Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-08-16
CASCADES IN ST. LOUIS
Novel Feature Planned For the
Worlds Fair.
THE DETAILS OF THE DESIGN.

Huge Pumping Capacity IL Pro.
posed, With Electric Effects he.
hind the Fall of Water-spectacle
Of Wonderful Beauty Promised.
Eighty Feet.
Work on the one Of the most unique
Of the exposition features was begun
the other day when the surveyors Of
the engineering department of the st.
Louis worlds fair began taking the
grades on Art hill to determine the eX-
act cut and fill that will be needed for
the cascades and relative features,
says the st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The surveying work was preparatory
to the letting Of the contract for the
necessary removal of earth.
From descriptions Of the work which
Is to be done ut st. Louis given by Di-
rector Of Works Isaac s. Taylor, it Is
evident that the amount Of money to
be expended on the hill will exceed the
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fact. any one feature Of any other ex
position. The manner in which the
cascades are to be kept supplied with
clear water and the devices adopted
for producing illuminating effects are
Of the greatest promise. Among the
things mentiened are crystal cave
back Of the cascades and arrangements
by which the water, descending at
night, will have all the hues Of the
rainbow, with an infinite combination
Of those colOrs.
} The chief feature Of the cascades
will be a sheer drop of from twenty to
twenty-five feet, back of which plate
glass will be so disposed that a cham
Der will be formed from which the H.
Illuminating effects may be operated.
At this point also there will be a stat
uary group Of nymphs and maids and
a cavern Of crystal. During the day
the falls will be simply descent Of
limpid water, but at night, when the
color effects are turned on, spectacle
Of wonderful beauty is promised.
In conjunction with the cascades
pumproom Is to be established for
the operation Of the water. For this
the interesting plan has been arranged
Of excavating a cavern at the base Of
the hill, setting well back into the
earth. Here a pump station will be
inaugurated, the motive power to be
electricity furnished by wires con-
Meeting with the electric plant on the
grounds. Nine pumps, with capac-
ity Of $1,000 gallons of water per min
ute, will be operated. The water will
be pumped to the top Of the hill and
allowed to descend by the force Of
gravity, when it will be again forced
to the top. In this way the supply
will be kept constantly moving, and
the only loss will be Arom evapora-
ton. Mr.. Taylor says that the pump
room will be concealed from sight, but
that 1t will be so arranged that visit
ors may be shown the operating of
the cascades by special entrances.
The plans Of Director Of Works Tay
lor regarding this main feature have
been considerably developed. The
three cascades planned. one at either
end and one in the middle of the long
slope Of HILL will exceed any water
fall ever planned, 1t is said, eclipsing
the cascade Of the Trocadero at the !
Paris exposition, the cascade at St.
Cloud and thu Chateau d'Eau at Mar
settles. The cascades will have a
total fall Of eighty feet. This fall will
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each cascade.