "hera nas1th 49, ~ renowsroS
: ond Isa haoom I nrsasnra 70 tha a,nuua
the invalid, the ovef-WorKeu business man
NEWSPAPERS, MANUFACTURES, ETC.
Las Vegas has Swo daily and five weekly
newspapers; three banks; two building
and loan associations; three hotels, ant
many boarding houses nine churches; {
t number OF clubs, and ali the leading civil
ana sociai socleties' q ro!ler nour mill, ca
y pacity, nifty parrels a Gay Two wool
: securing establishments cleaning. l,1O0,OJ'
& pounas or Wool anhua'iy; a manufactorJ
G OF mineral ana cafponateu waters; twt
wagon aAd carriage factories; a SADDLE
ana harness factory; electric Ilght plant
three planning mills; Two cigar mannfacto
9 ries, and other enterprises OF less; import
aDce.
n There are eight large wholesale houses
whose trade extends throughout the Terri
! tory and into the adjoining sections, Will
e the volume OF this trade, and the values o
Ell west of Kansas Civ and south OF Den
Q YER. Three merchants brokers have Sc,
9 lected this city as their distributing center
. the amount Of their yearly snles exceed
!, ing, in the aggregate, the confined salel
: of all other such brokers in New Mexico
The retail merchants of Las Vegas art
more Numerous. and carry larger and bet
ter stocks OF goods than do the retail mar
chants Of any other town in this Territory
or Arjz ma.
oil
THE DISTRIBUTING POINT
Las Vegas is the distributing point FOL
: nearly ALI New Mexico. By tie Atchisor
-- s.,.. va.aaua
system sne naS oonneo.ion VIZ = y
| the east. Colorado on the north. ArizOnH