2S4 THE ENCHANTED MESA 



study of the general features of the top of Katzimo throughout 

 the 2,500 feet of its length (see Fig. 4), devoting special consid- 

 eration to the topography of the site, the erosion, the earthy de- 

 posits, the drainage, and the great cedars that stand gaunt and 

 bare or lie prone and decajdng because their means of subsistence 

 have been so long washed awa}^ and I was forced to the conclu- 

 sion that had house-walls, whether of stone or adobe, ever existed 

 on the summit at a reasonably remote period, there is no possi- 

 bilit}'' that any trace of them could have remained to this day. 

 The abundance of ancient relics in the talus, the distinct remains 

 of the ladder-trail, the specimens found on the summit coupled 

 with the destruction wrought by nature, the tradition itself — all 

 testify to the former habitation of the -site. 



To the Acomas Katzimo is still enchanted, and as a subject in 

 the stud^^ of mysticism the man of science must yet regard it. The 

 lore of a millennium is not undone by a few hours of iconoclasm. 



ELECTRIC STREET RAILWAYS 



According to the Wedern Electrician, there were, on January 1, 

 1897, 15,250 miles of street-car track in the United States, of 

 which 13,580 miles, or 89 per cent, were operated by electricit3% 

 1,010 miles, or 6.6 per cent, by horses, 515 miles, or 3.4 per cent, 

 by cable, and 145 miles, or 1 per cent, by steam dummy. The 

 adoption of electricity as a motive power has completely revo- 

 lutionized the methods of city and suburban transportation. 

 Between January 1, 1888, and January 1, 1897, the number of 

 horse cars in use decreased from 21,736 to 3,664, while the num- 

 ber of electric cars increased from 172 to 37,097. In 1888 horse 

 cars represented 86 per cent and electric cars seven-tenths of 

 one per cent of the total car equipment. At the beginning of 

 the present year 79 street cars out of every 100 were propelled 

 by electricity and only seven out of 100 by horses. J. H. 



MODIFICATION OF THE GREAT LAKES BY EARTH 

 MOVEMENT— AN ERRATUM 



We regret to state that two of the figures illustrating ^Mr Gil- 

 bert's article in the September number are transposed. The 

 narrow figure on page 240 belongs on page 241, and the square 

 figure at the top of page 241 belongs on page 240. As the fig- 

 ures stand, they are associated with the wrong titles. 



