Show M M M M M M M M M MM MM M M M t. t MM t. t GIGANTIC UMBRELLA fOR i it ST. ST lOUIS EXPOSITION J t MM M M M M MA A mighty umbrella with a staff feet high and twenty feet teet in diameter with a spread d of feet for its two thirty-two ribs and on oft the end of each rib an observation on car ten by eighteen feet filler with passengers and moving in a great circle feet above the earth parth may be one of ot the attractions of ot the St. St Louis jLouis e exposition If not the attraction attraction there then It Jt will be the attraction at some kindred exposition in In Inthe the future for Alvin U. U Schneider a Chicago barber has perfected plans for hIs his urban umbrella and his application foi for a patent upon the great machine is now going through the red tape details of th the United States patent office No other name than umbrella could be half halt so applicable to the affair Literally it Is to be an umbrella without covering Closed it is 15 to have umbrella umbrella umbrella um um- brella shape with the bottoms of ot the two thirty-two cars resting on a platform eighteen feet above th the ground These cars in t this ls position are to be filled tilled to a capacity of 1200 passengers Then the umbrella is to be opened by cable system until the ribs hold the cars feet above the earth When the umbrella ll is the cars will b be feet apart At full spread the umbrella top will then begin to revolve covering a circle feet in diameter Every mechanical detail of construction has been worked out The umbrella umbrella umbrella um brella as designed embraces a lot feet square for a base The shaft rising about feet will average twenty feet In diameter and is is to be of ot bridge con construction coni presenting a lattice work effect In the hollow base of the shaft will willbe willbe be placed the elevator machinery necessary to to- tomake make the lift and spread the top Twenty feet above the ground will vill be the platform circular feet In Ill diameter The two thirty-two cars at rest will this circle completely From the four corners of ot the square square below passengers will enter ticket booths go u up flights of stairs and pass through turnstiles to the cars Then the umbrella umbrella um urn- brella will be put up and when it is up it will be turned slowly around Ac According ot the specifications so far as they are completed Mr Schneider figures the cost of his urban umbrella at not more than The merit of ot Ithe Ithe it ithe he holds to be in its novelty and its ability to provide an perfect birdseye birdseye birdseye birds- birds eye view of the exposition grounds idea of such or-such such a a. mechanism simply popped into my head one day explained explained explained ex ex- ex- ex Mr Schneider speaking of his invention I had once been with a similar similar sim sim- ilar show and had thought that for fr the St. St Louis exposition something entirely entiretY novel on the tower ve order ought to be a R. good thing That meant to get away the Eiffel and the Ferris Ideas and while while-I was thinking It o over ove er one n rainy rainy day day daya a aman man with an umbrella passed just as s one of t the e men in the shop shop- swung a customer round in the chair A passenger umbrella was the idea at once and I 1 set about looking its into its practicability y That hat part of of it is assured and I have figures indicating that it may be put up complete for operation for to I 1 have haye been in correspondence with officials of the exposition and they have invited plans and drawings which I have sent Evidently these have hav been regarded with some seriousness as I have had notice that the matter will willbe willbe willbe be pa passed sed up to the committee which is to deal with vet tover concessions I k kI I have the Ferris wheel skinned to death in n novelty velty and I can get set all sorts sorts' of expert opinion to prove prove the Idea both feasible and safe Mr Schneider is a young barber |