Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-22

40 y Huitof ~ tuo Ncpuuiis"hs
With the Morocco conference ia
nael at Algeciras drawing attention
q the diplomatic world TO this An
dalusian town. opposite Gibraltar,
tourists will review In their minds
the sights and scenes OF that interest
Ing aud thoroughly Spanish place and
picture 10 themselves the landing
stage, the busy crowds, the welikcpt
soldiermen. the customs officers. and
the street life. SO quaint and so dit
ierent from the dwellers on the
Rock across the bay. Algeciras,
now the terminus OF the Bobadilla
railway. built and operated by a Brit
ish company. has OF late years grown
rapidly and has become much alive
10 modern ways Of thinking. now that
thousands OF tourists use this en-
trance into the interior of Spain, and
and such entertainment In the vicin.
ity worth their while TO stop over
and spend their money. The. ferry
boat Aline and others In commission
run from the pier In Gibraltar and
make frequent trips across the stretch
of Ave miles. and AFFORD a fine ride.
II even only 10 get a good view OF
the many novel sights spread out be-
fore the traveller In all parts Of the
bay.
Life on the Rock" Is most unique.
~ II has no parallel In the world. 40
busy and full OF life are Its inhabi-
tants. ciyii and military. swarming
like flies on the side Of the sI0ping
hill. On leaving the pier near Wa.
terport steps, where many boatmen
ara hagging over fares with tourists
for only by boat car mi get out to
the big liners In the bay-or II II Is
the Tangier steamer ready to sail.
one sees giant Moors all g0wned In
white. with bare legs and embroider-
81 slippers. Spaniards and Jews go
Ing to the African town to trade
the scene IL beyond description, 40
many are the details for the eye to
embrace In this busy spot. Behind
the new mole lie the ships Of war,
and al around are the merchant ships,
for "Gib' Gas It IL called by the ma.
tives) II not only a regular port Of
cali for the liners. but much trade II
done. ~ n q see by the class Of
business done on waterproof street,
tho main and most crowded thorough
fare On the Rock"
Clear Of the wharf and out In the
bay. n can see the sleeping lion
shape OF the great rock, the head
turned toward Spain, three miles In
length from Europa Point on the south
10 the north end. where the rock Is
an abrupt and PERCEPTIONS clin, 1900
feet high. Then following the water
line still northward there comes that
piece ut No Mans Land, "a mile
square, the neutral strip guarded by
the British sentries on The Rock
side. and on the mainland Of Spain
by the dark-eyed native Of Andalusia
The neutral land seems covered with
black dots. which turn out by the
glass to be hurrying people going be-
tween the lines Of demarcation under
the surveillancee or the wideawake
sentries. Beyond the Spanish lines
are the ruins Of the old Notifications,
and q cluster Of whitewashed houses,
barracks for the Spanish troops,
forming quite q g0od-sixed town.
Away to the south the brown and
dried-up barren mountains or Africa
their SUBMITS to the skies, AMI
~ We near Algeciras. which Ii spread
out In dazzling white along the nat
shore q mile OF two In length. We see
to the south old Tarifa and its useful
lighthouse. and back Of all the gray
Of Andalusia and the cork
The latter are full Of novel
The bark jackets OF the trees
are taken carefully on, steamed and