Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-16

| chosen, partly because there was a monu-
ment already erected on the spot In case
/ a fatal accident should occur. Climbing
/ up to the platform where the elevator
| cage was fastened was only start.
The electric light man said "get in"
and the NEWS man did 50. About $40
/ feet above him was 200 pound weight
| suspended over pulley by a stout one
/ half inch wire cable that extended down
10 the cage. The O. |. man said he would
climb up TO the top. There is pedal ar
! rangcment In the bottom OF the elevators
/ by which their speed Is regulated. II one
stands on the brake the grip is loosed, and
the cage sails skywards about like a
rocket. at first the machine started very
leisurely up, and the man who was climb
/ ing got ahead.
"PFess down on the brake with
your foot" he called out.
Both feet cot on the thing somehow, and
the next 90 feet were covered in less time
than it takes to wink. The cage whizZed
by the climber like flash, and made him
so dizzy that he nearly fell. Had the
pressure not been taken of the foot brake
the instant it was, the reporter would
have been an angel in about a second.
The sensation was peculiar, the more so
as travelling in that direction with such
rapidity was quite unexpected by the Oc-
cupant of the cage at the moment He
preferred TO see more as ne went. The
remaining distance to the top was sailed
very cautiously. The climber had to stop
once or twice to rest, but he soon reached
the upper platform, and sat down for a
moment. There is not much room up
there, and there was not much to do but
look around.
The city seemed like a town IN q
woods. The trees do not make half the
effect seen from the street that they do
when seen from point $50 feet above the
ground. The church steeples. with the
exception OF the independent Presbyter-
ian church, did not appear TO be much
more than half as high. The new part Of
the city south of CASTOR street showed up
we'll, but on the west side of the city
tram of cars was creeping along the track,
the locomotive belching forth great clouds
Of black smoke tina: traled away behind
and dissolved in the cOlorless air.
Around to the southeast the track OF
the Savannah, Florida and Western Rail
way stretched of toward the Cult The
Charleston and Savannah Railway skirt
ed the southern rim Of the city, and dsap-
peared to the west. The river was taken
in at glance from away up above the
city down its crooked course to the roads.
Fybee light house was just visible in The
distance. Quarantine station was easily
made out.
It was nice enough gazing around, but
when it came to looking down 1T was diff
ierent. The wind was not blowing much
at the foot Of the tower, but it was at the
other end, and hats would not stay on
without being held. When the workman
went IN TO the lights, which were a few
feet higher still, his movements and the
wind caused a slight swaving Of the
structure that was not pleasant to a new
hand. The workman did not seem to
mind it, and went on fixing the carbons
with as much Indifference as though he
Vas down on Bull street.
The little folks were Just going to Sun
day school and as the tower kept shaking
IN the wind, the reporter thought he never
wanted TO 90 10 sabbath school half so
much before I'm his life. 1t seemed fear
tul ways up to be without wings, and he
looked anXiOusly about, fearing that
mule might chance that way. He knew
when he had enough and the workman
was not ready TO descend any too soon for
the passenger.
The cable had to be worked some by
hand to get the elevator to descend but
that did not make any difference The
curiosity of the News man was fully sat
ished and be was perfectly willing to go
slow on the down trip. The electric light
men say that the towers often sway at the
top but are perfectly safe.