Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-09-14


n 1000
6s 4ooAs
The washfursnn ngorumeuf.
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Work has been reau med ON the WASH
ington monu,nent. and will be pushed
vigorously until the cold weather drives
the men from the ton of the tall tower.
which it may well he imauined il not 4
very. comfortahle nlace to work on a
winters morning. The monument has
now reached height OF 2oO feet. and il
is expected that about forty feet more
will be added before the season ends.
The height OF the structure has been
about doubled since the work was re-
sumed q couple Of wears apo. after ! de-
lay, and Is now . little over one-half
what it ID 10 be when completed. It's
height when completed is 30 be $50
feet. The Monument Hoard AFTER the
work was reeumell three vears aoo. de-
termined fo make K the l.i0hest strnc-
ture in the world. They stndied mn
on monuments. church towers and ar
ticle. of this s.,rt and fonnd b, hf ner-
fectIy safe thev mnst nnsh IL nm to $50
feet In heioht'
Few Deonle are aware that the, site of
this monument is one proposed by
Washington himself for a shaft Of this
nature: vet e1ch ia said 10 IA the fact.
II ia said that General Waahinrtnn snp-
eested 10 Major T,iEnfant. the oririns-
tor of the plans of the citvof Washing
ton, that ct the point now occupied by
the monument there might with pro-
priety be erected monument I'm honor
of the war of the Reyoiution. This was
never done: but when the cite for a
Washington monument was sought.
this was hit upon as most suitable. The
ment IL. Of conrs.. : matter If ,,ncar-
tainty ss vet. vet Il is probable that
nearly q hnnirel wears will have
elansed between the date of tha first
agitation of the subject arid the com.
nIatinn m tha ,nonn1,anf Tn 1-ce ~,
Eongress If the IIn;tad St.tas nrsaraT
a hronys st.tne ~ W.sb;r,to,, tS1s.a
erected whare the ras;,ianca 81 1soor rrass
shouId nermanenflv h., ffrad and HI.
reotesi the Minister at tha Erencl, conrt
TO employ an artIst tn nerform this
work hnt. nv sorna neana f. never
was done. * few wears later the pro-
iect took q different shane and in i7oa
resolutions for the erection % of @ 3 marhIe M t
monument 10 Washinptnn was nassad
by Conoress and renmesta.i the fam;Iw
tn nevnit his rema;ns 3, ha hnr;ad mr..
der it. The nerrnissIon was oranta.j
but the work was never he9nn
number of other attemnta ,varo mada
INT without sncceas. and finalIv In 1904
a naw n,en eiisnnsted With The s,owness ~
.selyee. and after obtaining abont SIO0-
600 In 81 subscriptions. began the WORK
in 1a4s. the corner atone l,eino laid INV
Ath of that vrar In tha s,iIow;,,. s;y
vaara ia Fac. wara laid and tha- tha
iunsie envSAuk - -. =
In 1854. during the Know Nothing
exciten,ant- n hand ~ rnaskad man y;e,
tied III. monument uarred the watch.
man. and taxing tl.s slah of African
marble senf bv the Roman Gnvern-
nent broke II into niee,as aud threw Il
into the Potoman river. In 1a55 q
number Of nernherx of the IA n,eric.n
Partvn forcIblv tonk nosseesinn of The
monument. oustino the old Board. In
1855. however. the Old Board AGAIN took
charge bv direction Of (son0ress And as
= fIrst act removed ,evrrei co,,rses If
stone laid by other when thew we're in
control.
Itwas not until 1875 that CONGRESS
persuaded itself 70 equine the work.
strengthen the foundation, so that
which time 1t has been pushed until
the present summer. when. owing to |
the slowness OF the contractors In furn-
ishing the stone, work was suspended. |
It will now be pushed forward again
until cold weather stops it's further
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