The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-10-11

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i,'isr to understand what the yonps
"a vas<ioing. some Of the interior things
a., here where the Job began should be
~ JARED Above the dome q tho tower.
n j.. above ,h. fortieth aoor. the siruc-
re rises again with straight sides to The
ry-third floor. u height OF about thirty
~. feet. Then tn, little surrounding
..pola. which looks like O bird cage. tops
ne building. In. base u this 10 the forty
.h.rI floor and il rises above that about
.Nenty feet. In tins oupola and resting
or Tho forty third noVr 10 q water tank
feet ? inches high. which IL To supply
u- water failures aud fire boss above the
,mrtv-nintn floor. The welded steel nag
"a, IL stes,ued IN "a collar which Is part
I = ihick steel plate rivstsd TO ths exact
centre u the bottom III the tank. directly
over two crossing structural steel bsams.
The pole does NOT run through the water
20 the tank. but through a water tght
,vlnder nve,ed and calked at the bottom
~ the outside 81 the collar into when the
roi- is stepped.
But Yesterday the pole was not set Ia
Int collar. Some little detail, delayed
',e fastening of the collar and plate base
aad the pole rested IN a temporary bsso
Inch threw it on q vertical line and pushed
40 Unintended proportion VI bs weight
g'r,yo the top Of the cupola.
so when young Mr. Capelle made his
scent the pole was neither straight nor
vermanently stepped. But he had promised
such All army VI photographers and re-
rorters not TO disappont them a he
refused TO heed the cautionings VI fellow
workmen The men who were 10 assist
him we're stationed on top of the cupols
AMI on, the jutting roof of the upright
structure at the base Of the cupola.
Tn. preparations were not many. bn,
Nerc looked after with q mighty keer eye
Nv the young n,an whose hfo depended
pucu them. From the truck OF the poIe
that is. the square steel cap at its top. tvs
sets ut haiyards depended. resvcd through
two blocks set IN the truck. One Of Thea,
ines was fastened TO the A shaped swing
caIlei q boatsvsin g chair. When he Rad
insrrted and tested everything which had
80 d. with his safety Capells sat In his
swung and then passed q rope around thu
pole. Fastening the rope also TO . stcu,
hej, he wore. A little before . O'Clock h.
zrasreu the sr.,e end OF the haiyard an1
hesan 20 hoist himself up. lie would uo'
allow his helpers to toucf. the hoistina
rore. but raised himself by quick. sharJ
pulls a ,lozeu feet. then Stacked on. Tn
rope around the pole would then 'ohock.
n =, is called, holding him suspended ..
r.riectly that his hands and Feet wers
oui,, free. Five times he stopped In HI,
ascent and took q critical survey Of Oh.