t which is conveyed in iron pipes for
drinking and domestic purposes. This supply is brought a distance of
seven miles from a pure mountain stream, taken at a point among the
foothills, above all danger of contamination. The pressure is
sufficient to throw the water above the highest houses without the
need of fire-engines, and the amount of air bubbles confined in the
water gives it a most refreshing taste, but a milky appearance when
first drawn, which, as the air escapes, leaves it beautifully bright
and clear. The supply is ample, so that baths and water-closets can
be well flushed."

Mrs. Dunbar remarks as follows on the water supply, how the town is
lighted, and the scenery.

"A complete system of water-works supplies the city with the purest
water, brought seven miles in pipes from Ruxton's Creek, beyond
Manitou, a clear, pure stream, abundantly fed by the springs and
melting snows of Pike's Peak. The same pipes passing through Manitou
supply that town and its hotels with water.

"A distributing reservoir on a mesa, considerably higher than the
city mesa and two miles distant, receives the water. This gives a
fine head and good protection against fire. Hydrants are placed a few
hundred feet apart, and three efficient fire-companies have only to
attach the hose to throw water over any building.

"Besides the temperance provisions for the social benefit of the
town, the colony at the same time wisely provided for its permanent
improvement and beauty by setting apart the proceeds, above cost, of
a large portion of the lots first sold, for the construction of an
irrigating canal, and the planting of trees throughout the city; for
trees and vegetables do not grow on these mesas and plains without
irrigation. This ditch takes water from the Fountain a short distance
below Manitou, and, winding round the foothills and mesas to keep its
grade, extends for a distance of thirteen miles before it reaches
Colorado Springs. From this point, as already stated, branches extend
to all parts of the city, and to the vegetable-gardens on the
outskirts.

"The city is lighted by gas; the principal business street has a line
of herdics, and telephone wires connect all parts of the town.

"The scenery about Colorado Springs, embracing the mountains and the
plains, is grand and beautiful. On the western side the mesas skirt
the foothills, these swell to mountains which rise one above another
till the magnificent dome of Pike's P