PARK AND CEMETERY 
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DRINKING FOUNTAIN, GOLDEN GATE PARK, SAN FRAN- 
CISCO. 
M. Earl Cummins, Sc. 
miniature temple oil a little eminence dedicated to 
Buddha, and many other objects that give the place 
a perfect Japanese atmosphere. 
A large drinking fountain has just been placed in 
position in Golden Gate Park. The figure is of bronze 
and represents a nude boy surmounting a square 
column. The statue is four feet high, and the total 
height including pedestal is twelve feet. The pedestal 
is seven feet in diameter, and is of Madera County 
(Cal.) granite. The square column is 3)/2X2)/2 feet, 
7 feet high, and of fine Colusa County (Cal.) sand- 
stone. The stone work was done by the Raymond 
Granite Co. of San Francisco. 
The boy is shown in a free, graceful, unstudied atti- 
tude, and the limbs are models of shapely nimbleness. 
The basin is on the front side of the square column — 
the water gushing forth from the mouth of a queer 
headed bronze fish. The total cost of this fountain 
was $3,000. The design was the work of M. Earl 
Cummins, a young sculptor of San Francisco, who has 
recently returned from a period of study in Italy. Mr. 
Cummins also designed the architectural features of 
the work. The casting was done at the Globe Brass 
and Bell Foundry, San Francisco. 
The colossal Dutch windmill near the Ocean Beach 
in the western limits of Golden Gate is said to be the 
largest in the world. It was erected by the park com- 
missioners to augment the regular water supply which 
proved very inadequate to meet the demand. The 
tower supporting the huge arms is nearly 150 feet high. jj 
It is built of timber very strongly braced, has a concrete \\ 
base 40 feet in diameter and tapers gradually to the jj 
top. The four arms are each 80 feet long. The vanes j| 
are made of heavy canvas and wood — 8 feet wide, and j 
extend nearly the full length of each arm. The strength ( 
of the mill varies with the velocity of the wind from 50 
to 100 horse-power. In the base of the tower is the 
machinery. Three large pumps are operated in con- M 
junction, and a column of water 14 inches in diameter > 
is driven to a large reservoir from where it is dis- ' 
tributed through the grounds. Running steadily, the li, 
capacity of the pumping plant is about 250,000 gallons |i 
every 24 hours. The water is not pumped from the [j 
ocean but from wells and springs. The length of the 1 1 
main from the tower up to the park is nearly three miles, i 1 
As the mill stands on the beach, there is never any lack | 
of wind. In fact, the gales are frequently so strong that ; 
it can not be operated without danger of breaking ] 
some part of the arms or machinery. Even with 
this monster windmill, the supply is now proving inade- 
quate, and the Commissioners propose in the near fu- j | 
ture to erect another great Dutch windmill in the cen- j i 
tral portion of the park — though not so large as the one | 
described. Artesian wells will be the source of supply. 
The increased demand for water is evidence of the 
constant and rapid extension of park improvements. j 
Other important improvements are now in active 1 ! 
progress in this park. A handsome boat house is be- j 
ing built on the shores of Spreckles Lake. This is | 
DUTCH WINDMILL IN GOLDEN GATE PARK, SAN FRAN- 
CISCO. 
