Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-03-28

BEAUTIFUL FOUNTAIN EFFECTS FOR
THE PAN-AMERlCAN.

UnexnmpIcd Sights to he Provided
For Visitors to the Exposition.
VIII Jse $4,000 Gallons of Water
Per Minnie For This Feature.
When visitors to the pdn-American
Exposition view the fountain diplays,
they will be inclined to wonder where
all the water comes from, 50 plentiful
will be the supply. 1t will be with
these fountain displays the same as it
viii be with the electrical exhibit
There Will bc Il point, place, at which
the display will increase in beauty and
extent until the climax is attained III
and about the Electric Tower and the
basin thereof. SO extensive will 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
able 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 -
pumps having total capacity of 3d.,
600 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 11:15
o'clock at night, 4 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 27S25,OOO gallons
Of water. This water win be used to
serve the fountain displays at the Elec-
tric 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 As inch suction pipe.
1t will be delivered by the pumps
through Is inch and 20 inch pipes at
pressure Of 40 pounds per sQuare-inch
to the fountain Orificcs. 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 viii be in motion. Beyond the
Fountain Of Abundance will be the
Court of Fountains, and this basin will
be filled 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 shCaves Of
wheat, lilies, etc, and they will average
II feet high. on a 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 Il 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
eDulllate, carrying out III 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 viii
be located two groups of water jets,
with 26 large pillar jets. throwing
water columns to a height Of 80 feet.
On the arc Of circle, whose center is
the niche VIII 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 a flood of water Of 1900
gallons pr minute, which, by means
of defect, :, will take the form Of an
immense water screen or veil, the beau
ty of which will linger in the memory.
ORRIN L. DUNLAP.