Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-08-10
n MEADOW CITY.
Some Thinqs About Las Vegas Not
Generally Known 10 the
outolde World.

Las Vegas, meaning The Meadows"
8 the county seat Of San Miguel coun
y. lies ol both sides of the 0allinas
liver. and. with Its suburbs, has about
10, 900 inhabitants.
It has excellent water works. arc
wellflled stores. beautiful residences
and ~incandescent electric light plant,
telephone exchanges, headquarters of
the Atchison railway system, new
Mexico division, together with rail-
road machine shops and Representing
works, stock yards and large sheep
shearing and dipping plants.
West of the river. the old town has
the quaint and picturesque Mexican
appearance adobe houses. narrow,
crooked streets, native people and
customs. handicrafts and occupations: |
but the plaza and all of the new town
east OF the river, constitute a distinc- |
tive American city. The streets are
wide and well graded, while sidewalks
abound, shaded with growing trees.
Three parks, filled with grass and
trees, add to the beauty and healthful-
ness Of the place. Handsome and
and innumerable lawns, set in grass
and adorned with shrubbery and
flowers, combine to proclaim a cultur.
ed community, possessed Of all mod
ern comforts and conveniences.
Las Vegas is the natural sanato-
rum of the United States, combining
more natural 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 no
malaria, no excessive heat or cold, no
gnats, rats or mosquitoes. The air is
pure, dry, rarified. and highly electri-
ied-a certain cure for consumption,
II the disease be taken in time. The
hot waters are a specific for liver.
skin, rheumatic and blood disorders.
Her Montezuma hotel is the finest hos
telfy between Chicago and California
and Is situated in q beautiful canyon,
five miles from town, where the hot
springs, forty in number, come boil
ing to the surface. Besides this,
st. Anthony's Sanitarium. conducted
by the Sisters Of Charity, and the
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W \ Curtiss Bailey. M. d.
- Vegas Is the distributing point
TO. nearly all New Mexico BY the
Atchison system, she has connection
with Kansas on the east. Colorado or
the north, Arizona and California or
the west, and Texas and Old Mexico
on the south. Besides these, she hal
more stage lines. connecting her will
tributary territory. than has any othel
J town In New Mexico. This territory
includes the entire section east ant
: south Of the mountains. and com
prises the counties of Colfax, Mora
Taos, San Miguel. Santa Fe. Socorrd
Dona Ana, Grant, Chaves, Lincoln, AMI
Eddy with parts Of Valencia and Bel
+ nalillo-a country larger than all New
{ England. This takes in the famou
valley Of the Rio Grande. and the les
famous, but not less excellent, vale,
: Of the Peces-the finest fruit section
! OF the west.
There are eight large wholesal
O houses, whose trade extends through
ont the Territory. and into the ~
joining sections: while the volume Z
9 this trade. and the value Of the stock
9 which they carry, cannot be duplica
ed VIZ 81 Of Kansas City and south
DeAver. Three merchants broker
!, have selected the city % their d.
tributing center, the amount Of the
u yearly sales exceeding. in the aggr
B. gate, the combined sales Of all oths
such brokers In New Mexico. II
retail merchants. Of Las Vegas, n
more numerous, and carry larger a.
y better stocks Of goods than do the r
r. tail merchants of any other town
"a this Territory or Arizona.
L. Las Vegas has two daily and .
weekly papers, three banks. thra
~ building and loan associations, elk b
tells, many boarding houses. nil
or churches, = number Of club
and all Of the leading civic n
social societies; . roller nour mi
capacity, nifty barrels per d..
I'd hve ~woll-scouring establishment
cleaning 5000. 900 pounds Of wool a
nually; q wellecuipped brewery Al
70 bottling establishment: 4 m~anufacto
of mineral and carbonated water
three wagon and carriage factories 81
X die and harness factory; . foundr
~ electric light plant, three planiI
lis mills, and other enterprises Of less Il
he portance.
A city hall, four public school bull
10 ings, courthouse, Masonic temple, q
Id era house, Territorial Normal schC
ed and Territorial insane asylum and pu
n. lie buildings. constructed OF red o
white sandstone. unsurpassed In bes
. ~ BY similar edincss In any town.
&c equal siEe. In the states.
The latitude ID about the same
~ that Of central Tennessee. while the
q titude 10 nearly $500 feet. This CO
bination gives . peculiar, but me
happy, result. In the winter. durii
the day, the thermometer seldom fal
he In the shade, belcv forty degre,
es. while It often runs N the sunshine.
sixty-nve degrees-or even more.
the other hand. In the summer. I
heat Is oppressive, In the sha'
'ur and no night IL too warm tor CT
90 Portable sleep, under N or t
"a blankets. The sun will shine nj
days out OF every ten. the year roul
ia This, with the extreme dryness Of I
air, caused by the very slight prec
BUT itation Of moisture: the resinous a
he ma, rolling down from the pine.cl
no mountains; the large an.oun OF Ell
tricity in the air. and the consequs
ozone resulting from the altitude; q
nd the location of the town. handbook
TOO by mountain and mesa--theso all c,