Smyrna times., 1889-06-19
THE ElEEEL TOWER.
How the TaIlest Artificial Structure ON
the Earth Looks.

the Earth Looks.
The monstrous tower designed by En-
,iiEi1eT Eiffel FOR the Paris exposition has
three stories or divisions. The first story
is sixty meters high "a meter is equal to
thirty-nine inches) and 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 a refresh
ment 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 4,200
square meters of floor room for the ac-
commodation of visitors who may desire
to promenade and enjoy a view of the
city from that height.
The apartments are very roomy, and
precautions have been taken to insure
the visitors against all possibility of acci-
dent.
An iron railing, aboCt four feet high,
with an arched roof to exclude the in
tense rays of the sun, surrounds the ex-
treme edge of the platform, as it may be
called, which has been reserved as a
promenade for those who desire to walk
about. The requirements for the COM
fort Of the inner man, too, have not
been forgotten. Kitchens, stOrerOOms,
| ice chests and the like have been fitted up
in the most handy manner imaginable.
Each one of the four cafes is provided
with a cellar capable of storing 200 tuns
of wine.
Everything about the structure is alb
solutely fireproOf, for iron is the only
material that has been used in its con-
struction. Two thousand persons per
hour can ascend and descend the stair
cases leading to the platform, and 1900
can find seats to rest upon in 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 sup
porting columns which make a sharp
inward curve, leaving but l,4OO square
meters of surface for the platform and
promenade. Here, too, in the cOmmo
dious and handsomely decorated cafe
the thirsty and tired sightseer may fine
something more potent than Seine water
to recuperate his strength.
This story is ninety-one meters above
the tip of the Notre Dame steeple, anC
higher than the tower of the palace o
the Trocadero, on the other side of tin
river, and, as may easily be imagined
the view of the surrounding country t.
q be had from such an altitude is almos
indescribable From here on the col
umns of the tower fall in toward eacl
other until they ascend distance of n
meters above the ground, where tn
third and last story is situated.
Only one staircase leads to the thir
story, which is for the exclusive use G
the persons employed in the tower, an
all visitors are expected to use the clC
vators, two in number, to reach tha
point. The platform is eighteen meter
square, still large enough to erect there
on comfortably sized dwelling Th
view here is simply superb. The stor
is equipped with rejecting mirrors an
= a large supply Of field glasses for thoa
who wish to use them. 1t has been est
mated that the ordinary eye can disceT
objects seventy miles away.
The tower terminates in what is know
as the lantern, twenty-five meters aboV
the third section, but this place has bee
set aside for the use of the scientists fl
making gobservations.-VOs VOssiche Zeitunt