The Cook County herald., 1905-11-04
Highest Tower in the World Soon to Be
Built for Amusement of New Workers


Original always and in all things,
New York is soon to have the odd
aSL amusement enterprise on the face
Of the earth, in the shape of tower
.aller than any structure in the
world and equipped with a larger va
"iety of combined entertainments and
Utilities than anything that has ever
existed for the edifcation Of the mil
ions who are constantly and hungrily
seeking new pleasures, says the Mon
real Herald.
Called THE Weber Tower" after
is designer, Carl Weber, one of the
oest known experts in the matter OF
all steel concrete constructions, the
Guiding will be unique in many ways,
and when it has been erected, either
n one of the parks of Manhattan, or
n some equally prominent spot. it
will unquestionably be one OF the fore
most attractions of the metropolis.
In the first place, it will reach the
enormous height of 1880 feet, just
25S feet taller than the Eiffel tower in
he Washington monument, which,
with 555 feet. is at present the high
nst permanent structure in the world.
1t will so far overtop everything in
New York that comparison is idle, the
Park Row building, which now holds
pre-e minence being only 3S2 feet
high, and the St. Paul building rank
ins second, having but 30S feet. In
Europe, after the Eiffel tower, there
IS only the Ulm cathedral with 52S
feet, but this is eXcelled by the city
1all in Philadelphia with 54S feet.
Height alone, however, will not be
The chief recommendation OF the Web
ar tower 1t will be skyscraper OF
universal invitation. If you are
business man you will be able to rent
offices inside it's lean but lofty
stretches. If you want an evenings
srolic you will be escorted to- the high
ast roof garden in the world, eleven
hundred feet above the sidewalk,
which is so high that every other roof
garden will look like pigmy patch
of light without form or sub
stance. If you are an astronomer
rou Will t1rd all the paraphernaIia
or the study of the heavens at such
close range that you will hardly need
telescope And above all, there will
De the necessary precautions to pre-
vent you jumping off if you are one
Of those persons who get that i'm
pulse whenever they reach the top of
4 high place.
Although virtually nothing has been
Known of this remarkable project ex-
2ept by those most intimately asso-
'lated with it, the plans have so far
progressed that in all likelihood it will
be an accomplished fact in a reason
ably short time. Several of the most
influential capitalists in New York
Aave taken it up and have been so
much impressed with it that the vast
sum required for it is practically
ready and actual work will probably
begin before the winter sets in. So
thoroughly has the scheme been work.
cd out that the whole structure can
9e completed and ready for use within
I year after the beginning of the
operation.
In design the tower will be entirely
novel. Its main part is to be cylin-
1rical, in the form of a shaft of
'hirty-five feet inside diameter, the
over 300 feet reinforced by a sys-
lem of ribs, while the largest outside
diameter will be 14O feet. Balconies
Tor the accommodation of visitors will
be provided at various heights, and
thc highest platform accessible to the
public will be twelve hundred feet
above the street level, where there
will be space for as many as sixteen
hundred persons at one time.
According to present plans, eight
elevators will run in the main shaft
with capacity of about 1880 persons
every hour The main platform, how
ever where there will be roof gar
den that can be inclosed when the
necessity arises, will be eleven hum