ORNAMENTAL WELLS 



overflow. The type is patterned after the California 

 gushers which are used for irrigation purposes. The 

 famous artesian well at Paso Robles, California, was 

 driven deeper and deeper into the earth until it 

 reached a hidden force of water stored under tre- 

 mendous pressure. It is not unusual for these 

 gushers of California to flow six thousand gallons 

 a minute, making them of untold value for irrigation. 

 Along the eastern shores of the United States 

 we do not find gushers of similar capacity, but there 

 are very creditable ones in various sections. On 

 the north shore of Long Island, near Cold Spring 

 Harbor, is one of the most famous of these ever- 

 flowing wells. In passing along the quiet road, the 

 visitor scarcely notices the shimmery pool that lies 

 under a group of willows. When its novel attraction 

 is pointed out, one notices that there is a living foun- 

 tain in the centre of the pool. It is an unpretentious 

 affair, simply a four-inch pipe extending out of the 

 pool, from which spouts a living stream. This spout- 

 ing or gushing well was secured simply by driving the 

 pipe sixty feet into the earth, until it tapped the 

 abundant underground stream. After spouting up 

 through the pipe, and forming the deep pool, the out- 

 let rushes down at one side of the pool in a little 

 stream, making the surrounding vegetation luxu- 

 riantly beautiful by means of irrigation. 



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