The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-07-03
LoNDoN's TALL TOWER.
Whom Completed 1t WIN Be Much Higher
Than That OF Paris.

Than That OF Paris.
| The public now has the privilege of
looking round upon a charming pam
Drama Of English landscape from the
elevation of the first completed stage
OF the great tower in Wembley park.
In the good time that it is hoped will
not be long in coming the structure
will be reared some 300 feet nearer the
sky as second stage, and when it is
wholly finished the topmost point will
| be 1,100 feet above ground, thus put
| ting the Eiffel tower into the shade.
But capital must be first attracted, and
meanwhile the scheme is to be carried
out in installments.
At present it stops at the first plat
form, now open for public resort. 1t
is 100 feet from the ground, 400 feet
above sea level, and it will not be sur
prising If the novelty at once begins
to assist the fortunes of Wembley park
and its promoters. The visitor is taken
smoothly from earth in roomy lift,
and landed upon solid concrete level
an acre in area.
The scene commanded from this
breezy eminence is true country, save
near glimpses of the railway and the
masses of bricks and mortar in the dis
tant London suburbs. The shining
bosom of Kingsbury reservoir is under
meath, with the northern heights OF
the metropolis wooded and beautiful
beyond. Harrow-on-the-Hill, with it's
landmark spire, and the verdant slopes
of Neasden, have, as far-off back
ground, the hills of Hertfordshire.
Windsor castle has been seen on ex-
eeptionally fine days, and the great
wheel, at Earls court, from it's "end-
on" position, looks like a tall, slender
spire. Sweet fields, swelling slopes and
Astounding woods are all around this
lofty standpoint, and the eye rests and
fingers upon many mansion, village
and cottage home.
The country is at present white with
longed drought, are following with
buttercups. Of a wide variety of lovely
pictures, there is perhaps none more
winsome than the farm which is
mapped out just beyond to the park
boundary as now eyed from the east
ern parapet Of the tower platform. The
dark red tiles of the roof, the ivy cling
ing to the walls, the greenery which
partly hides the house, the great rick
yard with it's large stacks and barns,
and the outbuildings and cottages, are
most typical Of the old English home
stead which artists love to paint. The
park also is really beautiful, with it's
perfectly rural character, it's grand
fiowery chestnuts, fine oaks. now in
LEAKAGE of the tenderest green, orna-
mental lake, rhododendron and ber-
beris strawberries; and the groves,
thickets, fowerbeds and other features
of it's hundred acres of pleasance.
AS to the tower, it's base occupies
more space than that taken up by St.
Paul's cathedral; it's four built-up legs
OF steel are $50 feet apart at the base,
20i at the platform; the royal exchange
could be accommodated upon the con-
crete hot.r above. Just now it has Il
kiosk at each corner, and rows of gar
Gen seats aloug each parapet overlook
country. The part completed is mat
ter of 1900 tons of steel, and when the
rest is built the tonnage will be 1000.
Two passenger lifts carry 60 persons
each journey; they work by steam. and
the steel cables could bear 90 times the
strain that will be demanded from
them. The ascent is made IN 50 seconds,
and there is An elaborate system of
automatic brakes to each car. For
those VINO prefer walking up some BOG
steps there is a four-foot wide zig-zag
staircase.
The tower, it may be added, will cost
100000 to complete, and the outlay
upon the grounds to date may be put
down at 6 20,00O.-London News.
"Old Glory in Metal.
The item of the expense of keeping
sold Glory" fOatin.s every dav over