Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-08-12
Il MEADOW T
Some Things About Las Vegas Not
Generally Known to the
Outside World.

y. lies OF both sides of the Gallinas
liver, and. with It's suburbs, has about
10000 inhabitants.
It has excellent water works. arc
wellflled stores. beautiful residences
and in~candescent electric light plant,
telephone exchanges. headquarters Of
the Atchison railway system, new
Mexico division, together with rail-
road machine shops and t~ie-preserying
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, handierafts 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 we'll graded, while sidewalks
abound. shaded with growing trees.
Three parks, filed with grass and
trees, add to the beauty and healthfuI
ness OF the place. Handsome and
and innumerable lawns, set in grass
and adorned with ~shrnbbery ana
flowers, combine to proclaim a eultur
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 electri.
fied-a certain cure for consumption,
If the disease be taken in time. The
hot waters are a specific for liver,
skin, rheumatic and blood disorders.
Her MontezHma 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 Sanitarilm, conducted
by the Sisters Of Charity, and the
Plaza Sanitarium. conducted fy Dir.
" 1 Curtiss Bailey. M. d.
Vegas Is the distributing poinf
70. 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, Socorra
, 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 0i
S this trade. and the value OF the stocks
which they carry, cannot be duplicat
ed west Of Kansas City and south Of
Beaver. Three merchants brokers
have selected the city as their dis
tribnting center, the amount Of theiI
: yearly sales exceeding, In the aggre
/ gate, the combined sales Of all othel
Z 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 NJ
!, tail merchants OF any other town II
this Territory or Arizona.
! Las Vegas has two daily and 81,
: weekly papers. three banks. thre,
I building and loan associations, ak BIO
= tells. many boarding houses. min,
churches, Q number Of clubs
9 and all or the leading civic ant
} social societies; a roller -four mill
7 capacity, nifty barrels per LAY
1--WE ~woll-scouring establishments
cleaning $1,000 900 pounds OF wool an
nually; a wellecuipped brewery ant
! bottling establishment; 4 manufactor,
! Of mineral and carbonatcd waters
Z three wagon and carriage factories sa,
: die and harness factory; a foundry
4 electric light plant. three planning
, mills. and other enterprises Of less i'm
portance.
a A city hall. four public school build
Z lings. courthouse. Masonic temple. on
r 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, o
equal size. In the states.
The latitude is about the same D
J. that OF central Tennessee, while the a
) titude is nearly $500 feet. This CON
bination gives Q peculiar. but mos
!, happy, result. In the winter. durin.
= the day. the thermometer seldom fall
In the shade, below forty degrees
: while II often runs IN the sunshine. :
I sixty-hye degrees-or eve more. d
the other hand. In the summer, IN
beat Is oppressive, In the shsd'
and no night IL too warm for esI
Portable sleep, under q or Nv
blankets. The sun Will shine min
days out " every ten. The year ronns
Z This. with the extreme dryness o. "a
alr, caused by the yer, slight pTeaiI
= IfatiGn ~ moisture. the Tesln0us ar.
) ma. rouing d0an from The pinscia
. mountains ihe large Amount ~ elel
tfirjtS III tbe air ana tie cpnseguef
ol1le feeqifinF FROM the altitude an
ihe ~ Alton fhe igWp iagd Locke
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