Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-11-13
HOLLOW MOUNTAINS.


4 Chicago Rnginser Has 8sanA New
Eighsssa Oarss D.aiAs.g ISsa.
Nothing ever awes . Chicago man.
Hsnee It need oecasion NO surprise to
learn that an engineer Of the Windy
City has developed scheme by which
1t Is proposed to build single mountains
or an entire range at short notice.
Charles c. christensen is this engineers
name The Chicago mountain idea was
evolved by him last July, when he was
spending the summer in Colorado, and
he brought it home with him and made
q blue print of it. Mr.. Christensen be-
ing the estimator for Fraser & Ohal.
>mers, the big manufacturers Of mining
machinery, u citizen Of the United
States and a member OF the American
Society Of Mechanical Engineers. is not
to be classed among the wild eyed vi
sionaries who have been amusing the,
public SO many years. He 10 an engi-
neer Of high reputation, has perfect con-
fidence in his mountain scheme and is
supplied with arguments and figures to
prove that it is not only practicable, but
offers the opportunity for the making Of
several fortunes. He contemplates .
mountain provided with all modern
,conveniences, such as hotels, sanitari-
ums, pavilions, fats, stores, restaurants.
natatoriums and stables, from which O
constant revenue would be derived.
Mr.. Christensen q mountains, a. they
are pictured in the blue print. are built
Of steel and are hollow. They are COW
cred on the inside with steel plates,
shaped and painted to initiate cave for
nations, and the lower part Of the walls
are clad with thin layers Of real rock.y
There are clusters and lines Of incan
descent lamps arranged ON the ceilings
and walls to represent precious stones,
terfalls to make the caves complete.
Tho outsides Of the mountains are
covered with steel plates, forming pock-
cts Of many different shapes and sizes.
cemented and filed with soil. in which
nre growing pine and FIR trees, noun
tain shrubbery and wild flowers. Tho
exterior oS these pockets, ~ we'll rs the.
mountain sides. are clad with layers of
hollow rocks Of different shapes.
The general scheme Of construction Ii
very similar to that employed i'll sky
scraper buildings, with the difference
that Mr.. Christensen has planned one
mountain 1000 feet high and sur
mounted it with a tower 500 feet high
er. Above the caves are the modern cliff
dwellings, built like the Chicago high
buildings and divided into suitable flats
and furnished with all modern improve
ments. The upper stories form hotels
and sanitariuns, and each story will
have, besides elevator connection with
level ground, AN exit to - bur1o trail.
which winds up and down tho noun
tain.
There are 81 floors OIL tho highest
mountain planned by Mr.. Christensen.
l5 floors OH tho next highest and 10 on
the lowest. Tho low mountain contains
q number Of small caves. to be used for
festaurants, stores and stables. and tho
large one level with the base for q nata-
toriun. A complete water supply sys-
tenn provides for the subirri9ation Of
the pockets Oh the mountain sides in
which trees are planted. and furnishes
natural springs. which unite i'll streams.
flowing down into q lake at the base.-
Buffalo Express.