The Ornamental Movement of JMater in City Streets 
be set playing at their full capacity, they 
would not use the amount of water that 
bursts from the world-famous fountain of 
Trevi, or splashes on the stones of the 
Piazza of St. Peter’s. The original plans 
of Washington show the high appreciation 
L’Enfant had for all forms of water 
decoration; and when the heats of a 
having fountains,” he suggests, “ is obtain¬ 
ing water for them. All large towns are 
perennially short of water, and pumping 
costs. In R ome, the water comes by 
gravity ; therefore, as the cost is slight, the 
fountains play constantly. In Paris they 
play seldom, and dead fountains are dreary. 
In Washington, we can have a Roman 
AN OLD FOUNTAIN 
AT TAORMINA 
Washington summer are taken into con¬ 
sideration, further argument is unnecessary 
to prove that the first and greatest step 
to be taken in the matter of beautifying 
the District of Columbia is such an increase 
in the water supply as will make possible 
the copious and even lavish use of water in 
fountains.” 
This may be supplemented by an, unoffi¬ 
cial remark of Mr. D. H. Burnham, of the 
Park Commission. “The difficulty of 
condition. The Potomac above Great 
Falls is 150 feet above the town of old 
Washington ; and at this point, the water 
supply is equal to all the old Rome sources, 
I should think.” 
How copious these Roman supplies were, 
all the world knows, but the fountains in 
St. Peter’s Piazza and the Acqua Paola are 
shown here by way of reminder. The two 
represent distinct types; the first that suited 
to an open space, to be seen from all sides : 
