The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-19
THE EIFFEL TOWER.
How the Tellest Artificial Structure
on Earth Looks To-day.
From the Vossiche zeitag.

from TIE bOSStcnS LeltIflQ.
The monstrous tower designed by En-
gineer Eiffel for the Paris exposition has
three stories or divisions. The first story
is sixty meters high IA meter is equal to
thirty-niae inches) aud rests on the arches
which join the four foundation columns that
carry upon them the entire weight of the
huge tower
The tower has four distinct sections
Each wing is provided with refreshment
saloon that may be reached BY means of
winding staircases under the foundation
piers. Notwithstanding the center of the
space has been set apart for the elevator
there still remain 1920 square meters of
floor room for the accommodation of visi-
tors who may desire to promenade and en-
JOY view of the city from that hight
The apartments are very roomy, and pre-
cautions have been taken to insure the
visitors against all possibility Of accident.
An iron railing about four feet high, with
an arched roof to exclude the intense rays
of the sun, surrounds tho extreme edge of
tue platform, as it may be called, which has
been reserved as promenade for those
who desire to walk about. The requirements
for the comfort of the inner man, too, have
not been forgotten. Kitchens, storerooms
ice-chests and the like have been fitted up
in tho most handy manner imaginable, so
that there is lutte occasion to fear that the
supply of stimulating refreshments will
give out, even in the days when such lodg-
ings in the hotels and private houses will
not be obtainable for love or money. Each
one of the four cafes is provided with
cellar capable of storing 200 tuns of wine
Everything about the structure is abso-
lutely freproof, for iron is the only ma
terial that has been used in its construc-
ton. Two thousand persons per hour can
ascend and descend the staircase leading to
the platform, and 1000 can find seats to
rest upon the cafes at one time
The second story which is sixty meters
above the first one, is also reached by four
staircases built inside of the supporting
columns, which make sharp inward
curve, leaving but 400 square meters of
surface for the platform a d promenade.
Here, too. in the commodious and hand
somely decorated cafe the thirsty and
tired sightseer may finl something more
potent than Seine water to recuperate his
strength.
This story is ninety-one meters above the
tip of the Notre Dame steeple and higher
than the tow9r of the palace of the Troca-
dero, on the other side of the river, and, as
may easily be imagined the view of the
surrounding country to be had from such
an altitude is almost indescribable. From
here on the columns of the tower fall Ia
toward each other until they ascend dis
taGc9 of 275 meters above the ground.
where the third and last story is situated.
Only one staircase leads to the third
story, which is for the exclusive use Of the
persons employed in the tower. and all visi-
tors are expected to use the elevators, two
In number, to reach that point The plat
form is eighteen meters square, still large
enough to erect thereon a comfortably
sized dwelling. The view here is simply
superb. The story is equipped with reflect
ing mirrors and large supply of field
glasses for those who wish to use them. Il
has been estimated that the ordinary eve
can discern objects seventy miles away
The tower terminates in what is known
set aside for the use of the scientists for
making observations.