Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-28
BOOMING LAS VEGAS
1. r. ALLEN OF THE OPTIC IN.
TERvIEWED BY AL6uouER.
QUE AND SANTA FE
PAPERS.
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Better Feeling Between Meadow City
and Albuquerque. 70 Cut Some
Ice.

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L. II. Allen, who has been spending
4 few days attending TO business In
albuquerque and Santa re. II quoted
In Yesterdays Journal Democrat as
follows: sl
Mfr. L. II. Allen, business manager
Of the Las Vegas Optic, came down
from the Meadow City last night and
IL spending today here attending to
business matters.
In the course OF a conversation be-
tween al Albuquerque man ami Mr..
Allen, the changed sentiment appar.
ent between Las Vegas and the Duke
City was discussed at some length.
Mr.. Allen Ii an old Las Vegan, and
knows tho San Miguel town and It's
people pretty well.
"Did you see what a crowd OF peo.
pie We sent down TO the fair?" asked
Mr.. Allen. Fully 200 81 our people
came down here during the week. AMI
they all had q good time and think
Albuquerque Is q fine city. A few
years ago this would have been q most
remarkable thing, and It shows clearly
that any feeling Of bitterness which
ever existed Is wiped out"
Funny" said the Albuquerque man.
"A few years ago you couldn't get q
Las vegan TO say anything good about
albuquerque, and vice versa. A
Meadow City man, until recently.
would die before he would admit that
Albuquerque had Ave more people In
It than his town, and people here
were the same way. Now Il Ii dif.
ferent."
Il think the former attitude OF the
two leading papers had q great deal
TO DO with AZ" said Mr.. Allen. "lhe
present position OF good.natured RI
valry and friendliness maintained is
the only sensible thing, and has had
considerable effect In doing away with
N imaginary enmity between New
Mexico's two leading Cities.
1T appears to me- said the Duke
City man, THAT the travel between
Las Vegas and Albuquerque is in
creasing considerably. and / think
there will be q greater exchange of
visits In the future. don't
. why the people shouldn't
make practice Or migrat-
ing from n place % the other dur
Ing the different seasons. Las Vegas
is an ideal place to spend the summer.
and Albuquerque Is much milder and
p~leasanter in the winter time. Quite
. number OF families and health
seekers are doing Il now. and It Is a
pretty good plan. Even business men
a snatch = few days on and 90 10
the Hot Springs In the summer, ami
Las Vegas citizens often come down
TO the Aivarado TO stay over Sunday
In the winter. The more OF this the
bettsr. II promotes good fellowship
between the cities, and they learn q
good many things about each other.
Las Vegas 10 growing and improv-
Ing just Is Albuquerque ID" said Mr..
Allen. The big irrigation project 10
use the waters or the SapeIlo and the
Gallinas Is . great thing for the city.
Then the possession Of the great Las
Vegas grant means much 10 the
Meadow City. Il isn't every town that
owns thousands OF acres Of land
around itself. In fact. everything ii
present points to . very rosy future
for Las Vega
From the New Mexican.
Las Vegas 10 fast forging to the
front A. an Ice center. the pay rolls
Of this industry being second only to
those Of the Santa Re railway"
The foregoing statement was made
yesterday by L. n. Allen, business
manager OF the Las Vegas Optic, who
was = business visitor In the city.
Notwithstanding the expectations
Of . number Of citizens Of Las Veg.
as that the construction Of the Rock
Island would have an evil effect on the
business Of Las Vegas" continued Mr..
Allen. while II has effected Il some,