Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-08
Il MEADOW CITY.
Come ThInes About Las Vegas Not
Generally Known 70 the
Outside Weird.

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y. lies OF both sides OF the Gallinas
liver, and. with its suburbs. has about
10000 inhabitants.
It has excellent water works. arc
well-hlled stores. beautiful residences
and i~ncandescent electric light plant,
telephone exchanges, headquarters Of
the Atchison railway system. rev
Mexico division. together with rail-
road machine shops and t~ie-preserving
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 hew 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 healthful
ness Of the place. Handsome and
and innumerable lawns, set in grass
and adorned with s~hrubbery and
flowers. combine to proclaim a cultur.
ed community, possessed Of all mod.
ern comforts and conveniences.
Las Vegas is the natural sanato-
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naIii,o--a country -largar ,han oil Naw
ENGLAND This takas in Tho famous
valley re- the Ma cranda ana tha lass
Famous. hut not less excellent, valley
Of the pecos-the finest fruit sections
lof the west.
There are eight large wholesale
houses, whose trade extends through.
out the Territory, and into the ad-
Joining sections: while the volume OF
this trade, and the value of the stocks
which they carry, cannot be duplicat-
ed WCS' OF KANSAS City ana 6OutQ Oh
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 70.
tail merchants of any other town in
this Territory or Arizona.
Las Vegas has two daily and six
weekly papers. three banks. three
building and loan associations. six no.
tells. many boarding houses. nine
churches. i number ~ cluha
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