Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-01-28

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 mountains, and com
prises the counties of Colfax, Mora
Taos, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Socorro
Dona Ana, Grant, Chaves, Lincoln, and
Eddy with parts OF Valencia and Ber-
nalillo-a country larger than all New
England. This takes in the famous
valley Of the Rio Grandex and the less
famous, but not less excellent, valley
of the Pecos-the finest fruit sections
Of the west.
A city hall, four public school build
ings, courthouse, Masonic temple, OPP
era house, Territorial Normal school
and Territorial insane asylum and pub
lie buildings, constructed OF red and
white sandstone, unsurpassed in beau
ty by similar ediices in any town. of
equal size. in the states.
Las Vegas has two daily and six
weekly papers, three banks, three
building and loan associations, six no
tells, many boarding houses, nine
churches, a number Of clubs,
and all Of the leading civic and
social societies; a roller -four mill,
capacity, fifty barrels per day;
five ~woll-scouring establishments,
cleaning 5000, 900 pounds Of wool an
nually; a well-ecuipped brewery ard
bottling establishment; 4 mandatory
of mineral and carbonated waters:
three wagon and carriage factories sad
die and harness factory; a foundry,
electric light plant, three planning
mills, and other enterprises Of less i'm.
portance.
There are eight large wholesale
houses, whose trade extends through
out the Territory, and into the adj
joining sections; while the volume OF
this trade. and the value of the stocks
| which they carry, cannot be duplicat.
ed yves. Of Kansas City and south OF
Denver. 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 I'd
tail merchants Of any other town in
this Territory or Arizona.
public school, a Kindergarten, a com
mercial school and music schools, be.
sides several private teachers, arc
among the educational advantages
| and facilities.
A convent school, Presbyterian mis-
sion school, Methodist manual train.
ing school, Christian Brothers insti
| tute, City high school, three-graded
This Territory Is rich in everything
iron, copper, coal, lead, silver. gold,
that constitutes the wealth of nations,
mica, limestone, sandstone, marbles
gypsum, salt, soda in endless variety and
exhaustless quantities, are among the
several products of the country which
Las Vegas commands. Sheep, cattle,
and lumber abound, SO that in each
of these prime articles of commerce
this city is the best market in New
Mexico. She handles more wool thar
all the other towns in the Territory
combined, while her commerce in hides
is truly enormous. In the same way,
she stands pre-eminent for her trade
in grains, hay, vegetables, and other
farm products; while her trade in ice,
gathered in the neighboring mountain
canyons, extends east into Kansas
west into Arizona, and south into Old
Mexico.