Alaska sentinel., 1905-11-23

worked out that the whole structure can be completed and ready for use within year after the beginning of the operation.
 In design the tower will be entirely novel. It's main part Is to be cylin- drical, in the form of shaft of thir- ty-fve feet inside diameter, the lower 300 feet reinforced by a system of ribs, while the largest outside dlam- eter will be 140 feet. Balconies for the accommodation of visitors will be provided at various heights, and the highest platform accessible to the pub He will be 1,200 feet above the street level, where there will be space for as many as 1900 persons at one time.
 According to present plans, eight el- eyators will run in the main shaft, with capacity of about 1,250 per sons every hour. The main platform, however, where there will be a roof garden that can be inclosed when the necessity arises. will be HOO feet high. Here there will be refreshment stands a post office, telegraph office, public telephones, toilet rooms and about ey- erything else that modern exigencies demand, while well-informed guides will be in attendance to point out and explain the wonderful views from every side and to furnish field glasses when required. Another novel fea- ture will be provision for United States weather observatory, which will be higher than any now in use, as well as several rooms applicable to private scientific research.
 From the base of the tower up to the 8O0-foot balcony there will be eighteen stories, some of which will be utilized for office purposes and some for entertainment. There will be am- pie room for theater, as well as for a museum and other exhibitions. As a matter of fact, half a dozen distinct entertainment enterprises may be in- cluded in this great space without con flict. The second floor, however, will be reserved for restaurant of the first class, with about 10000 square feet of floor space, and. of course, the most up-to-date Improvements in the way of comfort and decorative effect.
 On the lower floor there will be stores, but only such as will be in har- mony with the purposes of the entire edifice, and here also will be located the electric machinery for the opera ton of the elevators and the power for the light, heat ventilation, ap- paratus, and so on, although this will be of such a magnitude that part of 1t will go below the main stairway.
 Although details of the architectural ornamentation have not yet been per fected, it is promised that the en- frances especially will be e1traordi- narily elaborate, with marble columns, spacious stairways, promenades, recep- ton rooms and other features of lux ury and splendor. So far as may be possible this effect of richness will be striven for from the base of the build ing to the top of the tower.
 Whatever other attractions the build ing may contain, the top of 1t will be the greatest, by reason of the im- mense height and the magnificent view to be had there, to say nothing of the quality of the air In any kind of weather. Before the eyes of the spec tator there will He the whole city of New York, the Atlantic Ocean as far as the sight can reach, the Hudson river and the surrounding country to distance of 250 miles. It has been estimated that the view will take in territory of 10000 square miles.