Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-02-20
A GIGANTIC PALACE.
VAST PLAN TO SPAN THE MIGHTY
 CATARACT OF NIAGARA.

In buiidtng iS-TSoiohel 4seakle of Koch. ester the Prtjector of the Enterprise.
 Niagara ha1nessed would, it is claim. ed, havo the energy to furnish the mo tive power for all the machinery in the world And Mr. Leonard Henkle of Rochester has project to utilize the 10, GOO, GOO horsepower that the mighty falls generaie evely second and that, too, without narring their natural beauty, but even enhancing it by a won derful structure that is to be a work of art ill itself.
 His scheme also has the advantage of diverting no water from the river and if is regarded as Do thoroughly feasible that New York and Toronto capitalists haVA guaranteed the interest on $40. 000,'o00 and the work will begin in July next. Mr. Henkle proposes nothing less than tho erection of stupendons struc ture, to be called .''The Great Dynamic Palace and International Hall, which will bridge the great cataract.
 This palace. located about 50 feet above the brink of the Horseshoe falls. will be at least half mile long, and in width 1,G00 feet; the height will be 606 feet, the center, however, rising to about ,000 feet above the river. The lower part of tho building will average 46 stories, and in the center something more than 50 stories The structure will be supported and anchored by two mas sive stone towers, fixed with heavy steel airders, each placed 900 feet from the bank. These towers will be each IS feet i'll thickness. 1, GOO feet wide, 420 feet high and will weigh nearly GOO, GOO tons a9ce.
 The structure will be divided into three parts, the east and west wings and the main building. The wings will each be 902 feet in length and the central portion 836 feet long.
 The exterior will consist of block stone, fretted and ornamented. The building will he supported by 40 huge columns, which arc to be presented by the nations of the world Promises have already been obtained from some of them that the columns will be fur nished They will be richly seulptured and the motto of the nation presenting q each will be inscribed at its base. They A will also have the name of the nation ] set in gold, silver or aluminium letters M at the top. Eight hundred smaller col 2 umns, composed of Mexican onyx and z aluminium. will also be used
 n At the American end of the building, A above tho main entrance, will be in- # seribed, United States of America, ? K and at tho Canadian entrance, "0ntario, Dominion of Canada Above the cen- N tral entrance will be the word Uni K tarins. Inside the building steel gird- CTS will be used for the purpose of sup port Iron columns Willalso be placed E beween the floors. Forty seven million E hge hundred and twenty thousand feet & Of freproof flooring will be required, K which it is estimated will cost at least E S475, 200. The structure will have II, E 989 windows and eorrespondingly large number Of doors.
 E The first ten stories will be used fol dynamos and other apparatus for gener- E ating electricity.
 At the extreme lower front of the E building proper thero will be 552 twin turbine wheels, capable Of developing about $500, e9o horsepower q minute, which will run over 1000 dynalnos. Immediately below the first story, an immense arcade will furnish passage flom the United States to Canada for the Grand Trunk. West Shore and other railways. This will be lighted with Thousands of arc and ineandescent lights. E Above tho tenth story and up to the iorty-ffth, tho bailding'will be used for Commercial purposes, among the most
 mportant that of grinding the western
 Wheat which comes down from the lakes.
 The interior of the building will be
 Mefy of carved stone and Mexican &@yx.
 The forty sixth story will be an enor-
 gns hall, extending the length of the
 alding, with a seating capacity of TO-
 oO, who may be addressed by one N peaSar by the use of electrical intona 0rS This hall will be the most beauti-
 u n the world and will be devoted ex-
 uslyely to international religious and
 eal meetings and conventions. It IS
 9pected that each of the nations of the
 Wid Will furnish design for win
 0W, and 1t is estimated that the fur
 snngs of the hall will cost 50, 000,0OO
 MT Henkle, who is responsible for
 gigantic undertaking, was born Ill
 mo, but spent his boyhood in Iowa,
 aither his family moved in 1S40. His
 ymates were little Indian boys. and , sall speaks their language fuently aays of schooling were limited to Fee months in all He served Ill the 'ion army, which he entered as q pri- M and left at it's close colonel. ir Henkle has invented, among oth- H lhgs' the tubular lanterns for street 0 plhatlcE. time lock for safes, the x sSo lamp, model buildings and all q pyed oil heating and cooking stove. 4 oneeiyed his present design for the O 1sas far back as 1881. With regard X " practlcability of his scheme, he z After dispo#ing of 200, 900 horse 'laG the falls at $10 per horsepow-