The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-04-20
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Description OF the TaIlsst Artificial siruc
ture Ia the World.

Description OF the TnllHst Artificial s'ruo'
rurs In the World.
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The moustrous tower designed by En-
yinesrE;Gel for the Paris exposition has
three Adib, or divisions. The first
STONY a Sixty metres high IA metre is
equal to thirty.nine inches) and rests on
the arches which join the four iounda-
lion columns that carry upon them the
Ienire weight Of the huge tower
The tower has four distinct sections
Each wing ia provided with Il refresh
mcnt saloon that may be reached ny
means of winding starcases under me
innndation piers, Notwithstanding the
crnter OF the space has been set apart Tor
thr elevator, there still remain i,2OO
sonar. metres OF floor room Tor tho Gc'
c5,sn,odptiou Of visitors who may de,
sire 10 promenade and ENJOY awe" VI
the city from that height
The apartments are very roomy, anu
mr., cautions have been taken to insure
| HE visitors against all possibility OF accl-
"' An iron railing about four feet high
with A. arched roof to exclude the In
t,naa rlys OF the sun, surrounds the eN-
trrme edge Of the platform, us It may be
called, which has been reserved as q
promenade for those who desire to walk
| abmt The requirements Tor the com
tort 81 the inner man, too, have not been
forgotten. Kitchens, stOrerOoms, ice
chests and the like have been fitted "
i'm The most handy manner Imaginable
20 that there il little occasion to ieal
that the supply Of stimulating refresh
ments will give out, even in the days
when such lodgings in the hotels ant
1rivate houses will notbe obtainable To-
| love or money. Each one OF the lou
caiesis provided with a cellar capable o
storing 200 tons OF wine. j,
| Everything about the structure is alb
golnlely lireproOI, Tor iron Is the onl!
material that has been used in its con
strnction. Two thousand persons pc
hour can ascend and descend the stair
case leading to the platform, and 400
can find seats to rest upon In the Gales q
one time.
The second story, which ls sixty me
tres above the first ono, is also reache,
by Jour statrcases built inside Of the sup
norting columns, which make sharI
inward curve, leaving but ! 400 squar
metres of surface for tho platform an
promenade. Here, too, in the COMING
dious and Handsomely decorated cal
the thirsty and tired sightseer may I'm
something more potentthRu Seine waite
to recuperate his strength. If,
This story Is 81 metres above the u
of the Notre Dame steeple and highe
than the tower OF the palace Of the Trt
codrro. on the other side Of the rive
and as may easily be imagined the vie'
of the surrounding country to be ma
from sucl an altitude is almost indeser
liable, From here on the columns 2
The tower fall in toward each other unit
thew ascend q distance Of 275 metre
above the ground, where the third an
last story is situated.
. Only one staircase leads to tue thir
story, which is for the exclusive nso
, the persons employed in the tower an
nil visitors are expected to use the Gle
vatns, two in number, TO reach tia
potut. The platform is eighteen metre
square, still large enough TO erect there
Oh n comfortably sized dwelling. Til
view here is simply Superb. The stor
10 e3lipped with rejecting mirrors an
a large supply Of field glasses Tor thos
l,who wish 10 use them It has been ca
timated that theordinary eye can discerl
objects seventy miles away.
| Thetnw rterminatesin what isknowl
as the lantern, twenty-five metres aboY
| thr third section. but this place has bcel
ses aside for the use OF the scientists 10
making observations.