New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-22
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
THE BARTHoLDI STATUE PEDESTAL. .

Ar Cbepoyith the contractor lot the woih % %
avat1on ON Bedloe's Island for the pedesIal "a
a. parthoidi Statue Landed there YESTERDAY morn
ing with band of Italian laborers ana Iour Wag
os and drivers. The contractor Ior INC he wa.
oct oble To sell on the spot and which could not De
cleaned and removed at aremunerative rate III co
sacuance az the quality of the cement, eAaGey
tSara thew fell and some of thsm so blocked up
the one salyvort avaiaDle io Iohr;s he
that the laborers had to clear away tne Il
fore they began 10 dig. In many instances ~ ; Wa
fonnd tter TO break the c0nglOmerati3ns OF pfchs
and cement with sledge hammer than 10 stVeInpe
to separate them with the ads fairly practca
bic the line of diggers was formed ana Tue s,VTn
turf removed. lire was drawn uown tns .Tard
Of the narade SQUARE and the dggeIs WORKED toWaru
the site of the demolished buildings leaving
sIope for the descent of the WAGONS. i1ad tneIe
been any possibility OF the carts Deig " onId
trate the eastern saypOrt the arrangement woad
have been different. But the space is 80 contracSeu
where the wagons have to pass that the pan nns -
been adopted which gives them the largest space
ground for wheeling aud backing. Inc ltsh ar
worked we'll and appeared to understand 'ne
Spanish of Mr. Chenowith with perfect ease Stone
arrived in the little steam, launch, which
he has hlrei on trial, aud which when I non
the the .s nS means He tod reporter Of fRBSE
that he could not positively present n,s vas
foundation of the pedestal until the
completely finished because ne was not b
CERTAIN of the nature OF the ground from cne ;S
Re had caused TO be sunk =" In such worH' saiu
old rule is the good @a o9e how
the hubble NAV be, and can understand that they
are eager for what they call positive no one so
,nomentous q matter as the Ioun9aI0Uh .n q;
will have TO bear mass OF pedestai 10y leu III
height SO feet at the base soping up gradually 10
40 Feet. and the colossal weight of the figure Until
the excavation is finished and see the ground
where the stones to be laid shall not consioer
any plan which may be in my mind as aenn lrSa
settled. Nor can / tell you what stone or what
material | shall use for the lowest stratnm-Ine
mudsllls. The foundation entrey depemu So as sb
solutely. certain that there WIZ Do uniiorn''S VI
How will you settle about the stone to be used
I've shall wait until we have received good
assortment of different kinds of stone
from various competitors Then these VIII
be passed in review by, Mr.. Hunt, the, arehi-
feet Mr.. King, the builder. and myself. we
shall first throw out all the stones that are unh iOt
remain. We shall think nothing OF
cost as regards the essential qualities
of stone. but cut of two that are equally sat,
isfactory we shall choose the cheaper, We intend
this work to be monumental, and at the same time
we wall not throw away dollar: Ihat army
doctrine No false economy. no waste, no steallng;
So far the construction department has paid
money TO the committee, and asked nothing OF them.
Seagrist paid $500 for the privilege of demolishlng
the 1narters and taking away whatever he choose.
The man above his bid wanted 10 be pald So0o I0r
doing the work. One man offered to DO the demon-
ton and excavation for So, 600 Chenowth mas con-
tracted TO the excavation at 20 cents cubic foot
but that cannot pay him, and he knew at the time
that IT could not His object was patriotlc desire
10 have part in the rearing OF the pedestaI.
Seagrist's $500 and some patriotism Will pay
Chenowith for the.excavatlng; so that we have Tor
nothing the work for which one man modeSuy
With General Stone was an old engineering
friend and cOmrade. Mr. Denton, who spoke III
warm terms of the Bartholdi Statue, and SAID that
il was exciting considerable attention In MEXICO
whence he has just arrived The excayalng
party has taken mp its quarters on BediOes lslanu
the Italians occupying the wooden barrack ana me
Irish teamsters being established IN the non1com-
missioned officers cottages. Mr.. Cheno-
with has temporarily swung his hammock IN the
The committee appointed to decide upon the time
and place for the Pedestal Loan Exhibition, CON
sisting of Allen Thorndyke Rice, Noah Brooks, X B.
Clifford John Swinton, j. Glider, NJ. Marks, r. ID.
Milet, j. c. Beckwith. Carl Brandt, Constance
Cary Harrison and NJ = " sherwood has a after after
the Academy of Design as the most httlng and ad-
yantageous location, and has completed arrange
for the lease of that building for the month
of December next
THE FOLLIES OF AN OLD LADYS YOUTH,
The students of the College of ST. Francis, Xavier
entertained large number of their friends in the
theological Story Of an island. There
seemed something rather disrespectful and
Manhattan, rakIng up old scandals that ought to
have been bygones, exposing all her prediurian and
glacial freaks and foliIes, and publishing uncom-
Portable "reminiscences OF the times when she was
not even island In spite of her monstrOus as
sumption of antiquity. First of all Thomas OKeefe
contded to the audience sundTy little family
secrets about metamorphisms and qualifications
which certainly seemed little discOurteous coming
from gentleman who was, as IL were actually en-
joyIng her hospitality at the time. Then William
+. Cunningham took up the case against her, and
with the help of magic lantern. showed the audi
ence what kind of company the lady used to keep in
her ihOughtless palaozoc and medozoic days-ich
thyosaurl. pleicosaun and pteTodactyls and
such crowd of other horrid monsters as made the
listeners thankful that they post-g glacial
creatures themselves. This was followed by some
views of assorted glaciers aud morsnes, and then
the ancient and honorable person having sobered
safely down into a steady going island, William +
DougheTty put in good word for her and showed
how these geological escapades, in spite of their APP
parent enormty really responsible for all the
prosperity and the many virtues of New-Yorkers.
Before this scientific exposure begun John White
played an overture the piano, and later OIL
George Z. Brown gave piano solo from Faust