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NAME I.dCAI.ITY 



rioasant Vallty Mineral Spring Rluinis, Steuben co. 



Sulphur Spriu); llornby, Steuben co. 



Selaukct Spring Setauket, Suffolk co. 



Sparko Crystal Spring llunlinglon, Suffolk co. 



Elixir Spring Clintondalc, Ulster co. 



Sun Ray Spring EUenvillc, Ulster co. 



Vita Spring Fort Edward, Washington co. 



Briarcliflf Table Water Briarcliff Manor, Westchester co. 



Gramatan Spring Water Co. Bronxville, Westchester co. 



Putnam Spring Water Co. Peekskijl, Westchester co. 



Production. The magnitude of the business carried on in con- 

 nection with the ])roduction and sale of mineral waters is shown 

 by statistics received for the year 1908. The number of springs 

 reporting sales was 48. and the amount of water sold was 8,007,- 

 092 gallons valued at $877,648. The value is based on the retail 

 prices, but does not include bottles or carriage. The statistics are 

 known to be incomplete, but it is almost impossible to make a 

 thorough canvass owing to the many changes that take place in 

 the industry from year to year. No account has been made of the 

 water used locally in hotels, sanatoriums etc. The actual value of 

 the production was probably not far from $1,000,000. 



In addition the i)roduction of carbon dioxid from the wells at 

 Saratoga Springs should be taken into account. In recent years 

 this has amounted to between 4,000,000 and 5,000,000 pounds with 

 an average value probably of about $300,000. 



Business in 1908 was generally below the normal. The spring 

 resorts were especially affected by the financial depression and 

 were frequented by greatly reduced numbers. In the case of Sara- 

 toga Springs the season w^as the worst that has been experienced 

 in a long time, due to a combination of circumstances, of which 

 the dissensions among the proprietors of the springs have not been 

 the least influential. The courts were applied to for injunctions 

 against the carbon dioxid producers while a law was passed by the 

 Legislature prohibiting the use of pumps to increase the flow of 

 the springs. A more recent development has been the securing of 

 a legislative enactment to bring the springs under State supervision 

 by purchase of the land on which the more important wells are 

 located. 



Analyses of new springs. The following analyses relating to 

 new springs have been reported. The Diamond Rock Spring is 

 situated at Cherry Creek, Chautauqua co., the Redstone Spring at 

 Oswego and the Weedsport Spring at Weedsport, Cayuga co. All 



