Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-06-19
VISITOR SAYS YE6ls mas
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"I4as Vegas shows considerable Inn
proysnent since | vas here q littie
over d year ago" said Il. X. AlleA,
formerly of this city. now of Hisbee.
Arir.. Who 10 visiting relatives and
friends In the city. Mr.. Alien Con-.
sinued. $s.... .n
For the amount of money Tor pub
lie Improvement Al The disposal Of
the people Las Vegas undoubtedly
has any other town In the ,auntsy
skinned n city block. the Gew bnil1
ings that have gone up daring IN
:ast year are all OF solid ans. ssihssan-
sial character--made % last One
thing has always abesn a,oticeabie
aEaut Las yegas--her peop,c never AZ
anything hy halves except one thing
iae. insist on dividing fhe town ,in
tso parts instead of haviur one This
,a 10 Ne regretted. hut I'M solution NJ
Inc problem Il ii mutual concession
aud perhaps some sacriree on the
psas u one s,de o. Tho nshkr 10 the
sffars 10 sstMlU 5soisss on
thu west side Ms< oeen ~ ~ sar
pr,t'ns with thar on tbs nast side.
asne the main directs Of the .'old
FoSa.f twentysaye vears ~ag, d siin,
| glsd roof vas 4 fnre slght today the
aat te roof Ii an except " Another
tllng. the west slis sprc< = havt
heon making great strides irsthe past
fw years, aud Was greatly sur
~ 'sed IN stroliIng along ans of the
streets The other day 10 sae number
of children, at play singing English
sergs and CARRYING on theis. converse.
I'm In the lanwnare of she cosnirs---
tia was not los lille even ten years
aga
Electric Railway.
what do you think n Las Vegas
electric railway nowYa asked The op.
tic man. d
well. you have 70 go TO the big
cities to find az good Las veEans
have reason 10 congratulate >thenl.
selves over the discovery of VII
liam Besidecke. n had the
pleasure of meeting the gentleman
| when here about year ago. He's
Of the kind that can build city. AL.
most by himself | am told that nv.
Bartheis Is Of the same Kind Of stnN.
II IL certainly q fne porsr housS,
splendidly equipped. that the new
company has erected on TweIftn
II am dee-llehted. IN d Roosaveltian
way. with the Y. NJ. G. A. building.
Always did believe II cgnid be built.
It's an ornament to the city and
should be. and no doubt win be ap.
preciated by the young men Of the
city. especially. The Pierce.Jones
block Ia nice piece of work archi.
tecturaliy. and the Aqua Pura's new
building Is also 1 credit 10 the city.
"A. o. Wheeler. too, has i kpoa. build.
Ing. aud By far the bs1s eq1lpped
steam laundry ~ Ixenv<e ana
Los Angeles, Ind I'D kEsn'f M a
neater. better equipped pix6 any.
where than Van Petten 4 Frt<s BAN
! qmet /" 1 n
"on the Whole. Las Nsrkneyer
looked better to me thI -
the present time and VIM fYfa
tirium Undertaking and the canI III
dry farming method proving q spc.
cess. should grow rapidly. !"
DO yon hear anythins but The
Dawson cutoff being u he
Phelps Dodge peoples"
No, nothing definite. ~ can NJ.
pend on Il though that when the ows5
ers Of the great Copper Queen mines
/ (which this year promises TO take
first place among the big copper
mines OF the worldl conclude that thr
proposed road will make q material
saving they can soon find the mones
ito put n II, The phelps.D .Dodge com
] pany moves quickly when ii under
takes a proposition and II wonldn1
/ surprise me at all II they had trains
/ rnnatng through Las Vegas ID Ilpw
4 son IN 4 year Or two. which, os conrst,
would mean considerable for La
Vegas. =