Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-08-17

check system. 4 banker Of the city,
In speaking Of this question estimated
that an actual cash sum Of : 2.50O or
$4,000 lying In the bank and circulat-
ing only by the check system, proba.
bly, transacted six or eight times its
face. In the business Of the town. APP
plying this estimate to the new money
sent Into the city monthly from the
pockets Of the wealthy patrons Of
the hotel. n can readily see what it
means as an addition to the per capi-
Ia" circulation Or this city.
The evident point 81 all this Is sim
ply 10 show what this resort mean 70
Las Vegas and how much more il
might mean If It were meeting with
the success which its attractions enti-
dc II to.
The management states that u be
on q paying basis the hotel should
have not less than rs guests. The
! winter before last II had from 40 to
% guests. The period from June a
year ago to last January vas the best
in It's history. Then came weeks 81
bad weather which heightened out into
a phenomcnally unpleasant spring for
this locality. This was most dlscour-
aging ID the hotel management as
the disconnected guests left In flocks,
a dozen on d train until they were re-
duced from nearly 100 to 25 Or even
less.
IL was after d few months Of this
that the Santa re management SER
iously considered closing up the big
hotel which has never been b paying
proposition and which was losing
them hundreds Of dollars every
month. AS an experiment they decid-
cd to abolish the medical stan and
sa~nitarium features, and conduct the
place purely as a pleasure resort.
II the results are not more enconr-
aging II III understood to be their In
tention to close up the hotel entirely.
This would be little short Of a disas-
ter to this city. We urge upon our
business men and especially upon the
physicians to take an active interest
Ia this proposition and lose no oppor-
tunity to advertise abroad the splen-
did attractions which this resort offers
during the entire year,
I In many cases. a letter from a Las
vegan to d relative or friend In the
east who seeks 1 cooler retreat during
the summer months, would result In
bringing a whole family to spend
weeks or possibly months at the hotel.
The Santa Tc road might be led
TO make greater efforts to advertise
the attractions Of their hotel II they
knew that the people Of Las Vegas
were taking an active interest In the
matter.
Ii cannot be denied that the Santa
Fe management has done little recent
ly in the way Of pushing the Interests
Of this resort. It Is not possible %
tell what n vigorous compaign Of nd
vertlsing would do for II, u backed
by o D rate inducements, also II q
Pullman could be started from this
point twice OF even once a week there
would be many more through travel
ers from the east who would break the
long trip by a Walt to the Montezuma-
AZ Ii IL. persons stopping on lose
their sleeping car reservations and
secure Others. il at all, only after
great delay and inconvenience.
Beyond noubt. II the main line q
the Santa Fe had been built
SO as to pass within view
Of The hotel and is beautiful grounds
and so that every passenger could see
il on the trip east or west i 9
long ago have become a resort 81 ma
,lonal and Il favorite resting
place for trans-contincntal passengers.
We understand that extensive I'm
proyemcnts. such as a complete remod-
elIing az the bath house, which are
badly needed and have long cen
contemplated. do not seem jnstiheu
nv the present patronage Of the hotel
These improvements would. withou.
doubt. be brought about Il the ho'ei
were 10 draw sufficient patronage
even 10 pay expenses.
The Optic urges upon tne
people or Las Vegas y
upon the omcials o the san
IA Fe road who have this matter N
charge "a make a united effort 70 al
,ertlse and popularize the Las Vegas
Hot springs and Montezuma hotel ~
: de,,rhtfnt resort during every month
of The year which offers u~nequaled
Inducements to person. 70 seareh !" =
ante, resiful health giving and beau.
inni mountain RETREAT
The Kansas Clis star urges that
Nhalssef estanuatlnn there ma, have
- l. IL 600 heIler nnrtared BY.