Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-05-11
VEGAS SEEN AS
FINANCE CENTER
BY LAWRENCE
Says Factories, Industries
and PayroIIs are Coming.
Its Mines to Make Las Ve-
gas a Second Denver.

T. j. Lawrence, Los Angeles
capitalist and city builder, says
the public is beginning to under
stand that there Is something solid
and substantial back of Las We
gas.
Southern California Business. y
the official magazine Of the Los
Angeles Chamber Of Commerce, in
a recent issue said:
Instead of a wide open, ram
pant boom city, Las Vegas was
found TO be quiet, orderly. pros
perols and progressive communi-
ty" and that statement fairly rep
resents the rapidly growing public
opinion.
Men of affairs are asking about
ArteSian Park EStatef, and are
plnning to visit Las Vegas as our
guests.
Some are buying without going
to see H..
United States Senator Pittman
expresses the opinion that preim-
mary work on the dam will begin
June 23d, and that means the
greatest influx To Las Vegas in the
history Il the Southwest and that
means growth and increased values
TO real estate.
Las Vegas Is Growing
People familiar with the growth
of cities estimate that Las Vegas
now has a population Of nearly
1000 and that 1t Is rapidly in
creaSing.
With nearly hundred buildings
in course of construction, repairs
or enlargement, with 300 new water
connections made during the past
five months, with 81 per cent
increase In school enrolment dur
Ing the same period, with telc-
phones being installed at a rapid
rate. with outsiders. buying farms
and old timers" buying breeding
stock can anyone doubt that Las
Vegas Is soon to be big city?
With gas company preparing to
furnish gas, a power company pre-
pairing to furnish more electric
power. With q depot to be erected
here because Of the. increase In
motor freight and passenger traf-
SIC and, sttll more important. the
Western Air cypress doubling the
number of airplanes in use on its
Salt Lake TO Los Angeles route,
doesn't it become as clear as day
that your city will soon have a
population from 25,00 to 10000 as
your own Chamber of Commerce
predicts?
The get rich quick" men have
left. or are leaving. your gold dis
coyeries are bringing substantial
men and money to your city, your
newly formed stock exchange will
do much to make Las Vegas q
financial and banking center for
three states. Your city Is destined
to become a wholesale. distributing
and manufacturing center for many
important lines of goods and your
mines, ultimately. will make an
ether Denver out Of Las Vegas.
Your wonderful artesian water
supply will in the near future, make
a second Imperial Valley out of
the Las Vegas Valley with Las
Vegas its central city.
Bigger and Better Than A
"Gold Rush
Senator PittmAn expresses the
opinion that preliminary work on
Boulder Dam will begin on June
33d. and that means the greatest
influx to Las Vegas in the his
tory Of the Southwest and-'all
equally great increase In realty
When the Union Pacific receives
it's orders to proceed with the build
ing of the road to the dam you
will see the dirt fly in more ways
than one.
We feel that Las Vegas is On the
rive of rapid. solid growth and
that homes and business prop
critics in our highly restricted Ar
teSian Park Estates are going to
be in great demand and at greatly
increased prices.
Our improvements are going to
make of this property one of the
finest in the country.
We have set aside parks. play
grounds and school sites and we