Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-24
H MEADOW CITY.
Come rhIngs Abeut Lac Vegas Not
Generally Known 70 The
outeide World.

$3.50 $500 Soee wv
Generally Known 20 The
Outside World.
Las vNgas. meaning The Meadows"
9 the county seat Of San Miguel coun-
y. lies Oh 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 incandescent electric light plant,
telephone exchanges, headquarters OF
the Atchison railway system. new
Mexico division, together with rail-
road machine shops and tie-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 new town,
east OF the river, constitute q distinc-
tive 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 healthful.
ness Of the place. Handsome and
and innumerable lawns, set In a
and adorned with s%hrubbery and
flowers, combine to proclaim 4 cultur.
ed community, possessed Of all mod.
ern comforts and conveniences.
Las Vegas Ii 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, rari6ed, and highly electri-
fed-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.
Her Montexuma hotel ID the finest hos
telry between Chicago and California
and IL situated In Z beautiful canyon,
nve miles from town, where the hot
springs, forty IN number. come boil
Ing to the surface. Besides this,
st. Anthony's 6anitarium. conducted
BY the Sisters Of Charity. and the
Plass 6anitarium. conducted by Dr..
\ Curtiss Bailey. NJ. D. sss
2~ Vegas is the distributing point
TO. nearly all New Mexico BY the
Atchis0n 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 m~ountains, and com
prises the counties Of Colfax, Mora
Taos, San Miguel, Santa Fe. Socorr6
Dona Ana, Grant, ChAves. Lincoln, ana
Eddy with parts Of Valencia and Ber.
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 E eight large Wholesale
houses, whose trade extends through
out the Territory, and into the ad-
Joining sections; while the volume Of
this trade. and tia value OF the stocks
which they carry, cannot be duplicatr
ed west OF Kansas City and south OF
Denver. Three merchants brokers
have selected the city O. their dis
tributlng center, the Amount of their
yearly sales exceedings II the asgre-
gate, the combined sales Of Ill other
such brokers In New Mexico, The
retail merchants, OF Las Vegas, are
more numerous, and carry larger and
better stocks Of geods othau DO ~ ~
tail merchants of any other town In
this Territory or Arizona
Las Vegas has two dauy and six
weekly pappss. tAree bank. three
building and loan associations, six no
ted. many boarding houses, nine
churches. 4lf . number 0f clubs,
and I'll ct H. leading cavie and
social societies; . roller aour mill.
capacity. 1fty barrels per day:
ave woll-scouring establishments,
ClC00A0B OSVvVpSVV DVU0QD " WVV1 -
nualiy; . well-eouipped brewery and
bottling establishment; \ mandatory
Of mineral and carbonAtcd waters;
three wagon And carriage factories ;saA
die and harness factory; Z foundry.
electric light plant. three planning
mills. and other enterprises Of less i'm.
p~ortance.
A city hall. four public school build
tugs, courthouse. Masonic temple. op-
era house. Territorial Normal school
and Territorial insane asylum and pub
lie buildings, constructed Of red and
white sandstone, unsurpassed In beau
~ BY aimilar edinces In any town. Of
equal size. In the states.
The latitude 10 about the same ~
that Of central Tennessee. while the a.
titude 10 nearly $500 feet. This COM
bination gives . peculiaf. but most
happy. result. In the winter. during
the day. the Thermometer seldom falls.
in the shade. belrv forty degrees.
while Il often = . N the sunshine. to
sixty-0ve degrees-or eve more. On
the other hand. In the summer, the
heat II never oppressive. IN The shade.
and no nigAt - too warn to- cen