, 1872-12-20
What Fond du Lac Gentleman Will
Do for Chicago.
Mr. Whinfeld's Plan for Turning
Night Into Day.
A Magnificent Job for Our Board of Public
! Works.
How Mr. WIS Designs Might; Be
Improved.

Fond du Lac, Wis. is town Of no verv i'm
posing proportions but it is destined to unusual
greatness. It contains gentlemen of aspiring
Adnnlt1on,-toTerlng ambition, one would sup
pose from perussl Of the subjoined plan rre-
pared by one Of its citizens. Never since the
Polyglot Convention at Babel determined upon
The erection Of step-ladler to the ethereal arch
mas the human mind conceived OF go lofty
project as that which Mr. John ". Winfield, Of
Fond du Lac, has studied up, and Of which he
has no doubt as to the feasibility.
1hls project is directed at Chicago WIS con-
ee17ed especially for Chicago's benefit. Mr.
Nh1nheld has long regarded us as the 'people
winch In darkness aat. j" and is now determined
1aas ne shall SEQ glorious light"
#hose very shadow shall be brighter than
street lamp, and whose luetre shall be
as the MONDAY. The Watchfu1 Inhabitants OF
The nelghboring planets, ahall startled from the
quiet OF their long isolation point celestial te1e
scopes to us-ward at the hour of midnight, and
behold, brighter than the beams CT the distant
midday sun, the source of our LEGAL illu1nina-
lion
That this is no mere dream, can be fadged
from the plans and specifications which, the
gentleman has forwarded to Chicago for ac,ept-
ance 4 brief description of them. a. .oub-
Ashed IN the Marquette Euening Journal may
De interesting. The plan proposes the erect Eon
OF an enormous stone structure three sto1 les
u helght, the two lower stories to be used a s 8
mammoth railroad transfer depot; the thi, Il
standing some distance back from each fro ut
OF the main building, to be of ir On
and serve for Offices This porti IN
OF the building is to be 65 feet high. This ia
merely the foundation Of the structure, nd
must be stoutly lut together. From the cen ire
of the upper story in the drawing, sweeps igh
INTO the All dome 200 feet in diameter, the
lower portion of which represents circ liar
clerestozy, 25 feet in height pierced for q l. rre
F7ndoWs, with columns on each eide Of th EN-
From this commences the dome proper, 1ib' bed
crocketed and re1isTed with dormer windows, and
crowning the whole, tower, in three parts,
whose respective diameters are 60, 50 and 20
feet, with central air passage, 10 feet in diane
ter, running through them, and rising 10 fee
above them. There are three galleries round t5
toTer, : an ana l. dght Of spiral steps lssdr g
high, surmounted with q tubular iron daest afr
80 feet high The iron in the constructicp ~
the clere-atory, dome, and tower would W ich
1000 tons; and, for the whole structure, 10 900
tons. ''00
But the PURPOSE OF this vast. .erdcture rer aains
70 be explained It is to sr.ppert. at the ayful
altitude named, monster lantern contain ing IS
Obtained The e IN e1ah1a being e 10 Ees d5eef
Lights, are to be reflected from q sesme Mt OF a
circle Of re1ectors whic}, would diffus their
Fays osef an area Of tW ,nty miles diame er, and
External day precl 1des the hight, an pleas
ures banish pain" At this snb1iTe obiect before
VIII ta ene 1al9If considerations will hue their
- can 5;-aat e astronomical prot uglee o. me
eI m alteos their transit glass. IS W1tn IN
un1ss' IhestT eet-car conductor will ot Light his
.,o1aP ior - y 1M then be useless the gas
ep9l con In mes I Il die natural DEATH ana ell good
xvJn
funerals; funerals; kerosene explosions will ruin MY more
1suranee e companies, and urdertakers Wiu
sa1 gs 'uble rates for their attentions esra-
so!s VI y. be In vogue by night a5 we'll as By Gay,
hnd and. t e dry goods trade viii be- stimuiat Il
~ gni iers will yalnly wadd1e across sidewalks IN
ne, ne endeavo1 to ind a shady spot to conce u
bs degraded carcasses; slnng-shots call
, -nuckes be banished to those benighted re- (
Eions where genius has no show policemen can
I no longs5 hole " in doorways, nor burglars ply
hanging 1ncendiaries to lamp-posts; no possi- +
bi!ity Of q suit against the city for defective
s.dewsk; no going to ones club this even
gambling houses ahead Of other reporters; no
tear of going West every night in murky, Ciua-
1nerisn darkness, whenever the Peoples Con>o
pany forsets its duty The cropping denizena ~ !
intercept the fugitive rays from our soiHry |
street-lamp the fishes will be unable to 81 eeD !
for weeks st q stretch, and the man at the crib |
n
spacious dwelling out to eea.
.. But. before indulging in these joyous refee-
tons it would be we'll enough to examine tie
OF the Fight including &c, 900 per an lu so for
labor, will be S36, 600, the inventor al, i,tirnates
Or oneei2hth of the present cost Of lg1 ,tiug the
city. The cost Of the dome with machiu erv, etc,
would bo 7s50,ooo, or tEn cost Of gas Tor lB
months.
The plans and specifications Of this wonderful
Tork have been brought to this city by a gen.
neman nsa to whom ahfT we're intusted nd whose
ne have quoted the ADORE description. as well
No one has yet heard Of them through any Of
has thought the schemo better adapt ed to son'~
distant city than to Chi cago ---.a!or Of
III It ap2eafs h9Teve' t6at Il zo9at the cree
ton Of the laa mir 1etice has been done,him, as
bel'a-,% tookt he plans withhim SIX months
ago and has not been heard from since. This
pl ans o9eht to be- snbmitted M tie Fat fot Ha
P1oper a11oot1tn q for examination. They might
es@va1e @ - ne xaeu Of Mr. Carter and extend The
thompson On NIL ;bt have something to look at
Nathont etoopf ag, and Mr.. Bailey would have an
Dpoa1anlEs 10 palm it OF on the Times as
IT. #; chasb' trough could say it tt best ien sis
With b n is donEy sreat in}uz1 EG1aa
Fee et , IG rne pu bic as rel as to the orgnator-
acations, an have the thing rushed thronaf he | =
Mr.. Whin 6eld believes in centra1iza.iop. He t
aas specific 1tions for an anti-ire service. xh;cI
hal rende1 the ecorching Of piece Of naper g.
n impossit ity, should its owner desire ID pre o. o.
eEve II 9n& .3 eathsd To use hia own words,
arge porta on Of the enormous cost Of tx Fire q
Depa5eme1 p35 M - as the proposed calcium light I,
you'd 9a''e, oa in comparison with ordinary 8, 8,
a e95av h ST See tbs ca:+ 5y y9nr papers Of yes