GUADALAJARA, Mex ico, capital of the State of Jalisco, and second only in population and importance to the city of Mexico, from which it is 380 miles distant by the line of the Mexican Central Railway. Its altitude above sea-level is 3,600 feet. The city possesses a great advantage in the nearby Falls of Juanacatlan which supply electric power for its industries, street railway and lighting. In recent years Guadalajara has be come a very important mining centre or head quarters for a district in which are many valu able properties, now being developed. Guada lajara is noted for its beautiful pottery and skillfully wrought or figures in clay, and its drawn work. In the immediate vicinity is an inexhaustible deposit of clay the elastic qualities and pleasing color of which especially adapt it to the two purposes first above men tioned. Among other industries are manufac tories of cotton goods, twine and cordage, paper and leather articles. The hospitals include a Civil Hospital for both sexes, a Military Hos pital, the Hospital of the Sacred Heart, for women, the Hospital Guadalupano, also for women, and the Beata Margarita Hospital and Santissimo Trinidad Hospital for men. The
city's educational facilities include a college of law, a college of medicine, a normal school, a young ladies seminary, a lyceum, a high school, and a number of primary schools. The cathe dral, or most notable church of the city, is one of the grandest in the Republic, architecturally and in its dimensions, decorations and ornamen tation. The penitentiary of the state, an im posing structure, is located here, as also the various other public institutions. Located in the city are two public libraries,— the State Library, with over 50,000 volumes,— and the Seminary Library of 24,000 volumes; an Indus trial Museum, a theatre, and the Governor's Palace. The principal public parks, some of which are exceptionally beautiful, are the Alameda, Plaza de Armas, Botanical Garden, Alcalde Park and the Calzada de San Pedro. The banking facilities are supplied by the Bank of • Jalisco, the Guadalajara Banking Company, and branches or agencies of the National Bank. and the Bank of London and Mexico, of Mexico City; the Bank of Aguascalientes, and the Central Bank, of Mexico City. Pop. 119, 468.