Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-04-28 | Page 28 | Eiffel Tower's 40th Birthday to be Observed

I TOWER S 4 JH BIRTHDAY TO 10 8 B Structure Still Highest in World Memorial to Builder Planned PARIS PAnIS April 27 21 United Press Fress- Fress The Eiffel Tower h lias s reached middIe middle middle mid mid- dle dIe age but it still sUll holds itself proudly proud proud- ly lr erect as the highest structure inthe in inthe the world d despite delte the ever ing height of sk skyscrapers in America Parisians are planning to commemorate com corn its Us anniversary this year by placing a a. memorial to Alexandre Alexandre Alexandre Alex- Alex andre Gustave Gustavo Eiffel its constructor construe construe- tor under the north side of this straddling legged 4 colossus of steel This memorial wIlI will be a bust executed ed by the famous French sculptor Emile Antoine Bourdelle and will be unveiled in tho the course of or the year with impressive impress ceremonies the exact d date to not yet ret havIng been fixed Eiffel built his imposing monument ment meat with its rivets holding holdIng hold hold- ing together pieces of metai metal met met- al ai in fourteen months driving home the last Jast rivet seven da days s 's before the opening of rf tire the Universal exposition of 1889 the protests against the construction of what was then termed by many writers a useless and ugly metal tower he started the wo work k In Ia 1887 and finished on March 30 30 1889 Two days later Inter in the presence of several hundred French officials and their wives M. M Eiffel hoisted the French flag over Ms iris newly completed masterpiece Twenty Twenty- one Twenty one guns were fired and fireworks were set of off from the thA too tOD USED FOR BROADCASTING In connection with the anniversary anniversary anni anni- anniversary of the Tour Eiffel as it is called In French many engineering and architectural experts point out that although this marked one of ot the first pioneer attempts In th tho world to erect highs high structures and envisaged tire the principle of the steel frame of ot the sk skyscraper nevertheless less the highest t buildings building's in France seldom exceed eight stories while in America the principle of the Eif Elt- fel id Tower has been consummated in gigantic buildings with more than sixty stories The criticism that the Eiffel EIHel Tower Tow Tow- er would b be bs useless has been conclusively conclusively con con- elusively refuted during the past few fe years ears b by making it the leading radio broadcasting station of or the thc countr country This J latest test utility now forms a stumbling block to the recur ever ring cry that the tower should hould be demolished It is also utilized as asan asan asan an astronomical observatory Another usage made of the structure ture tune recently has been that O of f Illuminated illuminated illuminated advertising at night From practically all an parts of or Paris the tallest electric advertising sign in inthe intire tire the world can be seen every night flashing forth in huge colored letters the name of a a. French automobile amidst an embroidery of Intricate I lighting ATTRACTS TOURISTS The tower continues to be one of the most interesting features of Paris and attracts American tourists by the thousands every week during the summer months For the price of a few francs ancs one o of f the most beautiful panoramas of ot Paris can be seen from flom any of its landings Although the world knows Eiffel by this work alone it is not the only monument which ho he has left ito to to his memory Born in DIJon in 1832 he gained wide reputation as the constructor of metal bridges He lie liethen then designed the immense sluice gates for the Panama canal while its construction was under French supervision He lie was also connected connect connect- ed cd with a large Jarge number of engineerIng engineer- engineer Ing lug works made made- in France during his bis life me He Ic died in 1023 The Eiffel Tower ower is feet in height exceeding the Woolworth building b by more than 34 feet teet The TIle Washington Monument is 55 feet high the Great P Pyramid feet and St St. Pauls Paul's Cathedral in London 65 feet One of the interesting facts about the tower is that it has hasa a swing sving of five feet bowing e en ever er r so arrogantly before a heavy wind