The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-09-16

Whoever imagns he has exhaust
ed the pc ureeqoe gIorles OF the
Waite Cit must suspend MS final
verdict until be has ascend I'd to the
roof of NJ snufacturers' Building
think never beheld so angus. and
splendid panorama as that which
grcets the eye from tina. dizzy
coign O vantage. 1t would
need the master hand Of HIM VINO
drew the scene upon the cliffs Of
Dover, in "Lesr,' to reproduce IN
words to the Imagination the effect
wrought 10y the marvellous scene
spread out before the vision.
Yesterday boarded the Hale
elevator and flew softly and easily
like bird TO the highest point. A
few steps more and you stand upon
a solid walk grit by iron ratings,
where one may enjoy stroll OF
three quarter. of mile, the like OF
which is not to be found where
on this planet. WHAT amazed
me at first was the perfect sense of
security everyone seemed to feel
when walking around at that dizzy
elevation. The world beneath you
assumes the shape of picture, and
you view it without the slightest
intimation of vertigo, as one might
from a balloon. Naturally the
attention is at first arrested by the
'domed and daring palaces" around
you, the beautiful lagoons with
their gondolas floating hither aud
thither, which look as if seen
through the wrong end of a tele-
scope. To the east stretches
the billowy blue Michigan,
bearing upon her ample bosom
craft of all sorts, great and small.
There 90 the steamers, bearing
loads of living freight to and from
the fair grounds, and myriads of
sail boats and smaller objects that
seem to crawl upon the surface of
the waters.
To the westward the wondrous
city looms up through its mist of
smoke and the eye sweeps back
from the distance till it rests down
here at your feet, where sleeps the
pretty wooded island and where
rise the stately structures that adorn
that part of the ground.
1t is hard to say in
which direction one finds the
most enchanting view. Aud these
Hale elevators are so we'll managed
that not more than 200 people are
allowed on the roof at one time. l
took the opportunity to descend alone
by the steps-200 of them-that
lead from the top of the arched
roof to the landing of the gallery
in this great building of manufac.
lures, aud l saw there would be no
great difficulty in getting back to
earth under any exigencies that could
arise. 1t is an experience that no
one will miss who would wish to
say in after days, ~ saw 1t all"
On Tuesday a party of Waco girls
lunched at the Kentu ky building,
Exposition grounds, and it was a
most pleasant event, breaking in on
the continuous round of sight
seeing. Misses Rotan, DsZ,uche,
Minnie Taylor, and Miss O'Neall
formed quartette of kindred souls,
of whom Waco could feel Justly
proud to have as representatives.
The Wagner Palace Car Exhibit
is magnificent and exceeds anything
of the kind ever exhibited. The
coaches are palaces indeed. The
Wagner buffet and chair cars are
run over the Katy, and when one
steps on the Flyer luxurious com
fort is insured. The M. X & T.
is the quickest route also, and one
not only gains time but is saved I'M
necessary fatigue on that read, and
that is an important item, for one
wantsall their energy and strength
to do the Worlds Fair.