Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-01-30
THE MEADOW CITY.
some Things About Las Vegas Not
Generally Known to the
Outside World.

LAs vngas,meaning The Meadows
8 the county seat of San Miguel coun
y, lies OIL both sides OF the Gallinas
iver, and. with its suburbs, has about
5000 inhabitants.
1t has excellent water works, arc
"eliflled stores. beautiful residences
and incandescent electric light plant
telephone exchanges, headquarters OF
me Atchison railway system. lsew
Mexico division. together with rail
road machine shops and Representing
works. stock yards and large sheep
Snearlng 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:
out b plaza and all of the new town,
east Of the river, constitute a distinc.
1--WE 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 healthfuI-
ness of the place. Handsome and
and innumerable lawns. set in grass
and adorned with shrubbery and
AkVW 81 COAlOA4C 10 RIOC1d11 q CultuI-
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. rarifed. and highly electri-
ded-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 q 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 ry DR..
William Curtiss Bailey. NJ. 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 a
radius Of twenty miles, in romantic
slens and beside babbling
brooks. r the Las Vegas
hot springs, Harvey's, FL Porvenir,
Blake's. Sparks Sapello. Rociada,
and other places, too to
mention, where health can be rccov-
cred, and life becomes a pleasure to
The ennuye. the invalid. the over
business man.
The latitude is about the same o.
hat Of central Tennessee, while the al
.itude Is nearly $500 feet. This COM
gives q peculiar, but most
Happy. result. In the winter. during
he day, the thermometer seldom falls. !
n the shade, below forty degrees. |
While It often runs IN the sunshine, to
|ixty-ive degrees-or even more. On
he other hand. in the summer, the
leat is never oppressive. In the shade,
md no night is too warm for CON-
ortable sleep. under one or two
'lankets. The sun will shine nine
Iays out of every ten. the year round.
his, with the extreme dryness OF the
tr, caused by the very slight precip-
tAtion Of moisture; the resinous aro-
a., rolling down from the pine-clad
the large ana0un Of cleo
richly In the air. and the consequent
zone resulting from the altitude: and
he location IT the town, land-locked
y mountain end mesa--thesa all con-
pire to produce an atmosphere which
} q balm to all diseases Of the respi-
organs. The narconfago 0f