Tlie number of treatments from 1915 to 1920 increased from 

 11,292 to 53,000. 



The following table of receipts from 1914 to 1920 is in- 

 teresting: 



1914, by State Reservation $1,085 . 33 



1915, by State Reservation 14,891 . 22 



1916, by Conservation Commission 59,518 . 05 



1917, by Conservation Commission 63,495 . 67 



1918, by Conservation Commission 81,773 . 50 



1919, by Conservation Commission 103,542 . 30 



1920, by Conservation Commission 68,555 . 92 



(July 1 to December 31 — 6 months only.) 



The reservation now comprises about 550 acres of land, 122 

 wells and springs, and three modern bathhouses, as well as two 

 bottling plants ecjuipped with special bottling machinery. 



In its report to the Legislature in 1918 the Conservation Com- 

 mission recommended that ' ' an appropriation is requested with 

 which to at least begin construction of a suitable bath house 

 and drinking hall upon the State Reservation at Saratoga 

 Springs. ' ' This was renewed in 1919 and 1920. 



The increased business has proved conclusively that there is 

 a great demand for the therapeutic treatment available there 

 and the people are waiting only for the time when the state 

 will make adequate provision. 



About 355 acres of land lying south of the Lincoln Park and 

 west of Geyser Park and adjacent to the state properties have 



AERIAL VIEW OF SARATOGA BATHHOUSES 



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