The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-19

| but is a shaft. to carry a decorative
| figure and TO serve as background
for the decorative motifs at the base.
On the north and the south side an OBJ
elisk supports a gigantic eagle, ard
! bears an Inscription of portions of the
Purchase Treaty. At the foot of the
north obelisk is a tribune, and at the
other a group by Karl Bitter, depict
! ing the signing of the treaty. On the
west side is female figure, resting on
ships PROV, and this motif is dupli-
Gated on the east side. these figures be-
ing allegorical of the two great rivers
of the Louisiana territory.
Evolved the Lagoon.
The two axis secured, MIR. Masaue-
ray entered upon the task Of binding
them to the buildings along the avenues
and keeping them from being things
! apart. lagoon was wanted. The
lagoon would not be hole in the
| ground, but should run around the eX-
hibit buildings, hold them together, and
somehow take in the main axis. The
other could be placed on the Plaza of
st. Louis on a level of the lagoon. All!
great winding stairways and walks,
lined with imposing statuary, sweeping
| down to the Grand Basin of the la
| COON from Festival Hall, the pavilions
and the terrace. That would bring the
main axis down to the water but to
bring the water up to the axis was an
| other matter. A fountain would scarce
ly do it-and the Chicago Fair had ex-
plotted the fountain.
The "Coscades."
What them" was Mr.. Masqueray's
query for days. Finally, the answer
| came--a cascade-an enormous vol
ume of water lifted from the lagoon
by electricity and sent tumbling and
rumbling from the base of Festival
Hall back into the Grand Basin.
later the idea developed into three
cascades, in order that the water
should be brought up to the axis at
the center cascade as the Fountain of
Liberty, with the side ones represent
ing the Atlantic and Pacific oceans,
and the two gilded statues--the Spirit
of the Atlantic and the Spirit of the
Pacific-the striking bits of gilded
color on cream white Festival Hall.
BY more modest but equally I'M
portant articles, the water was
brought up to the front all along the
line. Generally, a balustrade runs
around artificial lagoons. There is no
balustrade to look over before you
can find the water at st. Louis.
Wherever you are, whether on Fes-
| tival Hill, looking over the delicately
! ClnleQ TOOLS OF the MAIN DullQlHSB TO
the snow-clad stimulation of the Tyro-
lean Alps in the distance on the Pike,
or seated on the Plaza of st. Louis,
gazing upward at the heroic figure
surmounting the one hundred and
eighty foot dome of Festival Hall, the
water is ever before you. 1t is a cool
ing and refreshing presence when the
sun beats hot upon the asphalt road
ways, and causes even the eloquence
of the take-your- own-picture man to
die away to hollow echo of itself.
In this refreshing look lies one of
the reasons of the architectural hit
of the fair. Mr.. Masqueray strove
for it from the start.
Wanted Plenty of Green.
There must be plenty of green about
the buildings" he said. ut may no
make things cooler, but it will give
them a cooler look
So he fought for green. He brough
green things up around Festival Hal