Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1896-02-20
TO HARNESS NIAGARA.
Scheme of Leonard Henkler, of Roch-
ester, to Construct an Industrial
Palace Over the Falls.

NEW YORK, Feb. 12.--Ntagara Fails
If harnessed would, it Is claimed, have
the energy to furnish motive power
for all the machinery in the world.
Mr.. Leonard Henkie, of Rochester,
N. Y, has a project to utilize this vast
energy without marring the beauty of
the falls. His scheme also has the
advantage of divertiDg no water from
the river and it is regarded as 80
thoroughly feasible that New York
and Toronto capitalists have guaran-
teed the interest on $40, ,000, 900 and
the work will begin in July next. Mr..
Henkler proposes nothing less than
the erection of a stupendous structure
to be called 'the great dynamic pal
ace and international hall, (which will
bridge the great cataract.
This palace, located about 90 feet
above the brink of the Horshoe Falls,
will be at least half a mile long, and
in width 1900 feet; the height will be
Cos feet, the center, however, rising
to about 1000 feet above the river.
The lower part of the building will
average 46 stories, and the center
something more than 90 stories. The
structure will be supported and an
chored by two massive stone towers,
fixed with heavy steel girders, each
placed 900 feet from the bank. These
towers will be each 4S feet in thick
ness, 1,60O feet wide, 42o feet high,
and will weigh nearly 100000 tons
apiece.
The materials of construction pro-
vided in the specifications are stone,
granite, Mexican onyx, black and
white marble, aluminium, copper,
steel, iron and glass.
The structure will be divided into
three parts, the east and west wings
and the main building. The wings
will each be 9O2 feet in length and the
central portion s36 feet long.
| The exterior will consist OF block
stone, fretted and ornamented. The
building will be supported by 40 huge
columns, which are to be presented
by the nations of the world. Prom
ises have already been made by some
of them that the columns will be fur
nlshed. They will be richly sculp
tured and the motto Of the nation
presenting each will be inscribed a
its base. They will also have thu
name of the nation set in gold, silve
or aluminium letters at the top. Eigh
hundred smaller columns, compose'
of Mexican onyx and aluminium, vii
also be used.
Forty-seven million, fve hundre
, and twenty Thousand feet of fireproo
; flooring will be required, which it
: estimated will cost at least SAFE, ,20l
, The structure will have 1882 win
dows and correspondingly large mum
> ber of doors.
The first ten stoTfes VIII be used te
t dynamos and other apparatus for ger
! Grating electricity.
At the extreme lower front of tn
n building proper there will be 552 twir
turbine wheels, capable of developin
8 about 5000, 600 horsepower minut
d which will run over 1000 dynamos.
# Immediately below the first stol
: an immense arcade will furnish a pa
e sage from the United States to Canat
= for the Grand Trunk, West Shore a1
}, other railways. This will be light'
d with thousands of arc and incande
10 cent lights.
Is Above the tenth story and up
t. the forty-fifth, the building will
used for commercial purposes, amol
a, the most important that of grindi
the western wheat which comes do,
from the lakes.