The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-30
The Wonderful Work Now APP
preaching Completion.
A VERY VIVID PEN-PICTURE.
The Impressions of French Journalist, Who
Was Perhaps as Near Heaven as
He Ever VIII Be.


crown the gigantic work of NJ. Eiffel will
be put in place.
Making the ascension at the present time,
seeing the workmen at their labors at the
dizzy height of $50 metres $40 feet assist
ing in the raising of the enormous pieces
riveted above the third stage has appeared
interesting to Partisan reporter who has
thus recounted his impressions:
Mr. Eiffel waited upon us in the little
mdisOnette that has been erected at the en-
trance of the work yard, serving for the
offices of the several bureaus OF construc-
ton. We are in all about fifteen tourists.
There are also some danes who dld not care
to mount any higher than the second stage.
Mr. Eiffel presented me to the guide who
accompanied me to the floor of 275 metres.
Four or five persons who had already
made the ascension had provided them
selves with caps with ear lappets and tur
gloves 1t appears that hats OF high
form offer to the wind
A PRIZE UNFORTUNATE TO THE OWNER;
without gloves the intensely cold iron
causes aching fingers.
In Indian file, preceded by M. Eltfel and
the guide we entered in the right pillar,
which discloses to view one of the stair
cases.
The $50 steps which lead to the first plat
form are easy to climb This staircase has
been well co lcted for the convenience
of the public NJ. Eiffel has counselled me
to initiate his gait. He mounts very slowly,
the right arm to the hand rail, balancing
the body from one hip to the other. Profit
ing by this springing motion we climb with
moderate effort ch degree. Here the slope
is so inclined that we can converse with
ease while climbing, and no person is out of
breath on arriving at the landing of the
first stage.
The first aspect of this vast surface is
that of the workyard of construction in the
hustle of labor. Four paviliOns are being
erected at the same time. These are the
foundations of a Flemish brewery, Rus
sian restaurant, an AnglO-Amerlcan saloon
and bar. and Louis XIV cabinet. The
cellars Of these pavilions will have fifty
eight metres of space. At the hour of re
past this vast terrace will accommodate
1900 inhabitants, quite an aerial city.
At one side the windows of these restaur-
ants open upon the large square which en-
closes the interior by the four basic pillars
of the tower.
At the other side the diners dominate the
promenade which makes a balcony over
looking Paris. The city has already taken
the immobility Of a panorama.
LIFE AND MOVEMENT CEASE.
The silhouettes of the passers and the
fiacres make in the street little spots Of ink,
very black, very clear
We leave here a part of our companions
to engage, a dozen of US, in the small star
case which will not be open to the public.
This has a circular ascent And one is
seized with a surprising sensation at each
turn of vision and the rapid mounting OF
the horizon. The TrocaCers descends.
The massive sombers of the Bots de Boul-
ogne enter into corner of Paris, pushing
the city towards the east. And all at once
the staircase makes q halt. We have come
to the stage of 120 metres. The first OBJ
jects which strike the eye are the hand cars
mounted on rails. A circular railway Is
installed upon these heights for the con
venience of the wOrkmen. TINS village Is,
however, less important than the other be
low. The only manifestation of life and
the presence of mankind here, are three
constructions of unequal height, pavilion
for the steam engine for hosting material,
a shed and a cabOose where the workmen
who labor
IN THE ELEVATED REGIONS
descend daily to make their repast. 1t is
here much colder, and the air is keener than
it was little while ago. The thermome-
ter registers one degree below zero. The
suffering from the cold is tenfold augmented
by the squalls of wind which assau us.
In the staircase the cold iron has caused
such a suffering in nv fingers that have
essayed TO mount with M hands IN my
pockets without holding on to the rail, but
the wind tossed me about so that was
obliged to cling again to the cold rail-, ana
shelter my face from the binding hail with
the other arm, Thus, during quarter OF
an hour. toll upward without regarding |
the prospect G5 not see anything but the /
paletot Of NJ. Eiffel, who precedes me. we |
do not talk any more.
The hailstorm ceased as we arrived at the |
platform of 200 metres called the Ptdnchcr |
intermediarG. In revenge the wind increases
and is keener. 1t seemed to me IN coming |
upon this platform that the legs are little
feeble The vertigo! No. The fotlque |
THE FURRY OF THE WIND,
and also the surprise Of this impression |
we'll known by aeronauts. The immensely |
of space, It is truly at this height that one
enters into the upper deep.
The four members Of the tour GROWING
and meeting together give to this platform
the appearance of an apex to balloon
The atmosphere, the glaring light, assam us
at all the four cardinal points ANA IN tne
absence of any CONSTRUCTIONS Tor shade;
one has. for the first time, the sensation OF
suspension and isolation.
from these CONCENTRATIONS if one wishes TO
arrive du fat before night-fall. AT the
moment of putting our feet upon the IRON
spiral staircase one perceives that 1t IS not
attached to anything at the summit. mere
fore it oscillates under the feet. Thls sud
denly cools the ardor Of some OF the ascen-
sionists to the PICncher intermediate.
THE EVENING IS COMING on,
they say; there is nothing more to see above
than we have already discovered below.
They are gone. -Four of US remain. NJ.
Eiffel NJ. Richard. the constructor OF the
meteorologic apparatus, then the guide and
myself.
There are no more floors nor balconies.
The ladders are placed upon the iron lelsts
which overlap the spaces between. Ihey
are secured at the top by ropes. One must
not regard anything to the right or TO the
left. His attention must be directed only
TO the ladder he has before and above him.
After climbing the third ladder we attain
the platform of 215 metres. This IS the
place where the machinists are framing in
tower at the present time. There are about
a dozen men in all, seemingly lost in space.
As well as they can they shelter themselves
from the biting windy blast by screens of
sail cloth. And it is their lot to receive
many rude assaults.
AT TILE MOMENT OF OUR ARRIVAL,
they are about to drive a rivet. The large |
bo,J is all fiery red from the portable forge. |
They apply it in the hole which is to re
ceive it, and the heavy forge hammers are |
welded upon its head in shower of |
/ was approaching the abyss for regard
ing the distance below and l instinctiyely |
laid hold of rope to steady myself which |