Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-06

siti0n was greeted at first presentation with a deri>ivc laugh. but now that the promoters have actually gone to work the question stands, Is the scheme prac- ticahle?
 Who are the projectors: Well, the three best known are Captain R. D. Evans of ii, United States lighthouse board, Captain Howard Patterson and Mir. (. II. Cen, From the window of their of1ic,, im %,w York floats a blue flag, with a r,d border and white star i'll the center. and another just like it floats frulI tine staff on buoy anchored on the Cholera hanks. where the new Atalantj~ l. To be. It is not just vet the fiay of q rs'w nation. IT is certainly the flag Uf a F, " ;lutt original notion. Some weeks a-;" th" projectors steamed out to the hanks. and with brief ceremonies anchored a buoy and took formal pos session If r1c neutral water and the sand bunk under 1T. hitherto sacred to Ill" much h,.>Uug McCiinty. And now says MT. C.-n:
 ''lu tl.' | s:l-trUrti0n uf a foundation We shall u>,. ;>J,au 900 sections of cast iron p;,c. Ill l0 feet i'll diameter and about l :, inches thick. These sections are bolttd together by tiangcs upon the inside. Th" joints are machined and filled with jutc and red lead for the pur- pose If making them absolutely water tight. Each cylinder, when completed, will bc I5~ feet long. In the first place, we begin tO put the cylinders together i'll shallow water near n wharf or shore. These will bc put ill place by the estab- li~hvd prOCpsSt'S, bOlted together, and the whole finally made firm by frame work or How truss bracing We shall drvd-r out the sand at the bottom of each cylinder till the weight of the cylinder sinks it sufficiently. Then the water will be pumped out, and the in terior made solid with concrete. The top of the cylinders. or foundation of our buildings, i< 10 be 3S feet above high tide, fur above any tidal wave in this part of the ocean.
 On this will h.. erected a large square casino. two stories high in the main and four ill the towers It will contain suits uf rooms for hotel purposes planned ! with an idea to every convenience and to lt furui>h.-i luxuriouSly; will havo four lIr-;, Fi:tZ5;>, four extensive public prom, nadc>, eight private dining rooms, | kitchens. laVatoriCS, etc. Steam heat and electricity for lighting purposes will !r' USCd i'll every r,pom and depart mcnt. The other building or buildings, for all sorts of ricnics, conventions, | pleasure parties, etc. will be on similar 1 foundations and connected with the ca sino by bridges. The result, says MT. | Co, Il, will be to secure all the advan- 1 ta-e~ of an ocean voyage without crowd in- or Sra>icknesS- And they say they will have it ready for use ill the sum- n,.r of 1895.
 Sporting men say it would be an ideal l place for prize fight. It is also hinted that it Is to supersede Monte Carlo, which is expected to close ill n few years when the present franchise runs out. And just think, ' says brilliant criminal lawyer, what a place for un- | willing witnesses An hour and q half trip, and there you are safe under the protection of foreign flag. Then if a client gets into any little difficulty he can take trip for his health out there and stay until the thing blows over. It's cheaper than Canas,a and more con- l vcnient-all tho comforts of home, you might say. 1 should say that one of the things Atalantis could get along best without woald be an extradition treaty But the projectors sniff at all such suggestions and declare that Alta lantis shall bc place of law and good ruCrHl>-nO refuge for fuCitivCs-