The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-01
, 00O FEET ABOVE PARIS.
TIE FRENCH CAPITAL LOOKS
SOW THE EIFFEL TOWER.

COW TIE FRENCh a. TowER
SO TRoM THE EIFFEL TOWER
.a Most Popular Features OF
one o. ~ Which Has Insured
the 80 fortune for the Inventor
49, the Ascent is Made ana the
ronderful Panorama unt0loeo e.
the Top. ~. po-,d
I.RDIy. PARIS, July 1--we
hoi IN 10 the top of the Eiifel tower
na,' S S made the ascent with so Inucn
ana 10 - an American lift that feel I'M
pls1'a.o - norice this great triumph OF Amer
PeA'u ,' ~ IN a somewhat lengthy manner
lcsn b. - ourselves in a capa lous car
W. held fifty people, and IN one minute I
VIM 500 feet. Here we got out an u eooA
"T 1l',, - q, Paris. This view has already Deeh
3 l0'A tbis elevation by 500, 600 people
seen 5.soribed by as many more, SO perhaps
aDu . ~ ma threadbare theme to go FUR
II WV - to say that it is one OF the
'n Dos+ beautiful and enhancing VIEWS
nO'' Of the most beautiful ana
Of on9 If all cities. We saw the wind
en'i~.. ~ Seine through the gardens ana
lngs u ~ We realized all that Haussmann
ousi nc me- Naooleon did TO open up the
anu 80 CO.. the conauering cannon; we saw
sueei k;.t"ric outline Of the grand Notre
Inc Tue ~ The fairy-like uplifted campanlle OF
"a Saint Chapelle, the grandeur Oh Inc
V lro IA Tuomphe and the VIDE extent oI
-, Rois the lights OF MontmaruTe anu oue
ering peak OF Mont 81. HaieLien, onU
slH'.;f,i terrace of st. Cloud, and at our
Ieau 49, '1-reat exposition. What position
lev Inch tie TO study geography All the no.
~, briiges the grand mass of the Louvre,
4 L Ilo obsfe,n gardens aud parks. 1t Is su-
P'ITTlo left this satisfaction for another ride
Il .,nrord and in a similar car we assembled
Il IN fsar more In this ascent we were
tiIts3 back in our seats as II III rock
4 M, chair In the next car we were
tiifsd a little forward, but neither position
4 'ras 90 marked as to be painful or disagree
aha. vet this little inclination has been
nsce5sitated by the constfu ction of TINS I'M
mansa tower. and the awful consideration
i If danger and the protection against sud
den catastrophe, dizzy fall.
Arrived at tue top we found a different
view. q75 feet above the world people be-
!. come pigmies-a sort If suggestion OF how
small. earthly things Will loo when we get
still higher, perhaps. AT this hight tue
Are de Triomphe mas become little toy,
and the Gnu ches are like those in the Dutch
boxe of villages. 1t was all map-like and
;ndefnite: tn people we're era Wing ants;
all that looked large had disappeared, ex-
ceptjng a balloon, which was our contem-
p0rary
What a motley group we were on the top
of the tower A hundred Congo sailors,
black a. midnight, were being taken about;
there were Turks, Arabs and Chinese, and
other less familiar nationalities; many
Americans and many English, the whole
clientele Of a French school, MIR. Eiffel
himself and the German ambassador, aud
cannot tell how many more. | did not
think should ever come to care to investi
gate an American lift, " although it is an
eevating subject, but | was SO much inter
ested III this one that | got a few statistics
10 send you.
THE NOISELESS ELEVATORS.
There are four dScenSeurS in o tower,
bu. those If New York firm o the most
convenient, silent, safe and precise. These
great evatols are pu on the second story
Of the tower They are raised by hydraulic
pressure. Their rate of ascent is two
meters Il second. An equilibriu is estab-
lshed by the ascend z and descending
cars The ropes of steel are mufIled, so
there is no noise, and the great machine
moves as silently as the velvet-shod
nurse moves about the sick chamber OF a
cAIn Ihe greatest precautlon is taken for
tne comfort ami safety Of the traveller. The
cables are OF steel wire, six to elevate and
-four to lower the car, all muffled One
alone would support the weight of the car
should all the others break. Under each
car Is mechanism, which works auto
maticaliy, to receive the car in case of
DFeaEage or the elqngation of one of the
cable; III ter words, the car takes care of
itSeIt III case the cables give out. Nothi g
but an cart quake IS hicL should undermine
THIS tower could disturb the American lift.
1neSe are the express trains from the
second story up to the stars. One can
hardly lmegiae more complete, wonder
Ili aud admirable piece of machinery. NJ.
ElouX Of Paris hGd the honor to make the
A'st ascent the first story, and he has
F"AQulshed distance i'll an imposing man
Lof n't mere one IS pushed uD His cabins
Gan send 20 $50 people an nour: their size is
~ ~ square meters; they hold each G3 persons:
tIe weight OF each car is 5000 Kilograms,
tV.0 for the cabin, ana 4, 900 for the living
freight. q
GTeat precaution is taken to prevent the
&acuQn q the wind, which is the enemy of
! the Ejtfel tower.
DuI they nave treated the wind as Peter
t t5 MS Scolding wife-"Let her SC Id
i 1ney allow the wind TO blow through all
eueSe IAterSt'ceS, and of )urse the wind
ii'uiig 40 resistance, comes out as it went
lneSe French lifts, however. all make .
lelIlnc nolsey, d our American lifts more
Ao,iSsejeSSly, which is a great re lief.
leu tne french hits oscllate and give one a
i itste I'ellng u seasickness: the american
n i,ys are perfectly balanced and even. We
ct11{e eIeeU reason to be proud of them.
''t.' Icy are ali rapid and precise. Knight
e., -'so description of cylinders and pis-
Nt5,o,9 , a,!t Vue immense pumps which carry
t1,r, az 10 a reservoir in the top of the
f1 or. capable OF holding 10000 liters, but
.o"fr IS a world by ltseIf. where 000
LEA are served daily: where y naner the
to ,g"o' Is published daily; where the yisi-
b hos come ana 60 by thousands: where one
bH,.o ~ "aIO Ia cue, sometimes for two
80 " lake one of t ese lifts. We we're
Fra" enough t. be piloted by VIM.
Il A,1nr HaIl, the Vice-president of the
eny, a iICan Llft Company, so we were saved
FSHy annoyance W.
II, LIKE ASCENDING A MOUNTAIN.
ne OF the tower begins to attract
with In IL AZ the topt asthmatic reathe
oa ,a1 ease. Those trouble9 with heart diS,
TSe p lea NE with difficulty above 500 feet
with - LIEU geological Observations are made
aa Ica great ease and are Of the first imnorf.
Il ciiit". scientific observations are much fo.
#renr1 ~, Inc violence of atmospheric cur
H. .ne chemic | composition of the ain.
1ured T rlclty, It's humidity, are all meas
4from me me purity of the air. its freedom
~ nlSt, vapor and danDnees hoe - -