Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-19
The TROLLEY RIDE
Entrancing sylvan and Monm-
tain Beauty Along the pie-
turesaue Way
CHICAGO AUTHORS VERSION

1 Under date u October u, Wallace
Rice. the brilliant literary critic, who
has charge OF the newspaper end Of
i the Hearst trip. sent the following ac.
count cf the visit Of his party tp Las
Vegas:
New Mckee began "a extend its
greetings to the Hearst congressional
special at 8 O'Clock yesterday.
Las Vegas was reached in the pleas
ant sharpness Of an early morning in
the mountains, The party was hard
I II awake before tho station Iii front
of the long train was packed with the
leading residents Of The pleasant city,
regardless of all political questions ex.
cept the crying one of statehood New
Mexico at its best was on parade.
Greeted by Mayor and Citizens.
Among the delegates present we're
! Mayor r. G. Goodall, Postmaster I. O..
Blood, George p Money son of the
senator from Mississippi; j. G. Nc
Nary. editor Of the Daily Optic; Attor-
ney r. Chacon, interpreter for the 10.
cal courts: w. q. Hayden, N. M.
Browne; James H Stearns. II G.,
Coors, j. NJ Lucas, G. H.
Sporleder and many others.
Here. too, were Barnard $.
! Roaey. the territorial delegate In con.
gress; w. S. Hopewell, the chirmn,
and former Judge N. 3. Laughlin, the
secretary of the democratic central
committee OF New Mexico, who were
to accompany the party on its way TO
I Albuquerque,
A trolley car was waiting Just be
yond the stream, and reception com
mittee say Mr.. Hearsts' guests safely
aboard and started on most interest
ing ride through the foothills Of the
Rockies.
A thriving and Enthusiastically
American town has grown M here
since 1880. The Rio Gallinas, not
half SO romantic under It's English
name Of Chicten Creek. divides the
city of Las Vegas from the town Of
the same name. Yesterday there was
little or no water In the river bed,
| but as the car went np the canyon
the dam across the stream explained
the reason
Through Foothills on Trolley.
Alfalfa fields, some OF them yielding
their fourth crop OF the year. stretched
green and graceful along the track.
From time to time market gardens
smiled prosperously back TO the warm
sun Evidences OF mineral prosperity
were to be seen In the form Of copper
smelters. Farther on the hills rose NJ
the river side. their glowing colors Of
rose and purple giving a hint of the
coming glories Of the Grand canyon.
The dams across the river left liquid
mirrors In which these delicacies OF
color had brilliant reflections These,
as was explained, served as tho sour.
ces for Ice for The population. a sun
too hot for ordinary sufferance In the
thin Dir leaving Two feet Of Ice in the
shade. In the background were build
Ings to prove the civic thrift OF the
New Mexican commonwealth. The in.
sane asylum Of the territory. an admir-.
ably equipped hospital and other pub,
lie buildings. including two fine public
schools. led the way TO the old Monte
yuma hotel. SOON TO become the mil
itary hospital for consumptlves Of the
United States army.
Along the right Of way the mem,
bers of the party caught their first
glimpse OF adobe houses, some OF
them built with heavy solid walls Of
sun.dried brick. others plastercd by
swartthy Americans OF Spanish de.
scent Al the hotel Montezuma are
the famous hot springs, a score Or
more, from which the city takes IT.
name, and stationed about II are ap.
pliances for mud baths. yapor baths
and other Instruments for restoring
honith. Not far beyond The scenic
road which the territory Il building
with convict labor raiseI itself from
The terminal of the trolley line up