Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-08-24
THE MEADOW CITY.
Some Things About Las Vegas No.
Generally Known to the
Outside World.

SutAiAC VVTius
Las Vegas, meaning The Meadows"
s the county seat of San Miguel coun.
y, lies OF both sides Of the Gallinas
liver, ind with its suburbs. has about
10000 inhabitants.
It has excellent water works. arc
well-dlled stores. beautiful residences
and ineandescent 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, filed 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 electro
fied-a certain cure for consumption,
IL 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.
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 Sanitarium. conducted ny Dr.
v \ Curtiss Bailey. M. d.
Vegas Is the distributing poinf
10. nearly all New Mexico BY the
Atchison system. she has connection
with Kansas on the east, Colorado on
the north, Arizona and California on
the west, and Texas and Old Mexico
on the south. Besides these. she has
more stage lines, connecting her with
tributary territory. than has any other
town in New Mexico. This territory
includes the entire section east and
south Of the mountains. and com
prises the counties Of Colfax, Mora
Taos. San Miguel, Santa Fe, Socorro
Dona Ana, Grant, Chaves, Lincoln, and
Eddy with parts Of Valencia and Der
nalillo-a country larger than all New
England. This takes in the famous
valley Of the Rio Grande. and the less
famous. but not less excellent, valley
OF the Pecos-the finest fruit sections
of the west.
There are eight large wholesale
houses. whose trade extends through
out the Territory. and into the ad
joining sections; while the volume oi
this trade. and the value OF the stocks
which they carry. cannot be duplicat
cd ives, OF Kansas City and south Of
Denver. Three merchants brokers
have selected the city as their dis
tributing center, the amount Of theil
yearly sales exceeding. In the aggre
gate, the combined sales Of all Other
such brokers in New Mexico. The
retail merchants, OF Las Vegas. are
more numerous, and carry larger ant
better stocks OF goods than do the 10
tail merchants OF any other town In
this Territory or Arizona.
Las Vegas has two daily and 81,
weekly papers, three banks. thret
building and loan associations, six no
tells. many boarding houses, min.
churches, a number Of clubs
and all OF the leading civic ant
social societies; a roller -four mill
capacity, fifty barrels per lay
Ave ~wollscouring establishments
cleaning 5000. 900 pounds Of wool an
nunlly; a well.eculpped brewery ar
bottling establishment; d manufactor,
OF mineral and ~carbona;cd waters
three wagon and carriage factories SAT
die and harness factory; a foundry
electric light plant, three planin.
mills. and other enterprises Of less i'm
portance.
A city hall. four public school build
Jugs. courthouse. Masonic temple. or
era house. Territorial Normal schoo
and Territorial insane asylum and pub
lie buildings, constructed OF red an
white sandstone. unsurpassed In beau
ty by similar edifices In any town. 0
equal size. In the states.
The latitude 10 about the same .