Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-07-10
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To BE 400 Feet High and to BE spun Mt the
St. Louis Exposition.
St. Louis Globc-Dcmo crai.
A novelty in the way of worlds fair
concession is in course of presentation
TO the CONCESSIONS Committee of the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition-on
promising to surpass in novelty and
interestithe great Ferris Wheel at the
Columbian Exposition Mt Chicago in
1873 In fact, as an engineering
problem IL presents features which,
like those Of the Ferris Wheel, have
never before been attempted, but which,
passed upon Ivy the same engineers who
said the Ferris Wheel could be built,
even though the American Society OF
Engineers declared against it, promises
TO be equally feasible and more. novel
The proposal is nothing more than the
construction out of steel of an i'm
mense .'peg top, y the Same old shape
familiar 70 every youngs.er in the land,
even to the plug on cop, which every
young american toink5 he must cut
OIL before ne has a satisfactory article
Of top furniture.
This immense top is to be some
400 or moro fest high. The centre
Is to be an immense hollow steel
shaft, thoroughly anchored, within
which some II elevators are to be run
70 carry passengers up and down.
Around this is to be built the top
proper in perfect similarity to the
hoyhoodis plaything. The plug at the
top, OF course, win be the upper end
OF the huge core referred to. and in
tie extreme Of this plug will be an
open observatory, stationary, aud COM
manding a view OF the entire fair
grounds and more. just below the
plug Will come the curved upper
segtion, which like a huge umbrella
Will serve as roof, protecting the
Tower portions. Below this umbrella
will be built the remainder of the top
I in decreasing diameter and cut in
lateral sections into circular floors,
upon which will be rented concession
space for various attractions, such as
candy booths, restaurant, summer
garden, with beer accompaniment, &c.
The main floor it is proposed to reserve
for concession to an immense theatri-
cal presentation, something on the
\ order OF "lA92," presented Mt the
/ Columbia Exposition with wealth of
scenic. inrestiture which made 1t one
Of the most profitable of the individual
attractions at the fair.
Probably tho most novel feature of
the whole scheme is the fact that il is
proposed to build each floor independent
of the one above and below, and to
arrange for the revolving of each floor
about the huge axis in which the
elevators are to run. Running these
floors independently it is planned to
cause each to revolve in opposite
direction to that next TO it, providing
4 change of scene for those on all OF
the floors and bringing the various
parts of the whole exposition into view
in the course of the revolution. The
entire top will be built of steel on the
cantilever plan, and will be OPEN tc
the air on all sides. but it will also be
arranged to inclose il during Indictment
weather with Venetian blinds, so thai
those who may wish to patronize the
exposition on its bad days, shall moi
be deprived of this feature, which il il
believed will prove to be greater
attraction than the Ferris Wheel al
Chicago. II is understood that tn,
interests behind the enterprise are suct
as to put il in the same class as the
Ferris Wheel, so far as support goes
Among the minor features OF tn,
construction will be the painting o
each lateral section with contrastin.
color and the illumination of each o
these sections with different coloret
lights by night, presenting something
in addition to the immensely of tn,
scheme to attract the eye. On tn,
observatory it is also proposed to plac
features which will add to the rovelt,
OF the attraction by night as we'll q
! by day. The total floor SPACE, accord
ing to the figures, will be abou
LAG, 600 square feet of which 100, 90
will go TO sub -concessionaries.