. Municipal organizations in Latin America. Mexico City. PALACE OF THE PRESIDENT, CHAPULTEPEC, MEXICO. This historic structure is situated on the eastern summit of Chapultepec (hill of the grasshop-pers) overlooking the valley with the city in the foreground and the snow-capped volcanoes ofPopocatepetl and Ixtaccihuatl in the rear. A fine roadway ascends the hill to the castle,which is also reached by an elevator. At the foot of the hill is a large spring that forms partof the water supply of the capital. In the surrounding park is a fine grove of ancient moss-covered cypress trees, one of whi
. Municipal organizations in Latin America. Mexico City. PALACE OF THE PRESIDENT, CHAPULTEPEC, MEXICO. This historic structure is situated on the eastern summit of Chapultepec (hill of the grasshop-pers) overlooking the valley with the city in the foreground and the snow-capped volcanoes ofPopocatepetl and Ixtaccihuatl in the rear. A fine roadway ascends the hill to the castle,which is also reached by an elevator. At the foot of the hill is a large spring that forms partof the water supply of the capital. In the surrounding park is a fine grove of ancient moss-covered cypress trees, one of which is 45 feet in circumference and 200 feet 224 INTERNATIONAL, BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. wooden fence, and later by a stone wall with a moat around the twenty years ago the fences and walls were removed and themoat filled up. Since then the whole park has been made over, untilit is now a most beautiful place of promenades. Here are held thefiestas on national holidaj^s. One of the most important, if not the most important, municipalwork undertaken in the city of Mexico has been the drainage of thevalley. This is a very old project and antedates the conquest in thecolonial period. Work was at times pushed and then abandoned, and
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