Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-08-21
THE MEADOW I
some Things About Las Vegas Not
Generally known TO the
Outside World.


Outside World.
Las Vegas. meaning THE Meadows
8 the county seat OF San Miguel couu
y. lies OF both sides Of the Gallinas
liver. and. With Its suburbs, has about
10000 n habitants.
1t has excellent water works. arc
Rellflled stores. beautiful residences
and in~candescent electric light plant,
telephone exchanges, headquarters Of
the Atchison railway system, ..ew
Mexico division, together with rail-
road machine shops and ~tie-prescrving
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 shrubbe.y and
flowers, combine to proclaim q cultur. |
ed community. possessed OF all mod.
ern comforts n conyeniences.
Las Vegas is the natural sanato-
rum of the United States, combining
more natural advantages than any
/ afhnx nIar M tn -, ,tno IT,. o~.u.
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, rariled. and highly electri-
fed-a certain cure for consumption,
J II the disease be taken In time. The
/ hot waters are specific for liver,
skin, rheumatic and 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
Pls7a Sanitarium, conducted ~ Ur.
S v 4 Curtiss Bailey. M. d.
Vegas is the distributing point
: TO. nearly all New Mexico BY the
Atchison system, she has connection
y with Kansas on the east. Colorado Oh
, the north, Arizona and California on
j the west. and Texas and Old Mexico
on the south. Besides these, she has
7 more stage lines, connecting her with
! tributary territory, than has any other
y town In New Mexico. This territory
Is includes the entire section east and
y south Of the mountains, and com,
prises the counties Of Colfax, Mora
Y Taos. San Miguel, Santa Fe, Socorrd
u D0na Ana. Grant, Chaves. Lincoln. and
Eddy with parts Of Valencia and Der
y nalillo-a country larger than all New
England. This takes in the famous
= valley OF the Rio Grapde, and the lesi
famous, but not less excellent, VALLEY
III Of the Pecos-the finest fruit sections
Of the west.
M There are eight large wholesale
houses, whose trade extends through
Al out the Territory, and into the I'D
TO joining sections; while the volume o
u.s. this trade. and the value o. the stock
IN which they carry, cannot be duplicat
ed west Of Kansas City and south O
y Denver. Three. merchants broker
have selected the city as their dis
ny ~tributing center. the amount Of thei
Is yearly sales exceeding. in the aggre
gate. the combined sales Of all 0the
such brokers In New Mexico. Tn
y, retail merchants, Of Las Vegas. ar
more numerous, and carry larger an
ID better stocks Of goods than do the +.
! tall merchants OF any other town !
this Territory or Arizona.
Las Vegas has two daily and 81
I'M weekly papers. three banks, tire
OF building and loan associations. elk b.
tells. many boarding houses. min
Fl, churches. . number VI club
IN and all Of the leading civic an
social societies; . roller nour mil
on capacity. nfty barrels per .isy
ELL i've wolLscouring establishment
cleaning 5000. 900 pounds Of wool al
nually; q w~elLecuipped brewery an
bottling establishment; q manufactor
OF mineral and c~arbonatcd waters
tar three wagon and carriage factories; sa
m die and harness factory; q foundr
electric light plant, three planin
" mills. and other enterprises Of less In
II portance.
ma. A city hall. four public school bull
hugs. courthouse. Masonic temple. o
era house. Territorial Normal scho
lne and Territorial insane asylum and pu
to lie buildings. constructed OF red Or
an. white sandstone, unsurpassed In bea
II. ~ by similar edi6css In any town,
equal size. In the states.
The latitude ID about the same
IN that Of central Tennessee. while the
I'VE titude 10 nearly $500 feet. This COZ
els bination gives Q peculiar, but mo
the happy. result. In the winter. durir
S, the day. the thermometer seldom fall
VI. IN the shade. belnv forty degree
md while II often runs IN the sunshine,
ith sixty.nve degrees-or even more. c
cid the other hand. In the summer. Il
heat 10 never oppressive. In the shad
and no night Is too warm for CO.
Portable sleep. under one or tv
blankets. The sun will shine Mi
mn days out Of every ten, the year roun
4. This. with the extreme dryness OF Il
air. caused by the very slight preoi
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