Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-26
WILL LOOM ALOFT.
A Sky-Scraper for Odd Eel.
lows at Chicago.
GREATEST HOUSE ON THE PLANET,

A Structure That viii Simply Be "out
OF sight" of Anything Heretofore Put
Up-Thirty-Four Stories and $50 Feet
High, with 1000 Ofices, Besides Halls
and an Immense Drill Room Capable
OF Accommodating One Entire Batal-
Hon-New York Nowhere.
CHICAGO, Aug. 26.-Negotiations for the
location of the proposed Odds Fellows
temple are nearly complete. While the
gentlemen who have charge of the real es-
tate transactions are unwilling to give
any information concerning the property
deal now under consideration, some inter-
esting information regarding the i'm
mense structure to be erected has been
gained from other sources. The draw
ings for the general character of the
building have been made, and the details
OF the plan will be worked out as soon as
the property transactions are concluded,
which VIII probably be in few days. The
Odd Fellows temple will not only be the
| tallest structure in the. world, but it will
also be the biggest in other respects.
viii Cost Over Four Millions.
1t is to be a building that will eclipse
anything ever before attempted in either
the classical or modern age IN the archi.
tectural line. Over 81, O01, 900 will be ex-
pended in the undertaking for the pur-
| chase of real estate and the construction.
The architectural design is So arranged as
TO furnish outside light toevery single one
OF the Zoo Offices which will be contained
in the building, besides the numerous
halls and rooms for the purposes of the or
der and the stores on the ground and Sc c.
ond floors These thousand offices will
have at least 5000 occupants, so that a
popuiatfo on equal to the mum Der of inhab-
itants of eu.Se large city will find ac-
commodations in this one building.
The Auditorium To BE EcIipsed.
The structure will not only be gigantic
in dimensions, but ornamental in its ar
chitecture and magnificent in its appoint
ments. In the matter of space both the
Auditorium and the Masonic Temple now
in course Of construction will be left far
behind. This will require an amount of
valuable space occupied byno other struct
ure, accept the Congress street front of tie
Auditorium, but the Odd Fellows Tenn
pie will be deeper than the massive
structure on Michigan avenue. One of
the most prominent downtown locations
has been chosen for the building and the
negotiations are all but concluded.
Higher Than the Washington Monument.
To begin with, the temple is TO have
main frontage of 2225 feet, and its central
portion will rise to an eminence of 556 feet,
which is one foot higher than the Wash
ington monument snd fifty-fve feet high
er than the spire of the great cathedral in
Cologne. This central portion will have
thirty-four stories, and thus be twelve
stories higher than the Masonic temple
Above the central part is to be cupola
surmounted by spire. The main part is
to be hanked by twenty-five story struc-
ture on each side, and from these three
parts extend four wings in the snaps of a
cross. Each of these wings is also twenty
two stories in height, and thus there will
be six parts, each of which will have the
same height as the Masonic Temple