El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-03

able as to warrant the recent issue OF
bonds for an additional $lGOVOOUO 10
pay for further betterments-
Nichy is today by far the most pro-
fitable of all the great spas II IS the
only one Of the resorts named Wnere
the water is suited for bottllng puT-
poses or where any attempt mas Deen
made TO build up d trade IN DOTTED
water. The Saratoga waters are De
clared bV the state commission 10 De
like those or Eichy. rather than IKE
those of Nauheim- With bathing taclll-
ties provided and other -mprOFe ments
carried out under modern methods, lt IS
confidently believed that the money in
vested there viii bring into the state
profits as large as those received by
the French government from Nlchy.
difference In Various Springs.
The most curious pOint, perhaps, IS
che extent TO which the waters OF the
various springs differ in composition
for which reason they possess various
medicinal values Thus Lha water or the
star springs is a mild cathartic- That
Of the Governor spring is rich IN iron.
That OF the Magnetic spring mas a
wide reputation for helping rheuma
tisru and nervous trOU bIeS, and that OF
the Old Red spring is famed for its
good effect upon certain skin diseases
The spring az Saratoga that first be-
came known 70 white people was that
Of High Rock, to which tradition says,
friendly indians brought Sir William
Johnson. IN 1867 to be cured Of govt.
The springs thus far acquired by the
state commission are the following:
/. A group Of nine at the north edge
Of the village, including the High Rock:
Settler. Magnetic. Peerless. Red and
star springs.
,. The famous group of springs in
the center Of the village-HathOrn.
Patterson, Putnam, Congress and
others.
3. The group two miles south Of the
village. in which are situated the
springs that now have the largest flow
Of water and especially of gas. This
group includes the most sOutherly
spring, known as HathOrn No. de
clared by eminent physicians to be
the most valuable water yet discovered
Carlsbad Champion, Victoria, and
Geyser springs
Saratoga Highest in Gas.
No other springs known in the world
have such a supply of carbOnic acid
gas as those Of Saratoga. Within re-
cent years. however this has proved
misfortune to them, inasmuch as IL
has afforded Inducements to CONNER
cial concerns to rob the wells Of their
gas and sell it. About the year 1900 II
was discovered that the gas could be
prOfitably separated from the water.
compressed in steel cylinders, and put
on the market Companies were formed
to exploit the springs IN this new fash
ion. and the business proved highly
remUnerative. Later on il was discOv-
cred that profits could be greatly in
creased by forcing the water out OF
the ground by powerful pumping ma
chimes. and plants were installed for
the purpose.
Original Ito go back fifty years in
the history of Saratoga the natural
springs We're supplemented by adjacent
borings They acquired fame because
Of their medicinal values. Large and
expensive hotels were built. and null
titudes resOrted hitler to partake Cf
the healing waters. All the springs
flowed by their own gas pressure.
Eliminating the Gas.
When twelve years ago. the discOv-
cry was made that gas could be prof.
tably separated from the water il led
to a demand for larger supplies of the
FLUID, and for q more effectUal force 10