St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-04

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body of the tower. the buttresses being
stepped back" at the height of 55 feet
| from the ground and terminating in small
| flanking turrets that are carried up three
feet above the body of the tower, which is
101 feet high. The turret is at the
southeast angle of the tower. is somewhat
| larger than the others and is carried
up IA feet above the main tower. and
| terminates in pointed roof made of ever
greens. surrounded by flag post 20 feet
high, which will carry the carnival flag,
and also serve for the weather signals.
The total height from ground to ball on the
flag post is 1875 feet. The body of the
tower is girt by belt courses of projecting
''rOck-ice." at % feet 43 feet. 81 feet, and
so feet from the ground. Between these
belts are small windows. in what might
be called the second, third and fourth
stories. There is no roof to the tower,
nor to any part of the building. 1t was
first intended to roof over the large court
on the south side of the tower. and
use it for carnival meetings, dances,
and other purposes, but this idea was
abandoned as impracticable and the build
ing will stand as a monument only. There
is a cornice, composed of four courses of
ice each stepped OUT several inches be-
yond the cOrnice under it. and is sur
mounted by a battlement. architecturally
called inechacolation. The walls of the
tower, as are those of the whole building.
are composed of courses of solid blocks of
ice, twelve to eighteen inches in thickness
and VARYING from two to six feet in length.
At the base of the tower the walls are five
feet thick. The tower stands in a court.
formed by a wall pierced with narrow
elongated windows or ''stets." This wall
is twenty-three feet high and is treated
similarly to the tower, having a cor
nice and battlement. At each angle formed
by the walls of this square or
enclosure. there are circular and square
turrets of different designs corniced and
battlemented and surmounted by flag poles
destined to carry the national colors of
England, France, Germany and Sweden.
From the four sides of this square spring
the arms of the cross. The lateral arms
extend seventy-two feet each side from the
tower, and from the side entrances. The
entrance at each of the terminals of these
arms is double arch six feet wide and is
flanked by square base tapering into
A CIRCULAR TURRET
AZ feet high and feet in diameter The
head of the cross extending at rear of main
building ami towards Bluff street is some
what similar to the side entrances. but differs
from them in size, being larger, 60 feet wide
by 20 feet long, and also terminates In an
entrance composed of large single arch
feet in diameter. The foot of the cross,
extending in front of the building and to-
wards Summit avenue is also continuation
of the main wall. and swells into circle of
noble proportions, 90 feet in diameter.
The wall, and the whole building
in fact, is well relieved and strengthened
by stone buttresses that add good deal to
the stability, and yet they cut up the sky
lines" as they rise and terminate above the
wall in rough chunks of ice that form
very graceful final and effectually relieves
the otherwise monOtOnOuS straight lines of
the battlements. In the circular wall at
the farthest point from the main building
facing Summit avenue is the grand en-
trance. 1t was designed as triumphal
arch and is really imposing in appearance.
| The entrance proper is an archway 16
feet wide and Is feet high. This archway
| is practical in an exceedingly thick
wall (nine feet, but that projects only
slightly beyond the face OF the circular wall.
| The arch is composed of several courses OF
| ice alternately projecting and receding.
| greatly I6ScluUllIlS u NOllll
| arch. Wherever there has been an oppor-
tunity to introduce any detail at all in this
almost ''undetailable" material the archi
tects have chosen this robust and very APP
propriate style. The wall at either side of
the arch tapers off into two graceful but
! tresseS. and is surmounted by a pedestal
upon which is colossal statue of King
| Borealis, seated. supported on either hand
by a polar bear. rampant, holding
| colored electric light. There are
also two bears, couchant, on pedestals
at each side of the entrance on the ground.
| All of these figures are carved in solid ice.
King Borealis, if standing, would be about
| twenty feet tall. The general appearance
of the building will be novel and striking.
! 1t is a decided aud pleasing departure from
the orthodox form adopted by the Montreal
ers for the past four years, and borrowed
by st. Paul last year.
CARNIVAL NOTES.
Bows desiring to join the Little Crow To
| boggan club are invited to attend a meeting
of that organization at So East Eleventh
street at O'Clock this afternoon.
A meeting was held last night in the Sixth
| ward to consider carnival matters. plan
| of the palace was presented and accepted.
| II Is to be located on the river, between State
street and the Robert street bridge. the right
for the location having been secured from
| the CITY. The sum of $1,000 is to be expended
| in the construction of the palace. The front
| of the palace will be highly ornamented, and
! a toboggan slide is to be co structed 900 feet
| long. The work of clearing OFF the snow will
| be commenced Monday.
The citizens on West Seventh street have
taken preliminary steps for the organization
| of carnival club. At meeting held last
| evening Dr. Faulkner was elected chairman,
f. A. Krch secretary and Henry Lauer treas
| urer committee consisting of Messrs.
Peters Eiswirth and insolvency were APP
pointed to prepare rules and bylaws and re-
| port at a meeting to be held Dec. 10.