THE WATKIN TOWER.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2751, 1 March 1890, Page 6 (Supplement)

THE WATKIN TOWER.

According to the London correspondent of the Liverpool Post, 400 plans : have already'been received by the committee who offered - prizes for the best nnrl seoon'l-best plan for th«i proposed Watkin Tower. The competition remains opun till February. The project is being car-ried,-forward with the characteristic; , onergy of Sir Edward Watkin, who is . the heart and son) of the affair. Hp haa ■ surrounded himself with able coadjutors, snoh as Mr Baker, the engineer of the Forth Bridge,'and Mr Cnrlmtt, fo merly member for the Monmouth District, well known in* Yorkshire aa a manufac'o ing .engineer. Sir Edward Watkin has taken note ot the objection to the tower that ib differs from ■ the Paris enterprise by reason of surrounding atmospheric influences. Sir Edward Watkin fjndu in th« • t silo ic conditions of Loudon he very certainty of success. The tower will.be so lofty that several of its lower stages will be above the ascertainable altitude of any fog. When fog suddenly falls upon London the inhabitants are imprisoned-. Those who have the time and means of getting away canuot g«t clear of the railway station. When the Watkin Tower is built, all that need he done when the fo.r comes on is to pay your money, enter the lift of the tower, and in s» few minutes be up in the clear inc. •