Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-01-27
HI MEADOW CITY.
some Things About Las Vegas Not
Generally Known to the
Outside World.

Las Vegas. meaning The Meadows"
s the county sea- of San Miguel coun-
y. lies OF both sides Of the Gallinas
liver, and. with it's suburbs, has about
$1,000 inhabitants.
It has excellent water works. arc
~ell-flled stores. beautiful residences
and incandescent electric light plant.
telephone exchanges, headquarters of
me Atchison railway system. New
Mexico division, together with rail-
road machine shops and tie-Dreserving
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. h~andicrafts and occupations;
out the plaza and all of the new town.
east of the river, constitute a distinc-
i've American city. The streets are
wide and well graded, while sidewalks
abound, shaded with growing trees.
Three parks, filed with grass and
frees, 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, nc excessive heat or cold, no
gnats, rats Or mosquitoes. The air is
pure, dry, rarified. and highly electri-
6ed-a certain cure for consumption,
if the disease be taken in time. The
hot waters are a specific for liver,
skin, rheumatic n blood disorders.
Her Montezuma hotel is the finest hos
telry between Chicago and California,
and is situated in a 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
Plaza San1tarlum. conducted ty DIR.
William Curtiss Bailey. M. D.
A city hall, four public school build
ings, courthouse, Masonic temple, op-
era house, Territorial Normal school
and Territorial insane asylum and pub
lie buildings. constructed OF red and
white sandstone, unsurpassed in beau
ty by similar edifices in any town, of
equal size. in the states.
The latitude is about the same as
that Of central Tennessee, while the al
titude is nearly $500 feet. This COM
bination gives q peculiar, but most
happy, result. In the winter, during
the day, the thermometer seldom falls,
In the shade, below forty degrees.
while it often runs IN the sunshine, to
degrees-or even more. On
the other hand. in the summer, the
heat Is never oppressive. in the shade,
and no night is too war; for com
sleep. under one or two
blankets. The sun will shine nine
days out of every ten. the year round.
This, with the extreme dryness OF the
air, caused by the very slight precip-
Of moisture; the resinous arc
ma. rolling down from the ~pine-clad
the large amount of cleo |
in the air. and the consequent
resulting from the altitude; and
he location IT the town. land-locked |
mountain and mesa--thesa all con- /
'pire to produce an atmosphere which |
q balm to all diseases Of the respi- |
ratory organs. The percentage of
ieath from consumption is lower in
New Mexico than It is anywhere else |
n the United States: aud TO other
,lace in New Mexico exce1s Las Vegas |
n the salubrity of is climate. Asth-
experience immediate and per.
nanent relief, IN this altitude.
Las Vegas II the distributing point