The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-05-31
ouK ..EIFFEL TOWER"
That H. Going Skyward In The
Circle.


luilarApaHs Spn.
Tie can ,iaing being built for The sol
dier~' monument u w 20 hiyh thar
Looks ID a stranger a. u lnniSnapons
were trying ~ bnili AZ Lille tower hkf
that III rati-. II had reached "a fre'
from the ground Wednesday, but 70 ihf
men Al work ~ top o. y " thr r'h1
driving wind, Il seemed 20 be aNnni 4
mile high. II stood the gale PRETTY
well. hut 70 provide against = hnif'eAnr
ii will have heavy braces across me ror
ners. This Mil make 4 look iiSe ~ ~
sAg u on tho inner site. TWIN mfiNr'
be strengthened ny biz vine ropes run
ming from the fnp ~ the ~ctlnii touer-
~ the ground. and tia cyclone con-
cuns- 10 blow n away u Wiz lave t
IKE ne iteevlnn- with y. The htoad
braces milei 70 the stes ofthe umper-
ARE orlv fenarnrar, Affairs, and when
then asr removed ihr structure. - os
10 frrt ~ sr.a ~ the base. with ~
yra.indl, ~oping sides. viii be reall, ~
trac.ive. Ii will be iuf feet high m
abouttwo weeks anl there il will stol
Tor two wears. until the stone work
reaehe. thAt auitnie. Then y will 90
li6 leei higher. Perehei on thr top Of
II0~ ~UIuL|HIE WIFI ~" . lWN~NAH- ff
wAicn viii run back anl forth on IT, IN
cY4fri tracks. ike X iccN motive, anu lp
biorSs W stone weighing from 3 - y.
tons to iae summit 81 the monument
The engine itself must nece~~afilv ~.
heavy Ani The weight that he scaflold
will have ia support makes il imperative
that there shan be no mistake ia the con-
siruction. Tie man who runs the en-
-tlf ..4. af.k LtwfA-f nAHIftAn at
trust IN Indianapolis. The question o.
furnishing hs machine with iuel aud
w4frr wa a poser. II was finally de-
ciael To- lile it with crude petroleum
Water will 20 part way up the scatlvin
Nv pressure from the wafer-wo rks y
then be sent TO N. required height BY n
force-pnmp. There will be two such
engines. one OF which i now in place on
All elevated track 4 few feet from tn
ground. This will take the stones ipout
TIE yard AMI within reach OF the hlgt
engine. The stone viii be cut I'm FER !
shed IN The gfnnnas AMI carefully hn-
ish~4 before hosting. Scarcely two will
be Alike III shape or sixe and every one
will ~ numbered. How TO hoist such 4
massive stone without msrring IL flu
ish or letting II fall was a question thai
IDlNNltl UAilrl- WUtrf ~ AAA't
been 4 puzxier TO the bull der OF the grelf
pyramids u EgA ~. bui he hpisted heavier
stone than will 20 into the soldiers mon
umeni. much higher than it, summit,
without leaving \ mark on them 10 tell
bow be dill il. That was Years before
Abraham sient Ia the shadow of the
pyramid, and steam Wa probably not
known as a working power The built
er OF the pyramid lAoorci under one di--
advantage a. compared with the maker
ofthe monument. Tue latter loads the
biz stone Oh ears at SilneSville. 50 miles
away, and sends them tese by rail Al the
rate q; 70 miles an hour. The pyramid
contractor made a cause way, ~ feet high,
rom the augrrics eight miles distant, on
which to move the mtterial, and II took
10000 men ten years 20 ouild II. IL
must ave taken a hnairei teams 10 line
10 nave drawn some " the heavier stones
over il
The problem 81 hosting stone without
marring rs surface, was finally solved
By a W elshman mas ed Lswi-. and the
process was given TN name. Mr. Lewis
name + fmmortalixel ia nearly every set
Of specifications for stone work. just A.
the name II tha man who first describe
ed Brisht's disease figures IN medical
literature. His Invention was 30 simple
blilders wondered that they had never
thought OF II before. IL consists Of a
hOi Z cui iii the top 81 the stone. larger az
the bottom than the top. An iron. which
When pulled hard. spreads out and fit
the hole l. inserted, and the heavier the
stone the tirmer the iron tts a. the hoi--
ter starts. When ii i lifted ~ place
anu NE tension released. . boy can pull
out the iron which q 20-horse power en-
CINE was unable to 40 before. The hole
isplugged up " In stone. mortar i-spreld
on tie top. and the next stone covers ~
all evidence " how X Tot there.
The scsuaia is-els l. something Of .
mystery. When finished there will no
be a nail III il. Biz oaken pegs ~insertes
Iii holes Ill the enh- ot the upright tim
hers hold them together. and heavy bolt
faslen braces AMI ro-s-piece-. Ther'
viii be 3,Uyy pom y 81 these bolts an
10000 icet a timber In TIE tower. Th
Timber come from the pine woods y
way ~ Mich gan City, and when III
Fcaisold shall have been taken dow
about three years hence. they can b
sawed into lumber. Thirty men hay
been Al work on Il three months an
none Of them have been hurt. although
j. div ci.mo mp The almost perpenii
cnlar ladder. The men who will cree
IL feet more Of sclfrliding. on top Of "
present tower, snd The engineer who vi
run bis machine there, 40 feet abov
The ground. higher than the tallest spil
in the city will have very breezy berth
lnc ~scatiolAing shortly 10 be finisht
will have cost 50 ono. When IL Is dor
so s~tonecnsiers will 20 70 work In u
yards. They will get 40 cents an no
and be union men. The union stol
cutters having long been on q strike y
AZ cents. but the men on the m0nume
contract agreed 70 accept less. r.
Chadwick. the superintendent. was 4
mcrly a s~t0necntier and q union III
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