Milford chronicle., 1896-06-26
LoNDoNls I'm TOWER.
When Conpisted 1t WIN he Much Higher
Than That of Paris.


The public now has tire pri, ilese Of look
ing round upon charming panorama of
English landscape from the eles don Of the
first conn leted stage of the great tower in
Wcmblcy park. II the good time tiiat it is
hoped will not be long In coming the struc-
( tume viii be reared some 800 feet nearer the
sky as a second stt,'e, and when it is wholly
/ finished the topmost paint will be LEO
1 feet aboye tie ground. t.,is putting the
! kiifel tower in the shade But capital
must first be attracted. and m,aawhile the
schelneis 70 Do carried Out in iastallmoati.
At present it stops at tae first plut,og.l,
now open for public ees9rt. IL Is 100 feet
from the ground, 100 fees above sea l.; ol,
and it will not be surprisiagi if the novelty
at once begins To assist TIE fortunes of
Wembley PARK and its promoters. The
visitor is taken smoothly iro.a earth in a
roomy lift and landed upon solid con
crete level an acre in area.
The scene commanded from this breezy
eminence is true country save near glilnpscs
of the railway and the IN. .sscs Of bricks and
mortar in the distant London suburbs
The shining bosom OF Kiagsbury reservoir
is underneath, with the northern heights
of the metropolis, wooded and beautiful,
beyond. Harrow -On-the-Hill, with its land
mari; spire, AID tie vcrdant slopes Of
Neasden have as faroff background the
hills of Hertfordshire Windsor castle has
been seen on exceptionally fine days, and
the great wheel at Earl's court from its
"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 ard fingers
upon many a mansion, village and cottage
home.
OF wide variety of lovely pictures,
there is hardly none more N;iusome than
the farm which is ma! ped ont just beyond
to the park boundary as now eyed from
the eastern rarapct of the tower latform /
The dark rI tiles Of the roof, the ivy
clinging u tine walls, the greenery which |
partly hides tine house. tine great riclSyard
with its large stacks aud burns ard the /
out1uildings and cottages are most typical /
of the old English homestead waich artists |
love to PAINT. The park also srcally beau |
tiful, with its perfectly rural character, it's /
grand hawery chestnuts, ilno oaks, now in /
LEAKAGE Of the teYdCrcst green. ornamental 4
lake, rh0dcdendron and bcrberis shrubber- 1
les, and the groves thicl5ets, flower beds |
and other features of its 100 acres Of plea
s2unce
As TO the tower, its base occupies more !
SPACE than t.at taken UP by St. Paul
cathedral. It's foar built mp legs of steel .
are $50 feet APART at the baso, 2O4 at the
platform Tic Royal exchange could he
accommodated uron tie concrete floor
above just now it has n kiosk at each cor
ner and rows Of garden seats along each
parapet overlooking tic Outsprcad miles
and miles Of country. The part completed
is a matter of ,, 700 tens Of steel, and Wien
the rest Is built tie tonnage will be 1000
Two passenger lifts carry 60 Ieraons each
journey. They are wGr ed by steam, and
the steel cables could Lear 20 times the
strain that will be demanded from them
The ascent is made in 80 seconds, ard
there is an elaborate system of automatic
brakes to each car For those who prefer
walking up some 500 steps there is a four
foot wide zig..ig staircase.
The tower, it may he added, will cost
goo, 900 to complete, and the outlay upon
tie grounds TO date may be put down at
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