Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-05-11
THE elreE,. TOWER.


How the Tsilsss Artincsal Structure On
the Earth lnoks.
The inonstrous tower designed By En-
sinrer Eitfei for the Paris exposition has
three stories or divisions Tho first story
Is sixty meters high "a meter il equal to
thirty mine 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 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 1900
square meters Of floor room for the &C
commodation of visitors who may desire
to promenade and enjoy view Of tho
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, about four feet high,
with an arched roof to exclude the in
tense rays of the sun, surrounds the ex-
treme edge of tho platform. as II may be
called, which has been reserved as a
promenade for those who desire to walk
about, The requirements for the CON-
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 il provided
with cellar capable Of storing 600 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 1000
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 400 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 find
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 tower Of the palace Of
the Trocadero, 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 col
umns of the tower fall In toward each
other until they ascend n distance 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 visitors are expected to use the ele-
vators, two In number, to reach that
point. The platform is eighteen meters
square, still large enough to erect there
on a comfortably sized dwelling. The
view here is simply superb. The story
is equipped with rejecting mirrors and
a large supply Of field glasses for those
who wish to use them. II has been esti-
mated that the ordinary eye can discern
objects seventy miles away.
The tower terminates In what Is known
as the lantern, twenty-five meters above
the third section, but this place has been
set aside for the use Of the scientists for
making observations. .--Vossiche Zeitung.