ARCHITECTURE AND ORNAMENTATION. 



occur in the execution of work of this kind that the money at 

 command is limited, and the simplest possible architectural 

 expression is the only thing possible. Consistent with this fact, 

 we have awarded the first prize to a design which would give 

 valuable suggestion to communities of moderate means called 

 to erect structures of this sort." 



A recently constructed masonry structure about a steel stand- 

 pipe and a part of the St. Louis water- works system is a fair 

 example of possibilities in this connection. As may be seen 

 from the accompanying illustration (Fig. 61), the circumscribing 

 edifice is costly, massive, and imposing, and ornamental to the 

 vicinity in which it has been erected. As a whole, its effect is 

 pleasing, but it is to be regretted that a more appropriate roof 

 design had not been provided. The bell-shaped superstructure 

 has a "beehive" appearance, which detracts from an otherwise 

 fine type of water-tower construction. 



A steel water-tower is a much more promising problem for 

 architectural beauty than its companion, the cylindrical stand- 

 pipe, since in that direction opportunity is limited to correct 

 construction and taste displayed in detail and painting. A 

 worthy example of what may be done with such a structure 

 is the water-tower designed by Prof. Marston for the Iowa State 

 College, hereinbefore mentioned and illustrated in Fig. 62. Its 

 purpose is unmistakable, its lines are graceful, and the effect 

 altogether substantial and pleasing. Analogous to the limited 

 possibility of architectural effect in water-tower construction is 

 the modern steel bridge, concerning which Mr. Alfred P. Boiler, 

 M. Am. Soc. C. E., in his work on "Highway Bridges," says: 



"In the true sense of the term architecture, unadorned con- 

 struction is as much a part of architecture as the more popular 

 idea that it simply covers the art of producing pleasing effects. 

 A man cannot be a good architect before he is a good construc- 

 tionist, no matter how dexterous he may be in devising graceful 

 forms or artistic in his selection of colors. In bridge-building 



