Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-02-02
Il CITY.
some Things About Lac Vegas Not
Generally Known % the
outojdo World.

Las vAgAs,meaning THE Meadows."
. the county seat of San Miguel coun-
y, lies OF both sides Of the 0ainnas
liver, and. with its suburbs. has about
q. 1000 Inhabitants.
Il has excellent water works. arc
well-hlled stores. beautiful residences
and incandcscent electric light plant,
selephone exchanges. headquarters OF
the Atchison railway system. Iew
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 q 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 q 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 e 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 electrl-
iied-a certain cure for consumption.
IL 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,
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 Sanitarlum. conducted ~ DR..
| William Curtiss Bailey. M. D.
Las Vegas is the distributing point
for nearly all New Mexico BY the
Atchison system, she has connection
In the way Of health and pleasure
resorts. Las Vegas is unrivaled. In q
radius OF twenty miles. In romantic
mountain glens and beside babbling
mountain brooks, are he Las Vegas
hot springs. Harvey's. Ell Porvenir,
Blake's, Sparks Sapello. Rociada.
and other places. too numerous to
mention, where health can be recov-
cred, and life becomes a pleasure to
the ennuye. the invalid, the over.
worked business man.
The latitude is about the same a.
that of central Tennessee. while b 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 b sunshine, to
sixty-five degrees-0r even more. On
the other hand, in the summer, the
heat is never oppressive. In the shade'
and no night 10 too warm Tor com
Portable sleep. under one or two
blankets. The III 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
mOunCuIuss TIC 1ul ethe4lnaaiUnula ARC
tricity In the air, and the consequent
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the location of the town, land-iockel
by mountain and mesa--these all con
spire to produce an atmosphere which
is a balm to all diseases Of the respi
rat0ry organs. The percentage OF
death from consumption Is lower in
New Mexico than It Is anywhere else
in the United Statos: and 10 other
place in New Mexico excels Las Vegas
IN thn on1r1hv&<x - }k1 .lsu.n< AL
mates experience immediate ana per
manent relief. in this altitude.
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.
Las Vegas has two daily and six
weekly papers. three banks. three
building and loan associations, six ho-
tells. many boarding houses, nine
churches. a number Of clubs,
and all OF the leading civic and
social societies; a roller flour mill,
capacity. nifty barrels per day; !
nve woll-scouring establishments, I
cleaning 5000, 900 pounds of wool an
nually; q well-ecuipped brewery and
bottling establishment; 4 mandatory |
of mineral and carbonated waters; |
three wagon and carriage factories sad
die and harness factory: a foundry, |
electric light plant, three planning
mills. and other enterprises Of less i'm.
portance.
There are eight large Wholesale
houses, whose trade extends through
out the Territory. and into the ad-
sections: while the volume OF
this trade. and the value of the stocks
which they carry. cannot be duplicat-
ed wesi Of Kansas City and south OF
Beaver. Three merchants brokers
have selected the city as their dis
tributing center. the amount Of their
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 and
better stocks Of goods than do the TO-
all merchants Of any other town in
his Territory or Arizona.
A convent school, Presbyterian mis-
lion school. Methodist manual train
ng school, Christian Brothers insti-
ute, City high school, three-graded
public school. . kindergarten, . COM
school and music schools. be.