Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-08-22
Il MEADOW CITY.
some Things About Las Vegas Not
Generally Known 70 the
outside World.

Generally Known 70 the
outslde World.
Las Vegas, meaning The Meadows.
s the comfy seat OF San Miguel coun-
y. lies Oh both sides OF the Gallinas
liver, and. with its suburbs, has about
$1,000 inhabitants.
It has excellent water works. arc
well-flled stores. beautiful residences
and i~ncandescent electric light plant,
telephone exchanges, headquarters Of
the Atchison railway system. 4.ew
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 e town
east OF the river, constitute a distinc-
tive American city. The streets are
&ide 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 riorned with shrubbe-y and
flowers, combine to proclaim q cultur.
ed community, possessed OF all mod
I ern comforts and conveniences.
I 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
3 Springs OF Arkansas, while her climate
lie infinitely superior. There 10 no
malaria, no excessive heat or cold, no
gnats, rats or mosquitoes. The air Is
q pure, dry, rariied. and highly electri'
g ded-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
g Her Montezuma hotel ID the finest hos
telry between Chicago and California
! and IL situated In q beautiful canyon
Ave miles from town, where the hCt
= springs, forty In number. come boil
p ing to the surface. Besides this
st. Anthony's Eanitarium. conducted
d BY the Sisters Of Charity. and thu
PIa7a Sanitar1um. conducted ~ Or
4 Curtiss Bailey. M. d.
g Vegas IL the distributing poinI
.. 70. nearly all New Mexico BY tn
Atchis0n system. she has connection
4. with Kansas on the east, Colorado OF
the north, Arizona and California Of
the west, and Texas and Old Mexic'
on the south. Besides these, she ha
\, more stage lines, connecting her witt
IS tributary territory, than has any othe
ID town in New Mexico. This territor.
:. includes the entire section east AM
south Of the mountains. and com
= prises the counties Of Colfax. MDrs
p. Taos, San Miguel. Santa Fe, 6ocorrt
Dona Ana, Grant, Chaves. Lincoln. an
ia Eddy with parts Of Valencia and Bel
81 nalillo-a country larger than al Ne'
England. This takes In the famou
u valley or the Rio Grande. and the les
famous, but not less excellent, vale
"a of the Pecos--the finest fruit section
of the west.
There are eight large wholesal
y houses. whose trade extends through
a out the Territory, and into the q,
10. Joining sections; while the volume
nd this trade. and the value Of the stock
81 which they carry. cannot be dupltca
y ed west OF Kansas City and south I
ne Beaver. Three merchants broker
Ils have selected the city - their di
le- tributing center, the amount Of the
yearly sales exceeding. In the aggr
gate, the combined sales Of all 0tht
Y. such brokers In New Mexico. II
lily retail merchants, Of Las Vegas, u
we more numerous. and carry larger a.
better stocks OF goods than do the =
s.. tail merchants OF any other town
this Territory OF Arizona
ia Las Vegas has two daily and .
weekly papers, three banks. thr'
dy building and loan associations, six b
nd tells, many boarding houses. nil
churches, number Of club
ana ali Of the leading civic ~
'ss social societies; . roller 1our mi
Use capacity, nifty barrels per 10!
nk. hye woll-scouring establishment
lal. cleaning 100000 pounds OF wool a
,he nually; q ~well-ecuipped brewery al
s, bottling establishment; a manufactol
'ci OF mineral and carbonatcd waterl
three wagon and carriage factofles ;si
die and harness factory; q foundr
,st. electric light plant. three planil
mills, and other enterprises OF less II
portance. !.
"A city hall, four public school bull
18th iugs, courthouse. Masonic temple, 0
era house, Territorial Normal scho
and Territorial insane asylum and pu
lie buildings, constructed OF red 81
white sandstone. unsurpassed 70 bea
nal ty BY similar edifces In any tswn,
pal. equal size. IN the states.
mia The latitude 10 about the sme
that OF central Tennessee, while IL I
ltitude ID nearly $500 feet. This soi