Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-03-28
WATER SPECTACLE.
BEAUTIFUL FOUNTAIN EFFECTS FOR
THE PAN-AMERIcAN.

Uncxampled Sights to Be Provided
For Visitors to the Exposition.
VIII Use 5000 Gallons of Water
Per Minute For This Feature.
When visitors to the Pan-American
Exposition view the fountain diplays,
they will be inclined to wonder where,
all the water comes from, so plentiful
will be the supply. 1t will be with
these fountain displays the same'a as it
will be with the electrical exhibit.
There will be point, place, at which
the display will increase in beauty and
extent until the climax is attained in
and about the Electric Tower and the
basin thereof. So extensive win this
be that all will recognize the beauty of
the display and look in wondering ad-
miration upon the spectacle, which is
destined to be one of the most remark
nble features Of the Exposition.
The pumping plant that will supply
the water effects will be located in the
Court of the Machinery and Transpor-
tation building. 1t will consist of u
pumps having a total capacity of 3d.
900 gallons of water per minute.
The engines are all to be belted to
their respective pump units, and they
| will be required to be in service from
10 o'clock in the morning until 11:13
o'clock at night, period of 1871 hours.
Estimating their capacity at $4,000 gal
Ions of water each minute, it is evident
that each day during the time they are
to be in service they could pump the
enormous amount of 27,S25,0 900 gallons
Of water This water will be used to
serve the fountain displays at the Elec-
trio Tower and basin and also the
Court of Fountains, including the
| Fountain of Abundance. The water
will be taken from an intake located at
| the north end of the Court of Fountains
basin through 48 inch suction pipe.
| 1t will be delivered by the pumps
through 16 inch and 20 inch pipes at
pressure of 10 pounds per square inch
to the fountain orifces. From these
orifices the water will stream in all
shapes from the finest spray jet to the
solid stream inches thick that will rise
high in the air.
| AT the Fountain Of Abundance the
sight will be all the name implies.
There will be an abundance of water,
and it will be in motion. Beyond the
Fountain of Abundance will be the
Court of Fountains, and this basin will
be filed with large jets Of water
thrown vertically. They will be known
as pillar jets. In this basin will also
be located beautiful groups of water
figures, all formed in the manner in
which the water is projected. The wa
| ter figures will resemble sheaves of
wheat, lilies, etc., and they will average
IL feet high. On line through the
center of the main Court of Fountains
there will be all of 20 of each of these
figures of SURPRISING beauty.
Beyond this still, at the north end of
the Court of Fountains, will be the
Genius Of Water. Here in significant
group of statuary the sculptor will por-
tray his artistic conception of what the
figure is designed to represent. Over
in front of the statuary the water will
ebulliate, carrying out in most perfect
way the sculptor's idea.
In front of the Electric Tower, in the
basin and in the niche of the Tower
the climax of spectacular water eff
fects will come with a gorgeousness
| that will exceed any display of the
kind the world has seen. On each
side of the center of the structure will
be located two groups of water jets,
with 26 large pillar jets, throwing
water columns to a height of so feet.
On the arc of circle, whose center is
the niche, will be located some ~ large
| jets. throwing water in parabola curve
| toward the cascades in front of the
niche. These jets will be so arranged
as to make very ragged stream. This
| stream will not be solid, neither will
| it be so broken as in the spray jets.
Then out from the niche itself there
will come flood of water of $4,000
gallons per minute. which, by means
of defector, will take the form of an
immense water screen or veil, the beau
| ty of which will linger in the memory.
ORRIN e. DUNLAP.