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Show A MARBLE CASCADE. A Teature of the Midwinter Fair Will Be a Permanent Park Attraction. The greatest of the permanent attractions attrac-tions of Golden Gate park will soon be ready for the public. This is no less than rthe marble cascade on the eastern slope jjf Strawberry hill. The finishing touches are now being put on that work of art, and when the pumping machinery is ready to furnish the water for it the cascade cas-cade will begin to pour its waters down the sheer side of the hill to form one of the most magnificent artificial waterfalls in the world. The falls will have two descents of 50 feet each. The first fall will empty its foamy waters into a basin half way up the hillside, and the waters will take an- other plunge and fall into a similar basin at the base of the cliff. From the latter pool they will flow under a footwalk into the lake. When it is stated that Vernal falls, in Yosemite valley, are only 330 feet, or a little over thrice the height of the marble cascades, and proportionately pro-portionately contain no larger volume of water at their normal state than it will, the force in comparison will be understood. under-stood. The cascades will lack something some-thing in the grandeur of surroundings that other falls possess, but this will be compensated for in some landscape creations crea-tions on their borders that will, when their verdure shall have had time for development, de-velopment, make of them a south Pacific island dream. San Francisco Report. |
