The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-12-07
RANKS AMONG FOREMOST.
Each Resident Is Furnished With Sew;
enty-five Gallons of Water Each Day.
Which is a Close Second TO Amount
Supplied In New York City.

enty-five Gallons OF Water Each Day.
Which is Close Second TO Amount
Supplied In New York City.
With all the wars. pronunlcamentos
revolutions and disturbances that have
torn the internal government OF Mex
leo since the time the country was first
conquered by the Spanish. the gov
errors and citizens Of that republic
have found time To cultivate the arts
of peace and of sanitation. 1t is fact
not generally known that the City OF
Mexico has water supply equal TO or
superior to thar Oh most American
cities. In fact. ii runs New York city
a close second for the quantity OF wa
ter supplied its Inhabitants per capita.
The city of New YORK consumes j00.-
IN0u0O gallons nr water every day. or
on an average at u ii'tle less than l0U
gallons u pcrSon figuring The popua-
ton OF this city III more than I.UWUDO
The cts 81 McXru mas a water supply
thal furnishes rarh resident within the
city limits with mour than seventy i've
sIii,giS at wair each dag
The aIuednct> lha, carry the water
10 the lnhalliau., ut thr CITY ni Mex.
leo could Jerome Il ~tr;ilrsc punt IN
war hut rs tie ,iiy j. not entirely de-
pendent un uliSidi water supply tie
diversion OF the water from The aqut-
duet at the lake from which II IS taken
would only cause discomfort. There
are hundreds of arlcSian wells that add
10 the supply OF the Mexican capital
The completion of the New York
nqueduct was heralded abroad aud has
well been called one OF the great en-.
eineering feats OF the century. But
three centuries ago. or 10 give the
year, in 1876. the first aqueduct built
under the direction OF white men ON
the American continent WAS completed.
Spanish engineers laid out the work.
and it cost millions in money and thou
sands of lives of tile Indians who were
forced to labor on the works by their
Spanish masters,
This first aqueduct was primarily
necessary work to supply the city with
pare drinking water. and under tile
hands and plans OF the Spaniards 1t
also became a work of art. II is only
little more than dive miles in length
and cannot compare with the New
York aqueduct in that way. but it has
become one of the sights for the viSi
tor and is a marvel of early engineers
Ing skill
one OF the artistic trlumphs OF the
Mexican capital Is the fountain that
was bnilt to commemorate the compile
ton OF the aqueduct II was designed
by Spanish SculptOrs and the work WAS
done by Indians under their direction
The stone was taken from quarries In
the hills and hauled 10 Mexico City hy
mammal labor rhe cheapest things in
Mexico In those days were the lives OF
she natives. and hundreds OF thou
sands OF these were sacrificed on the
few public works that tie conqucrors
left MS their Monuments OF the Occu-
pancy " the country.
Since the aqueduct OF 1876 others
have been constructed The last was
completed under the Daz regime in
1900
The water Is obtained from the
mountains west or the city. and the
greater portion of that used in the City
Of Mexico comes from the vicinity or
Tacubaya. almost suburb of the cap
tal.
The residents Of the Mexican capital
never have been troubled with an IN.
adequate water supply. The difficulty
with them always has been to get rid
of the water and keep the citT well
drained. At one time the City OF Mex
leo had the reputation OF being the
least healthful OF the cities OF the civil.
lied world The death rate amounted
to forty persons i'm every 1000 or
about 4 per cent ~ tho inha btnuiS
since the completion 81 the drainage
canal which ranks among the eng
nccring achievements uf modern times,
the City ot Mexico has hrcuuir -
healthful as any city on the continent
This ranal extends for FORTY three
miles aud cost about $..0OO0.0O
In estimating the water supply Of
the different cities OF the world New
York Is among those having the great
est. Tho City Of Mexico IL sixth on
the list