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formerly was often epidemic, has been completely driven away 

 by the excellent water supply. The water comes from Santolan, 

 about nine miles distant, and is collected in the reservoir at San 

 Juan del Monte and thence conducted to Manila. There has 

 been no outbreak of cholera since 1889. 



For the water supply the governors-general Carrriedo and 

 Moriones are to be thanked. Of these the first in his will left 

 a sum of money to the town for the purpose, and the second, 

 some 3'ears later, had the work carried out when no one else 

 thought of troubling about it. 



Houses have to be erected according to certain rules, laid down 

 in order to guard against the frequent earthquakes. They are 

 for the most part two-storied dwellings, below of stone and 

 above of wood, with galvanized iron roofing. If the roof is tiled, 

 the ceiling must be of planks strong enough to resist the fall of 

 the roof. Since January 23, 1895, the town has been lighted 

 by electricit} 7 , and the electric light has also been introduced in 

 a number of houses. The installation was done in part by an 

 American and has been continued by a German company. As 

 yet there is no electric tramway, nor is electricity used industri- 

 ally. This is principally due, no doubt, to the " Electricista " 



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