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ditions are unsanitary, they cannot be remedied at once, but 

 another resort can be found and personal danger can be avoided. 

 Public sentiment and the loss of 

 trade will go far in furthering an 

 effort toward better sanitation. 



In the driven well, water cannot 

 reach the spout unless it has first 

 filtered through the soil to the 

 depth of the driven pipe. After 

 such a journey it is fairly safe, 

 unless very large quantities of sew- 

 age are present. 



Abundant water is rarely 

 reached at less than 75 feet, and 

 it would usually be impossible to 

 drive a pipe to such a depth. 

 When a large quantity of water 

 is desired, strong machines drill 

 into the ground and excavate an 

 opening into which a wide pipe 

 can be lowered. Recently in the 

 Pocono Mountains I saw such a 

 well completed. The machine 

 drilled to a depth of 250 feet be- 

 fore much water was reached and 

 to over 300 feet before a flow 

 was obtained sufficient to satisfy 

 the owner. The water thus ob- 

 tained was the sole water supply 

 of a hotel accommodating 150 FlG - 199. A deep well with the 



r^* . piston in the water. 



persons. 1 he proprietor calcu- 

 lated that the requirements of his guests, for bath, toilet, 

 laundry, and kitchen, and of the domestics employed to serve 





