Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-12-13
Paris Will Have a Mimic Mia
cara.

Paris, Nov 29.--Any one Of the sew
en- wonders of the world that Paris
can not beg, buy or borrow for her ex-
position she will seek to duplicate
"send us something whose majesty
will typify your great country. Send
us your proudest possession. Send us
Niagara Falls" said Director General
Picard to United States Commissioner
General Peck.
Cant do it," replied the quick-wlt-
ted Chicagoan. I'VE must keep
sharp lookout for our own interests
The war in Africa has raised the price
of diamonds and curtailed engage
ments, and to lend you Niagara Falls
would paralyze the American matri-
mcnial market. Thered be no place
to go on a wedding tour"
"Then we'll build bran-new cata-
ract of our own that will make your
old waterfall look like tln-type," was
the playful threat.
Perhaps This was the origin of the
Chateau d'Eau, or grand waterfall of
the Paris Exposition. Perhaps not.
At amy rate Partisan enterprise will
supply cataract which for size, maj
es'ty and beauty will be something
stupendous.
Niagara's rival will be sheet of
water thirty feet wide and nfnety-flve
feet high not left out in the rain where
it will get wet, like the American won
der, but elaborately framed apd set in
grotto-like cavity, which forms the
center piece or arch of an impressive
structure in the Louis Quinze style of
architecture. The opening or pros
cenium arch of the cavity will be 100
feet wide, with depth Of thirty feet,
1t will take lot of water to operate
this attraction, and the River Seine
will furnish it. About 100000 gallons
per hour will be drawn from the stor-
age reservoirs just outside of Paris
and piped to the apex of the arch of
the Chateau d'Eau. Its first tumbling
this to make Niagara roar. After
the first leap 1t will gurgle in graceful
cascades through a series of basins,
having the feet of numerous Naiars,
Tritons and other aqueous genii in its
downward course, until finally it drops
into a receiving reservoir at the foot Of
some monumental balusters. In the
center of the cascade will be set an al
legorical sculpture thirty feet high
representing Humanity, guided by
Progress, advancing toward the Fu-
ture." At night ccloreds lights will
play upon the falling waters. .lmpart-
ing to the grotto the semblandG of a
series of electric fountains
To heighten the effect of this water
fall an original and novel expedient
will be adopted. There exists a
chemical product called fiouresceine,
which, by scientific manipulation
yields a reddish powder that has the
singular property of such infinite diff
fusion when dissolved that fragment
no larger than a pinhead will impart
a green tinge to forty cubic feet of
water. A barrel of it would almost
color your great lake system. BY dis
solving this powder in springs and
streams that disappear from sight,
either by pouring into underground
cavities or by seepage, engineers have
traced water courses to the place of
reapeparance miles away from the
vanishing point. By the use Of
flourescience products on summer
nights the Chateau d'Eau waterfall
will be transformed into an emerald
cascade, whose poetic beauty will sug-
gest a wlerd Arabian Night situation.