Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-26
DANCE OF SPRING
FOUNTAIN WILL
GRACE RESERVOIR
Council Will Accept "Choco-
late Kings" Offer of Bronze
Statue
BOWMAN HAS PLACE
City Must Provide Necessary
Concrete and Granite Setting
For Work of Art

Where will Harrisburg place the
fountain of the Dance of Eternal
SPRING."
That the splendid bronze statue of
three dancing ladies symbolizing
Sculptor Giuseppe Donates conception
of perpetual Springtime will be form
Tally accepted by the city at Tuesdays
meeting of Council is certain.
Milton S. Hershey, the chocolate
king" offered the statue to the city
Wednesday evening following the de-
csion by a Dauphin County Common
Pleas jury that he was indebted to
Donate for the price of the fountain.
City Commissioner Harry F. Bow
man has a place in mind he says but
he will not divulge the location until
he presents a resolution to that effect
Tuesday. The water department is,
the only branch of the municipal gov
ernment which has the $4,000 or
$4,000 that will have to be provided to
set up the fountain and inasmuch as
lall the other fountains in the city are
under Mr.. Bowman's jurisdiction, it
lis generally believed that Council will
turn Mr.. Hershey's gift over to his
care.
Reservoir Slopes Suggested
Several points have been suggested
but the slopes of Oak Knob, Reservoir
Park. appears TO have right of way of
opinion thus far Half n dozen or
more petitions to Council are now be-
ing circulated, it is understood, re-
questing that this point be selected.
Other places mentioned are Harris
Park and the new plaza of the pump
ing station.
The fact that handsome fountain
will be donated to the city this Spring
for the plaza precludes the placing of
the Donate statuary at that point.
Miss Fannie Eby has informed Mr..
Bowman of her intention to present Il
fountain to the city for the plaza She
is now collecting data incident to the
carving of the proposed plaza fountain
now.
Tho city will have TO provide the
necessary concrete and granite setting
for the Dance of Eternal Spring"
This will include a concrete base to
support two great granite bowls or
basins, one of a seven foot diameter, the
other four feet across. Below the
lower basin will be pool of appropri-
ate size and this will be surmounted
by a low balustrade. Six heads of
Pan" and on the balustrade three
smaller heads to support the big basin
will be included in Hershey's gift. Do
nato himself will likely supervise the
setting up of the statue.
Inc jury w tuliGShdN GNtIliS re-
turned a verdict in Donates favor of
S23.931.25 less the $2,O66.57 which
Hershey had paid on account. Inter
est dating from September II, 1912,
was included in Donates favor He
settled for $4,000 whereupon Her.
Ishey turned over the fountain to
Mayor Royal.
An Ideal Setting
In modelling the Dance of Eternal
Spring" Giuseppe Donate kept always
in mind a natural setting of trees and
greenery as a back ground and in or
der to get the proper effect he stud
led the conditions of the Hershey es-
tate for several months. The beauty
of the natural surroundings of the
slopes of Oak Knob, Reservoir, is con-
sidered an ideal setting. Thousands
lof people passing out Market street
and into Reservoir via Trolley or the
Twenty first street entrance would get
a view of the fountain from a distance
.if it were placed on the Reservoir
slopes.