The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-10-29

The monument to Abraham Lin
coin, which was unveiled and dedica
ted al Springfield. Illinois, on Thurs
day last, with imposing ceremonies
WIS erected under the auspices of the
"Na,io,,al Lincoln Monument Asso
clation, OF which General Richard j
Oglesby was President. The Asso.
cation was founded MAY llth, 1865.
Its til receipts s'nce that time have
been $3.50, l2o90, of which the sum
of *l.3,eS2.so have been expended,
leaving IN unappropriatcd balance OF
FL, s3s.2O to be expended on improve
ments. OF the monument itself the
following is
SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTIONS:
TIE foundation for til central part.
upon which the main shaft rises. is
composed of bed on concrete sew
teen feet square and eight feet deep.
In this ,ncrete the entire seventeen
feet square is built TO height Of
thirty-nine feet and four inches, a
solid piece of block stone masonry,
the block composing it in many in
stances weighing several tons each.
The foundation for all the outer walls
and piers are six feet in depth. and
are made Of concrete stone. There
are four round piers, fifteen feet in
diameter at the bottom, one at each
of the corners Of the central shaft -
They are twenty eight feet and four
inches in height, and formed To form
a pedestal eleven feet in diameter ut
the top.
Upon these will rest the statuary
groups representing infantry, cavalry
and marine p, ,wer, works Of art, val
ued at 10000. There are three
straight walls on each side of the
central shaft. parallel with its sides.
ard at equal distances from each 9th
er. and joined to the round piers. The
central shaft, pedestals and walls
touching the same form a square of
fif,v-four feet, with round corners
There is another wall outside of these,
about ten feet distant, embracing
square nf seventy-two feet and a half.
Probe, thug from the south side there
is an oval room, being thir,y-two and
half feet long, by twenty-four feet
wide. This is called Memorial Hall.
and designed for articles used by or
in anv wav associated with the mem
ory OF Abraham Lincoln. 1t is fin
ished inside, both floor and ceilings,
wi h plain stone, and is entered by a
d %, in the south end On the north
side there is a projection similar to
that of VI mortal Hall. 1t is twenty.
-four feet wide by twenty feet deep
in he interior, aud is called the Yes
thule to the Ca'aco MI. The walls
are Of p,nel'd d marble, polished and
quite b .au,itul in tn 'ir design, and
the foo of black q ,d viii Marble,
and is entered by a do II a the north
end In this room, in marble sar
coph .gus, lie the mortal remains Of
the great Lincoln.
The ground plan is one hundred
aud nineteen and half feet from
north to snrh, aud scventv-one and
a half feet from east to W 81. Ga the
'op of The walls spoken Of is a cover
ing "f immense slabs Of Illinois stone,
which brings the whole area OF sew
enty-two and half feet square, and
the circular projections over Memoir
al Hall and the C,taeamh up to fif-
teen feet ten inches in height from
the ground, forming the terrace
Four flights of granite steps reach
the terrace, one at each corner. The
two on the south side land over Mem
oral Hall, and the two on the north
side over the Catacomb. The ter
race stones form roof for everything
b lav. A heavy granate balustrade
extends up the outside of each stair
way, and forms parapet around the
larg 'errac. aud over the Catacomb
and Memorial Hall.
The central shaft at the top of the
terrace is twelve feet square, and ia.
pers to eight feet square at the apex
--ninety-elght feet four and half
inches from the grounl |. Il is hol-
low from The terrace to the top. the
outside being dressed granite, lined
with hard. .burned brick Entrance to
the obelis< is made from the terrace.
On the south side of the shaft,
nineteen and half leet above the
terrace, and seven feet above the four
pcdestals, sustaining the s:atuary
groups. is the pedcstals for the at
ute. with the United S ates court of
arms sunk in bronze ia its front. Up
on he pedestal is the crowning work
o he monument, the statute of Lin
coin 1t rises in heroic proprtions,
figure holding in the 1T hand a scroll,
upon which is written "Emancipa-
ton, and in the right the pen with
which |. lcon ho'ted from American
history the stain of slavery. As a
symbol uf the u Ulion to which he de-
voted his life, the banner OF the Re-
public is thrown in bas relief upon
the faces near the stature, at the foot
of which is crown of laurels.