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Show Highest Tower In the World. Should Buenos Ayres carry out a project now under contemplation the city will erect the highest tower in the world, overtopping that of Eiffel by 189 feet. It is planned to put the steel structure up a height of 1,173 feet, and a statue at the top will be surmounted with an electric light of 1,000,000 candlepower. The tower, as plans have been drawn, will have facilities fa-cilities for social gatherings, cafes, restaurants, library, billiard, rooms, gymnasium, as well as a wireless telegraphic tele-graphic station and a meteorological observatory. |