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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. Its main part is to be cylin-
drical, in the form Of a shaft Of thir-
ty-five feet inside diameter, the lower
800 feet reinforced by a system Of
ribs, while the largest outside diam
eter will be 40 feet. Balconies for
the accommodation Of visitors will be
provided at various heights, and the
highest platform accessible to the pub
lie will be 1900 feet above the street
level, where there will be space for
as many as 1900 persons at one time.
According to present plans, eight ell
evators will run in the main shaft,
with capacity of about 1880 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 LOO feet high.
Here there will be refreshment stands,
post Office, telegraph Office, public
telephones, toilet rooms and about ev-
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 a 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 a theater, as well as for
a museum and other exhibitions. As
matter Of fact, half dozen distinct
entertainment enterprises may be in
cluded in this great space without con-
fict. The second floor, however, will
be reserved for a 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
it will 60 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 extraordf-
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 it will be
| the greatest, by reason Of the Inn
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 lie 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 $50 miles. 1t has been
estimated that the view will take in a
territory Of 10000 square miles.