Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-07-16
THE PARIS EXPOSITION.
Preparations for the Next Great
Industrial Exhibition at the
French Capital
The Tower of Babel To Be Out
done by Modern Structure
OF Iron
An Elevation of One Thousand Feet To Be
Attained Scientific Experiments
in Prospect.
Possible Effect OF the Wind.

Possible Effect of the Wind.
A Paris correspondent of The chicago
Times writes: Some French journalists
are trying to prove that the exhibition Of
1889, having no other aim than the cell
ebration of political anniversary, will
produce for France no beneficial result
We can not agree with them, for n
universal exhb ition'' is always u re-
captulation of the progress made dur
ing a certain period. If there be Il
period when science has made gigantic
strides. it is this latter half Of the nine
tcenth century, when our custums have
been revolutionizcd by steam and cleo
tricity. The Importance of these dis
coverics that savants make from year
to year would alone be sufficient to
Justify an exhibition where, from all
parts OF the globe, those interested may
come to study the results and partake
o! the benefits.
1t may BE- affirmed that since the eX-
iStence of The world there have been
cXpositionS. The form has varied. but
the history of eXpositions is the history
of labor itself. Tyre and Sidon,
Babylon and Nneveh. Athens, in the
time of Pcricles, had eXpositions. From
this time until the renaissance we sell
dom read of anything which resembles
an exposition of
THE INDUSTRIES OF a NATION.
Under the directoric. Francois dc
Neufchatcau, French secretary of the
interior, invited all merchants to eXh b.
it publicly whatever remarkable goods
they might possess. After the first
French exhibition Ncufchatcau decided
that every year there should be one sim
liar. and from 1898 to 1s49 there We're
eleven. These exhibitions took place
in 1902. 1909. 1916, 1928. 1927, 1884,
1889. 1914, and 1919 At the last there
were $500 exhibitors, and material for
railways was adm tied for the first TIM.
Since then we have had the eXpositions
of 1895, 1867. and 1873 The date of the
next, 1889, is most natural one-the
centuary of one of the greatest events
of modern times. The French rcvolu-
ton could not be better celebrated than
by the peaceful assembling of the ma
ton on industrial ground. 1t is well
that the time has been fixed several
years in advance, because the exhibit
ors will not be so hurried Is they were
in 1873. NJ. Lockroy, minister OF com
merce. has decided that all the French
architects and engineers can compete
for the building plans, The buildings
the Esplanade DIES Invalides. the Champ
de Mars. and the quays adjoining, The
csplanade and the Palais de rIndustrc
will be connected perhaps by "A bridge,
perhaps in some other way. The build
ings will cover 29l, 900 meters, of which
81, 900 meters will be
DEVOTED TO FINE ARTS,
$4,000 to architecture, 5000 TO the
colonies, 80, 600 to machines, and 49,,
900 to other sections.
A colossal tower one thousand feet in
height will be not only the principal
attraction of the exposition, but the
most daring work ever undertaken by
any engineer. The pyramids of Egypt,
st. Peters. the Washington monument,
all these wonderful elevations will
seem the work of dwarfs beside this
massive iron construct on, on whose
summit will float the French flag. This
tower will survive the exposition and
pcrpetuate its memory. The English
have much TO say on the subject and
are in gleeful spirits because 1.-THE
French centennial will be finer than the
American centennial. The Americans
will be conquered. because they will
lot poss y, the highest monument of
ne globe. Why does not England
attempt to conquer America, instead
of leaving the work to France?
Soon tn : dream will become a
reality, and before the end of the year
an army of workmcn VIII have made
the fNCtN dliOUN II 'tt~>ilN lOi tut lOltll-
dation of this modern Babel.
This tower consists of four iron
pyramids, placed $50 feet one from the
other, each pyramid being 80 feet
square ut the base and l6 feet square
AT THE SUMMIT.
At the first story, $50 feet above the
ground, these pyramids are united by
glass covered gallery. fifty feet wide,
which makes the tour of the construc-
ton. This gallery will be used for
soirees, etc At the second story is
room one hundred feet square, covered
by glass. At the summit is cupola
with an exterior balcony. There will
be placed the electrical apparatus
destined to light the exposition. Each
pyramid will have IN elevator con-
structed in the same manner as the
Swiss railways. 1t is startling to think
of an elevator taking one seven times
as high Is the Column Vendoma. but