Sightseers become a problem at the building site and crowds often cause interference with the laborers. The iron framing for the elevating floor in the great dome is in place. It is intended to raise and lower the floor as the declination of the telescope is altered, and works on a system of pulleys on the sides of the tower. Mr. Decker is the foreman. By November 9th, over 30 feet of tube is attached to the pier.
Masonry work on the building is finished.
Plastering 8,000 square yards of straight walls is completed. Notice the group of men posing from the dome. Some on scaffolds waving, some on the very top of the great dome, others standing on the balcony. The machinery from the instrument making department of the Kenwood Observatory is being transferred to the Yerkes Observatory. Enough of the observatory is finished to permit the staff to occupy it.