Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1916 — GOOD PLACE FOR FOUNTAIN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GOOD PLACE FOR FOUNTAIN

Builder In Western City Has Proved That He Had the Right Idea in Its Construction. In constructing a building in a' western city, a . sanitary drinking

fountain has been set in a niche provided in the front wall of the structure between two stores. The outer edge of the porcelain water bowl is flush with the face of the brickwork, so that it does not jut mit in the way of By placing the here, instead <h erecting a pedestal at the curb,/as is frequently done, the Sidewalk was left free from obstructions. The foun-

tain is both a convenience to the publid and an ornament. —Popular Mechanics. Municipal Enterprise. Rochester, N. Y„ has an annual exposition that is partly a municipal enterprise. The exposition was stalled by a number of private concerns, but; ita success was so great that the city* government provided it with an expowith handsome buildings. Here both manufacturing and agricultural exhibits are shown, the former including! the lines that have made Rochester famous, such as cameras, optical goods, shoes, clothing, office fixtures and prepared foods.