Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-08-08
Through the Generosity of the
Late Mrs Louise Waite an
Electrically Illuminated Foun
tain Will Flow in Wilson
Park.
TO GIVE C0LoRED EFFECTS
Estate of $4,000 Left i. Hands of c.
L. McNary to Fulfill Mrs. Waite's
Wishes--Foumtain Is Erected in
Memory of Her Husband, E. NJ.
Waite, a Pioneer Printer of the
City and State.

If the present mayor and council
are permitted to remain in Office and
have their say-that is not legislated
out by the commission form of gov
ernment-the city of Salem will be
able to boast, before their retirement,
of an electrically illuminated foun-
tain--be able to make boast that
but three cities in America can now
make, Boston, Philadelphia and
Denver.
The fountain will be the gift of
Mrs. Louise Waite, who died four
years ago, leaving a will requesting
that her estate be utilized in the erec-
ton of a fountain in Wilson Park to
commemorate her husband, e. M.
Waite-one of the pioneers in the
printing business in the city of Sa-
lem.
The estate was left in the hands
of Charles L. McNary, of the law
firm of McNary & McNary, and about
three years ago he secured plans from
an architect, and started to carry out
the terms of the will. The plans
called for the installation of the
fountain at the west end Of the park,
and sunken garden effects. They did
not meet with the approval of either
Mr.. McNary or the council, and the
matter was abandoned until last
night, when Mr.. McNary appeared
with plans prepared by Howard Ev-
arts Wood, the famous landscape
architect, of Chicago, and the coun-
Gil, after listening to them, instructed
the city attorney to draw up an or
dinance accepting them,
Will BE Beautiful.
The fountain will cost approx
mately $4,000, and it will be thing
of beauty. According to the plans, it
will form the center piece Of the
park. Surrounding it there will be
cement work, inside of which will be
a sunken garden 14O by 90 feet. The
fountain proper will be As by 95 feet,
and, besides two umbrella spouts,
will have five main spouts. The UNI
brella spouts will be used for day eff
facts, and the main spouts for night
effects. 1t will be provided with six
color slides, which color the rays Of
light projected on the water, giving
six beautiful color effects.
Whenever all effects are desired,
and they will be on occasions of ce1-
ebrations in the city, an operator will
be needed to change the slides, and
he win he stationed in a chamber un-
derneath the slide. Whenever but
the one effect IS desired the color
slides can be changed every morning
by the gardener in charge OF the park
To Remodel Park.
The installation will call for a
slight remodeliDg of the park. There
will be no need Of tearing up anv
shrubbery now Dlanted. but addition
al shrubbery will be needed, and in
order to make The fountain a center
piece a slight change in the walk ar
ransements VII be necessary. Mr..
McNary asked the council TO bear the
expense of this remodeling OF the
Dark. and also of maintaining the
fountain, and the estate will look af-
ter installation. and this the council
indicated its willingness to do.
There are but three other like
fountains in America. they being at
Chicago, Denver and Philadelphia.