Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-23
THE ElFFEL TOWER.
How the Tallest Artificial Structure
On the Earth Looks Today.

How the Tallest Artificial Structure
On the Earth Looks To-day.
The monstrous tower designed by En-
ginecr Eiffel for the Paris exposition
has three stories or divisions, says the
Vossiche Zeitung. The first story is
sixty metres high Ia metre is equal to
thirty-nine inches) and rests on four
arches which join the four founda
columns that carry upon them the en-
tire 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 stairc,.as under the
foundation piers. Notwithstanding the
center of the space has been set apart
for the elevator there still remains 4 200
square metres of floor room for the ac-
commodation of visitors who may desire
to promenade and enjoy 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 ac-
cident.
An iron railing about four feet high,
with an arched roof to exclude the in
tense rays uf the sun, surrounds the eX-
treme edge of the platform, as it may
be called, which has been reserved as u
promenade by 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 lmagin-
able, so there is little occasion to fear
that the supply of stimulating refresh
ment will give out, even in the days
when such lodgings 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 tons of wine.
Everything about the structure is alb
solutely tireproof, for iron is the only
material that has been used in its con-
struction. Two thousand persons per
hour can ascend and descend its stair
can find seats to rest upon in the cafes
at one time. g
The second story, which is sixty
| metres above the first one, is also
reached by four staircases built inside
Of the supporting columns, which make
| a sharp inward curve, leaving but 400
| square metres of surface for the plat
| form and promenade. Here, too, in the
| commodious and handsomely decorated
! cafe the thirsty and tired sight-seer
| may find something more potent than
Ocluc WultE W ilS SOlcuS III.
This story is hinety-one metres above
| the tip of the ,Notre Dame steeple and
higher than the tower of the palace of
| Trocadero, on the other side of the
river, and, as may easily be imagined,
the view of tho surrounding country to
be had from such an altitude is almost
indescribable. From here on the col
umns of the tower fall in towards each
other until they ascend IL distance Of
| 275 metres 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 visitors are expected to use the ele
| vators, two in number, to reach that
point The platform is eighteen metres
square, still large enough to erect
thereon a comfortably sized dwelling.
The view here is simply superb. The
story is equipped with rejecting mir
rors and Il large supply of feld-g glasses
for those who wish to use them. 1t has
been intimated that the ordinary eye
can discern objects seventy miles away.
The tower terminates in what is
known as the lantern, twenty-five
metres above the third section, but
this place has been set aside for the use
OF the scientists for making observa-
| tiOnS