Show FOUNTAINS MECHANISM 18 19 INTRICATE BUT OUT EFFECT IS 15 SUPERB how ro ran nil kowm all salts ft of at digs ran can ito led targe ril n lain ar an op r t d by if ma vader brookd abe irb th hab ato the tb C tolor 1 re til tat letter cannot it at tell be he whole tory story of he wondrous roul color of which the modern electr electric icil 11 i imitated fountain s capable various ratty forms orm are re made with ao 10 grids of jete of A itar water all wi la ill unton unison under the and u eat each it skillful operator band of a a thing of beauty itself imagine tor for shown la ili one cue of a moment the lan fin to be the IDS illustrations made up ot of myriad rib ribs ot of eter chass ot of ing hue and you will have laif idaa IL I 1 it what aa an elec electria trie fountain really bai has lim mid said that the electric toun tala w baj as originally conceived in the prolific mind of a theatrical manager and that I 1 t ened served a good purpose in a la crude this was wa but form upon the uke stage aly my for a time artists and ice ica took it up and developed the idea brIn bridgins briny lne gins it nearer to perfection until in 1592 IS it t and interested millions of I 1 tople at the columbian exposition in chicago in thu the daytime the electric fountain ii Is cot not at its it bogl boal it is night that b brica r 1 n ti 0 out u t if iti b be e a autlee u ti e s 1 it t v would 0 uld per b bap a p 0 pr prove 0 v e no t e c li n 1 cal t to 0 e enter z ter ano complete dee des of all t the he tuna i iii 11 1 AMB i 11 74 i tr A FAN EFFECT eel nels and the arrangement ot of the thou than tande sands of 0 jet jets which make the different display displays these jets are lre so arranged ai as to form all manner of different designs umbrella shapes whirling designs globular elio were criss cross motions ln abort everything under the sun the very pretty wheat shear design shown in the illustration ie Is made by streams ot at ater from rom sixty eight i in a tunnel funnel and when nineteen ot at these sheaves are made it brings over a thousand streams ot of wa ter into play the height ot of each istre edream arn la regulated by the operator who ie Is under grout to go beneas the foun fountain 1 I 1 the realm ot of searchlights colored glasses pumps and ev everything grything which makes a good electric plant two men oro are necessary to operate an electric fountain one cue to manipulate the lever layers which govern the jets ot of water and the other to govern the searchlights the chief operator look looks out ot of two or three windows juit above the surface of the watt in the basin aa and through theoe theme he can see the effects ot of each movement ot of levere levers or colors in roal froat ot of him Is a row ot of levers each of which controls the water to one set of foun tain jets a long board on which are arranged a number of push buttons controlling the various combinations ot at colors and each individual color la to controlled by a button ot of the same color when the operator touches a button there immediately springs into the air a golden spout ot at water that returns to the pool changed to myriad drops ot of molten gold another button will be premed and lot lo 10 the living column has become a red and every drop in s alku a gem another lever ie Is pulled and a core score of streams playing towa tows the center spring into existence followed by miniature geysers that as sume every possible color apparently umbrellas of spray appear as in another lever Is touched and lhee ahne are followed by curiously whirling jets jots that twist like snakes of fire underground on every tide ire are gmt great bowl bowls 0 at fire that thata item seem to be attached to the round globe of glass above by a solid whit white flame these are the searchlights and the globe above are the funnels through which are cent the ray rays ot of color to illuminate the ep outing jets OTe overhead rheaL many buildings are building electric fountains as a summer attraction for their inhabitants the cost varies na aurally with the quality of the fountain in prospect park brooklyn coet cost 24 railway companies are finding it of benefit to erect these fountains in their parks or in cc operation with cities by supplying the power to run ran the fountain A valuable return comes to them through the increased traffic and in several cues cases a fountain has his been made tu pay tor for itself in a it |