Show I I FOUNTAIN MS IS USELESS rat loll ni Fails to tt Beau Beau- Pre enl to In Cil City Patrons of the public library and there aro arc hundreds of them have been luen asking wh why the beautiful fountain placed in front of the library buildIng build build- ing h by tho the Daughters of tho the American Revolution Is not nol usel used Tho The fountain is a it handsome granite one supplied with cups lS for man nUll and a drinking trough for fOI dogs logs It was placed last lat November The rite winter Is gone gune an and tho the pJ Ing is fast fast- disappearing disappearing- hut but still sUII the fountain is useless and ann all nil because the tile city cily administration has failed to connect the water wate pipes s. s For two months tho pipes and earth have been torn up making an nil unsightly unsightly-ap amid tho the otherwise beautiful ful S surroundings and the there c is no nn evi dence of an intention to remedy tho the condition Shortly after the fountain h had d been licen placed one of the tho pipes burst The city claimed It was time Iho fault of or the plumber the tho plumber claimed claimer It was vas not nOl and that It wa was the city's s place to repair it At last this controversy was as settled the time work sou of repairing the damage was Its begun That was sas two months ago aro No work has ilas been heen done on it since and tho the beautiful granite fountain In instead tea of oC being of or service ser to man and amid beast as ai was Intended Is about as Wi useless a thing as can be Quad found an anywhere where in fn the tho city |