A YANKEE BABEL.

Thames Star, Volume III, Issue 1663, 29 April 1874, Page 3

A YANKEE BABEL.

Our ebußuii in Nfew' England ha*e ■ cidedH^li^ laincbiiiioirllllw Excelsior" building line, and are going > buildJ.l Vone 16ngf#Uftif ri»n > J&fWb" r .a* i AußtriaiaiirlklKiafP I!!!^Mft^SiW i]^tl to commemorate the centenary of jnericait independence, and to be: IQOQI >efc high, or double the height of tb« iehestbuilding rinthe• world4iihe'iptte: Cologne: Cathedral^! 'The Scientific mericari gi?es ?'g^n^ E6f'^gravin^' lowing Jhe relative $fijMe'fi of. the rincipal lofty buildings in the world, M', hiding Colognel Calie&tKe Pyramids, t. p^^;;st.;pi»r»^.wfd' $ her.^"' ons, «hk. Sh* Centenn^ower 4<?ft as giant among pigmies. Our readers will e able, to form »ou\e nption^of the pro- j ect from the above'tonjftasts, and front he following^ description i '.which. <lj»w<: ake from the Scientific -" The designers are Messrs, Glarkg,, leeres and oo.;,iccnfilengineers;, and >ropifetors of the Phcßniinlle Bridg j Vorfcs, of PhcßnixTille^a., la firm, rep*ulentedfey its prbducti6ns:<thiougnoutthe rhole colmtiryV and 1 regarding?whose• abi* ity ttf^ciarrjr thrbugh A an* enterprise of' ibis lSndiio!cbrro]bpratiTe assertions 1 on mr pW"aW' (ial;-. c;ali::-'McessjBrjr.';, Me naterial is American wrought irotQ made n the:lbiSh of^h«wi«,'Cblumnsijunited=by diagonalstiekbars;and>;ho.tizontal struts., The section is circular, and is 150 feet in, diameter at the bafe, diminishing to 30 feet at the. top.:" Asentral tube.^Ofeet, in diameteriextends through, the enjbirei lengthy and carries four elevators. Thel latter are to aicend' in three and deicend in fite'xnitiutesj so ar to be\ capable of transporting about 500 persons per. hour. Therrareaiso spiral staircases fi around the central tube. The bracing abore notedi ■s:JraJ^pfe|er»e^.fromp^r large engra?ing, run? in direetipn, o that s the -tower; will ?m as x«gid as if made^ -ol; iitone,i': y'and>jiyet:>'iwill iex-.,. poie {Tery:'Kttle> '■surfwei'ttt;. the wind.' The proportioiaing is rsuch that the maximun pressure r^sulting-ftom the weight of thr structured; 'With •peraoris^ upoa it, and a side wind force of 501b per 3sipire r foot, JteGlWSllSTSy,^ colunmt tcoler i JSQQQIbj perjj square inch. The,:fouri*allerieskare! rppfeftiOTer.and; proteoted-wit.hiwireknettingi in^order, to prewat accidents. r;a The; estimatedkcoit of th« *fabrjc *iifon«s million xdollar# r .' and the iiWesisary tnrie <br construction, the deiijmeri 'telFiisi no^ 4exceed»one£ Tearr;lTh^ iigfei has P»%is W definitely located, butit wat^pibijably be in IWnaoftiM^Btffci^iM^bl^feW^^ imity to the biddings of L Gei#nmal ExpositienK Ily calcium d and electoq ; lightsirbm i^itQwe^ It is suggesteAthat; the latter; with their adjoining, grounds,, might be brilliantly illuminated at night., Tne^tummitofihe ipifef wouldralso form a magninoent obkervatory, whUe the-riew, of tKe'a¥ft6Wolflf ?eou^tif^> wouldibe un*