The morning call., 1891-06-23

! suitable shelter for man and beast. In the
summer season the sea breeze blows iercely
| over tie crest Of the Hill, and, whether it be
man or horse that has t0iled up the sides,
! there is fine chance for that sudden check
/ to abundant respiration which causes colds
and fills so many graves. MT. Sweeney has
made his pile" since he came here i'm 1852
He was dead broke" then, but he is salts
! fed now-as we'll satisfied as a man can be
who has no fear OF poverty in his old age.
4 PANORAMA"
MI Sweeney is somewhat of an original
genius, and his plan for the observatory sta
ton or panorama" as he insists on calling
It, departs pretty widely from accepted
ideas of similar structures. The plan, as
submitted TO the architects and now being
carried out by the contractors. is for q con-
crete building almost exactly Of the shape
of horseshoe, with towers thirty feet high
at each of the heel points, between which is
a gallery over the main entrance. The in
closure Is 100 feet IN the major axis or the
eilipse and seventy-five feet in the minor
axis. Every one OF the supporting pillars Is
furnished with earthquake irons, aud the
sides are bound with twi5ted-cable wire, so
as to be absolutely earthquake-proof The
concrete foundations go down eight feet
into the sand. There is an abundance of
light, for there are windows between every
pillar, and, in fact, the pillars only serve the
purpose of binding the glass and the struct-
ure together.
GRAND VIEW.
From this point. 400 feet above the waters
of the bay, an uneQualed view of the sur
rounding. Of San Francisco can be obtained.
There is literally not a single attractive Oh
ject which is not embraced The FaTalones,
the Cliff House. the OcPanSde House Point
Bonita, Point Reyes, Sutro Heights, Tamal-
pals, Mount DiablO, the Presidio, Black
Point, Goat Island. AlcatraZ and Angel
iCtarRs oakland Ian I'D
cisco, are all spread out before the eye as
plainly as If painted in a panorama on the
walls. This is just the idea which Mr..
Sweeney has endeayOred to carry out. As
he remarks: ITS a panorama for the people
of San Francisco TO come and see whenever
they IKE, with no charge for admission and
all the pictures painted by nature, so that
no enc can complain Of mistakes"
FOR MAN AND BEAST.
The most noticeable feature of the int
TiOr OF the observatory (Or panorama is the
provision made for the comfort and shelter
/ Of the horses. There are enough hitchDg-
posts TO tie up all the animals likely TO be
| driven up 10 the summit, even on holiday.
| The concrete walls are so fashioned as TO
provide seats for hundreds of people, who
can enjoy the glorious prospect without en-
cOuntsring the chilly gusts which come
right of the Pacific. The long line of break
ers is not the least attractive of the sights
and when il is added that rabbits and in
Vulnerable birds and insects enjoy all the
freedom of nature around the walls the
lover Of that side of Open-air life can enjoy
as perfect release from the dominion of
man as If he stood on the summit of the
SlerTas.
Mr.. Sweeney is putting pressure on the
contractors to get the work finished by July
4th. when lie hopes to have the structure
dedicated to public use. 1t is so near com
pletion that the task ought to be an easy