The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-07
HUGE TOWER FOR WORLDS FAIR
To bs Over 1000 Feet High, With
 AerlaI Railroad on Outside.

A gigantic circular steel tower 1000 feet
 in height, 180 feet in diameter and 565
 feet in circumference, will be a leading
 attraction at Forest Park St. Louis,
 during the Worlds Fair of 1so4.
 The central feature of the Crystal Ral-
 ace tower is mammoth cylindrical col
 umn of dimensions given apove and con-
 structed entirely of steel plates riveted
 together At a height of s25 feet above | the ground the tower will be crowned by
 an observatory, having a capacity of | 7D00 people and furnished with telescopes
 and field glasses for viewing the sur | rounding country. From this great | height thousands of square miles of l landscape can be surveyed. in which will | be included hundreds of suburban towns and villages and about lb0 miles of tine l sweep of the Mississippi and Missouri l rivers.
 l The observatory will be surmountcd by l dome iu which will be located a thoroughly equipped wireless telegraph l station. Here inspectors will impart to visitors information regarding the latest | evolution in science of telegraphic com
 munication and operators will give ex- hibitions of the methods of transmitting l messages.
 The observatory and wireless telegraph station wiil bo reached by elevators on the interior of tho tower and on the ex-
 terior by an endless palace car. which will make the ascent on Q spiral track en-
 circling tho tower at a ten per cent eTade. The car will have a seating ca- scity of 800. IL will be operated by twenty-five compr sssed motors. to each of which will be attached air compressors operated during the ascent and descent by tho wheels of the car, thus storing up sufficient power for each trip.
 The system of elevator cages within the tower. two on each set of cables. one being up wheE the ether Is down, will Trcvids in conjunction with the endless palace car total carrying capacity of 10000 visitors a day.
 The interior and exterior of the tower will be sorgeoualy decorated with various coloredelectric lights A woven wire cov- ering the walls of the interior will be thickly studded with cut-glass crystals, from which the rays from hundreds of arc lights will be reflected in all the colors of the rainbow. producing a light scene of marvellous beauty and brilliancy.
 The base of the tower will be surround ed by lagoon, the bottom of which will be linsd with salt blocks frcm the Rocky mountain beds. The water will be agi- tated by means of mechanical wave producer. SD that all the features of ocean bathing and it's exhiliarating effects may be enjoyed by visitors.
 Immediately out side the lagoon will be pronterande street car nno automobile ls nding or depct. from which the multi tude coming and going will enter the tow CT or the aerial palace car. The lagoon will be skirted by ever spouAing fountains, through which a draught of air will pass into the tower at its base and be drawn upward by the forces of nature. cooling the interior of the column and the ob- servatory, though the atmosphere be dry end depressing everywhere else.
 Within the base of the tower several floors will afford space for panoramic ex- hibitions. reception rooms, cafes. and restaurants. where guides and attendants,