The Saratoga waters not only have had a great vogue at the Springs themselves, Saratoga having been for many years a fashionable watering place, but immense quantities have also been bottled and shipped to all parts of the country. A few years ago an attempt was made to tap the sources of the gaseous element and condense the carbon dioxid gas for commercial purposes. The waters which accompanied these gases were usually allowed to run to waste. So extensive was this practice that the water level of the Saratoga springs began rapidly to decline and many of them ceased to flow. This, however, did not stop the pumping both of gas and water.