. The street railway review . V. S. TROOPS ON PARADE. (^lyicctl?^ailw!a^5^VleW^ 479. INTERIOR OF NATATORIUM. way is accidentally indebted for an absolutely uniquemethod of inducing travel. It had been noticed ever since the beginning of miningoperations in Leavenworth that the coal diggers and oth-ers employed in the mines had immunity from investigation of the matter by physicians and chem-ists showed that the cause was undoubtedly-the presenceof salt water in the mines, mixed, as is natural underthese circumstances,with other mineral substances of thera-peutic virtue. In one sh
. The street railway review . V. S. TROOPS ON PARADE. (^lyicctl?^ailw!a^5^VleW^ 479. INTERIOR OF NATATORIUM. way is accidentally indebted for an absolutely uniquemethod of inducing travel. It had been noticed ever since the beginning of miningoperations in Leavenworth that the coal diggers and oth-ers employed in the mines had immunity from investigation of the matter by physicians and chem-ists showed that the cause was undoubtedly-the presenceof salt water in the mines, mixed, as is natural underthese circumstances,with other mineral substances of thera-peutic virtue. In one shaft the flow of salt water was sogreat as to require a large pump to keep the mine in con-dition to be operated. The idea of utilizing this wealth of mineral water as abath was often thought of, but its distance from the citymade it impossible for the great majority of the citizensto derive benefit from the healing flow. When the electric railway became assured, however,the Leavenworth Coal Company took immediate steps toimprove the facilities for bathing, and erected a bathingpa
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