The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-14

cubic feet Of gas and Of sustaining an inn
mense weight A large car or circular
room was TO have been attached to this cyl
inder. This room was to hold lUO persons at
time and be provided with clnging wheels
which we're to work on the under side OF
a strong aluminium track. To this we're to
have been fastened SIX, eight or more wire
cables, 1900 feet long, extending to and
firmly anchored 10 the ground when the
aluminium balloon or cylinder was allowed
to descend. These cables were to have an
inclination of about 6U' and included space
at the base of about 500 feet area. The
plans called for a sort Of subtower beneath
the balloon for the accommodation OF
booths, restaurants and waiting rooms.
A TELESCOPE TOWER
G. F. Richtel Of Bridgeport. Conn.
thought out q telescope tower. 1t was his
plan TO build structure 400 or 500 feet on
the ground and perhaps 100 high, Of such
a shape that it would look like the base of
huge monument Above this. perhaps so
feet from the ground, would rise another
structure, leaving space probably 70 feet
wide all around its base. Then from this
there would rise further structure, still
Following the form Of a monument, for $50
feet or more. This would complete the base
OF a gigantic monument-shaped tower.
Within the center OF this base
there was TO have been con-
cealed a sort Of telescope struct-
ure, built OF steel tubes within tubes, ar
ranged in circles connected with each other
with powerful pumps in such q way that
at given time every day during the expo
sitton the pumps would be started, and this
steel tube structure would begin to rise
slowly until, at the end of two or three
hours, IL would tower 1000 feet In the air.
Mr.. Richtel thought that there could be a
driveway on the roof Of the lower part and
bicycle track on the second step of the
base. Then he was going 20 have a restau-
rant at the little end of the telescope He
thought this wonderful structure could be
built for 81, 500, 900. and probably it could .
). Il. Hartman got up plans for a tower
which, had 1T been constructed on the lines
OF the designer, would have looked like a
hoopsklrt or a bird cage. There was to
have been a winding railroad about the
tower, upon which electrically propelled
cars would have wheeled the visitors round
and round to the too and then to the base
AT the aerial terminus Of the railroad
another tower was TO have reared It's tall
head and in this structure elevators would
nave been used to carry passengers
to the apex of the entire structure
The bottom space Of the tower was
designed to be utilized for an arena or
amphitheater, having capacity Of about
lO,OOO, with four immenle entrances. Mr..
IL AAAoh iii AOS bIdbo hp6CluCdllJ as 10
what use the amphitheater was to be put,
but it Is probable that he intended TO give
it up to bull fights, blowing, contests or
chariot racing. Thomas Tilley & Son were
going to work nights on their s., 900, 900
tower. They had everything arranged, on
paper, for structure which was to have
been ,492 feet high and sit on base 500
feet in diameter. There was to have been
globe on top of the shaft, and this was to
have been lighted at night by cleo
tricity. A double track electric road wss
planned to run around the tower at a per
cent. grace until it reached hight of 300
feet The distance covered by this road was
estimated at seven miles. Then there was
TO have been 7-story hotel on each corner
of the base, the tower itself being fitted out
with hanging gardens booths and cafes. In
the space between the four hotels the de-
signs called for bathrooms, bowling alleys,
billiard halls and audltOriums for all kinds
of entertainment. The scheme was so sins
pie that it aroused little interest OF en-
thusasm