Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-08-01
Il MEADOW CITY.
Some rhinpe About La Vegas Not
Generally Known 70 the
outelde World.

Outside World.
Las vueas.meanlng The Meadows"
3 the county seat Of San Miguel coun-
y. lies OF both sides Of the Gallinas
liver, and. with its suburbs, has about
10000 inhabitants.
II has excellent water works. arc
wellldlled 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 tie-preserving
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 4 distipc-
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 . cultur.
ed community. possessed OF all mod
ern comforts and conveniences.
Las Vegas IL 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, rarifed. and highly electri-
fied-a certain cure for consumption,
II the disease be taken In time. The
hot waters are q 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,
Ave miles from town. where the hot
springs, forty In number, come boil
ing to the surface. Besides this.
st. Anthony's 4anitarium. conducted
by the Sisters Of Charity. and the
Plaza ~SanitarIum, conducted ~ Or.
w \ Curtiss Bailey. NJ. D.
! - Vegas Is the distributing point
TO. 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. 6ocorrd
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 lesi
famous. but not less excellent, valley
Of the Peces-the finest fruit sections
Of the west.
There are eight large wholesale
houses. whose trade extends through
out the Territory. and into the I'D
Joining sections; while the volume o
this trade. and the value Of the st0ckl
which they carry, cannot be duplicat
ed We 81 Of Kansas City and south 0
Uelver. Three merchants broker
have selected the city a. their dis
tributing center. the amount Of thei
yearly sales exceeding, In the aggre
gate, the combined sales Of all Othe
such brokers In New Mexico. Tn,
retail merchants, Of Las Vegas. ar
more numerous, and carry larger an
better stocks Of goods than do the ~
tail merchants Of any other town Il
this Territory or Arizona.
Las Vegas has two daily and oil
weekly papers. three banks. thre
building and loan associations. ak ht
tells. many boarding houses. MIN
churches, q number Ut club
and all Of the leading civic an
social societies: . roller nour mil
capacity, nifty barrels per day
i've w~oll-scouring establishment
cleaning 5000. 900 pounds Of wool ar
nually; . wellecuipped brewery an
bottling establishment; a manufactor
Of mineral and carbonstcd waters
three wagon and carriage factories So
die and harness factory: foundry
electric light plant. three planin
mills. and other enterprises Of less In
portance.
A city hall. four public school build
hugs, courthouse. Masonic temple. Of
era house. Territorial Normal schoe
and Territorial insane asylum and pull
lie buildinss. constructed Of red IN
white sandstone. unsurpassed In bear
ty BY similar edinces in any town. q
equal size. In the states.
The latitude % about the same Z
that Of central Tennessee. while the .
titude 10 nearly $500 feet This con
bination gives . peculiar. but MOI
happy. result. In the winter. durtn
the day, the thermometer seldom fall
IN the shade. belrw forty degrees
while II often runs IN the sunshine.
sixty.nve degreee-or even more. O
the other hand. in the summer. "a
heat II never oppressive. in the chad
and no night 10 too warm for e0o
Portable sleep. under q or tv
blankets. The sun viii shine min
days out Of every ten. the year rouna
This, with the extreme dryness Of th
air. caused by the very slight preoll
itation Of moisture; the resinous IN
ma, rolling down from the pine-cA
mountains; the large amount Of sse'
tricity in the air. and the consequer
ozone resulting from the altitude: An
the location II the town. land.locke
by mountain and mesa--theso all col
spire to produce IN atmosphere whic