The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1883-06-20
5alraiiail 6azette.
"WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20. 1854
me WASHINGTON MONUMENT
What Il was. Is now, and is 70 be--The
History of what VIII be the Highsst
st-ucture ever raised by Mans Hard.

than any 0. the Egyptian pyramids except that
Of Cheops and its companion pyramid, King
Shsfra's; and when Is is completed it will be
more than loo feet higher than either Of these.
and viii he not only the highes; known slruc-
iure in the world, bat So il Is said, the highest
structure which s known 20 have been ever
Iaised by the hand q man. The great spire Of
The S;rasbure Cathedral runs up to the height
Of i6s feet; the height q the tower Of the Cath
edrAl az Cologne is pu; al 81 feet; ST Peter
from the pavement 70 the base Of the lantern
Is as feet, and the Milan Cathedral S SIS feet
70 the very top Of the statue O. the Madonna
The Washington Monnmeut Is now $50 feet
above the soor Of the shAft. When completed
as II wall be by Deotmher, ISIS, at the latest
II viii be SIS feet high, CT more than forty feet
higher than theveTy tap q the slendeT pinaeles
al Cologne. The coupsrason Is an awkward
one, perhaps, but Il las its uses nevertheless
"A plain shaft IS no. 10 be compared, archi-
teoturSlly, with = cath edrai OF pyramid. hut il
Is Of same interest to remember that while the
tower q the Cologne Cathedral Will probably
taper into the air with a yery small diameter,
the Washington Monument al see feet, OF al
most exactly 81 The sane height, viii show
width Of thirty tive feet On each Of its four
faces At the base each Of these sides has
width o. htiy-fve feet, showing that the taper
ing Of tie column is very gradual As one
stands near the foot and looks up, the column
seems Ike great tower Of rock growing ont
Of the earth and reaching the sky Work has
been commenced, and by December the mouu-
Ineni will probably be about $50 feet high
ORIGIN OF THE MONUMENT.
The engineering feat BY which new and
enlarged foundation was inserted under
structure $50 feet high and weighing Il, 5O9,-
600 pounds, as the monument was when work
was begun in ISIS, is one which can only he
adequately described by ColOuel Casey, Tie
engineer IN charge, and be says that, though
o.ten urged 20 Dc So, be shall 10; wTiie line
upon the subject until the monument is com
pleied. Perhaps Il Will make tie story more
ineligible 70 60 back little. The plan q
monument &c Washington in the CITY bearing
his none, Was, as many will remember, for
mAlly approved by Congress IN resolution
passed less THAI . fortuiEh; after LIS death,
and which requested that his family permit
his body to be deposited under H. Tie nor
umeni was 10 lie erected BY the United States,
but nothing was done. L. ISIS a. asso-
citation q leading citizens here was formed,
Which having collected enough money ty pr
vate subscription 70 begin work, secured the
site from Congress in lsiS and LAID tie corner
stone q July s.h Oh that ye4I. In tie eight
ye2rs following tie shaft was carried 70 tie
height q l56 feet, where work was suspended
for lack q funds, and 10 stone was laid OF tie
shaft from that time until August :, lss0, Al
interval Of tweuiy-fouT wears. duTiuE which
the slavery agitation. the civil val, and the
growing oui @: i, united 70 dis
tract The public mind from . work peculiarly
National and suggestive q peace aud unity.
But ole Of the great reasons Why the Gov q
little subscriptions from all over tie land was
stopped, vas the belief, which became general
that the foundation was not strong enough.
When NJ. CoTcoT1n, Dr.. John 3. Blake, and
other citizens here, succeeded IN inducing Con
sTess = undertake tie completion. which il
did BY resolution IN the Centennial year con-
sutniing JOINT Commission, It was found that
.hls belle; was correct. The n1u1ueut, which,
Is already stated, showed q breadth Of IS feet
~ each Of is faces al the lass line, rested
lp5n foundation only 50 feet square and IS
lee; deep, and poorly constructed At that Be
ov tins was the ground, q rather . yielding
nature II they had gone On Leapiug stone
-pou tie monument, the result would simply
ave been tie weight would have driven Il
downward Ike punch. Il would probably
ave settled uaeyenly; and We should have
'ad either new leaning tower q Pisa, CT
leIhaps Do tower AZ al, which would havs
uTuished either way . fine paragraph for the
newspaper correspondents, lui would Dot
NOTABLY have been q much beue6f o. auy
lther class IN The Community
sTKES0THESrN6 rHE roUNrArIoS.
Obviously the foun5alor uesdei strength 1
ming, Sn3 Colonel Casey addressed himself 70
task which a g0od many engineers would I
loi have preferred 70 undertake Going down I
elow the foundation already built, be dug
ron under II al around core q earth Il /
Get square, directly under the center q the I
5UndatiOn and monument; and the i SOC 900
IoUDds Of weight stood OF tins pillar q earth |
be new excavation was Of depth q l5 feet, !
nd made a cellar under tie foundation IS ]
set square This was filed with solid ma
CRY, eI oepi where the ocre u earth stood, /
rhich Y as not removed. Then the sides q /
Re old foundation above were torn down for . /
Considerable distance under the walls q the 1
bait, rebuilt Of better materials, and spread /
ut further over the new base below. thus dis /
-lbuiiug The pressure over much larger area
q, instead q > foundation only 80 feet square i
lAi s, extending only /. feet bsy end each 1
. the four faces. there is row a foundation
% feet square, extending IS fee; bey0nd each /
ICE, and running - feet deeper. a god
luuy engineers have cone 81 different times
} visit the monument and inspect this inter
sting work. One q them looked AZ Il q long
me Vlthou: saying anything Then be re-
iErked quietly, Vel, that's e@sy enough 70
c, but don't know one engineer IN thou
.Dd who would want 10 TN IL The result
royes how vel tie work las been done
;noe The laying q stone Was renewed =. 3s5
lns q stone have been adde5 % lie pile and
- III - = IL 4. I
zen Just che and quarter inches The SCI
s1eni IS 60 even thas the greatest variation
The sinking q Tie four co-ueTs i diEer-
bee Of four one hundTedtlIs q Al inch between
le southwest and northeast co-ners. The
her two have settled exactly alike, even 10 |
e huD6reiih pari o. Al inch. he total prss-
lie nov horne ty The bed q the foundation Is |
ISL tons, CT g per cent q the whole pres
Ire thai well K placed upon Il The line
which tbs work rested II ! $50 can plainly
seen, tie old portion Of the uouuuea; beng
.rseT and m0re wesiheT-bsat1n than tie new.
be SLOW rate :; which ooutraci1rs are able 70 |
'iiveT The marble regulates the progress q
e mduuueui- The money Which Congress ,
s already appropriated, about $500 900 70 /
J. vii sufnoe 10 c1mrlele the shaft and I
'r2Iidio1, as i 5 called, lie pyramid which /
70 top tie shaft - tie height 4 500 feet.
{ rlss fer IS fesi, part o. u beng glass II
oe- 70 hghi tie deep vel @; the uduuueii. ,
olSA,-EsTATI0S OF XXI SHAFT. {
Whea this work has been completed the 5
.estlon q the deooF4tioa Il the base viii e
ed io be considered. Tie original and sb :
ID idea q surrounding Il with Steps. eu-
slliailu tEures, statues, ETC risirc % tie !
iEht q loo fee, has been abandoned. As i 5
5ulc destroy the efsci Of the 5bslisk. What
e. plan may lie decided uplu, !; seems safe
predict that Il vii bs oas consistent with y
E grand simplicity q the uuuursat, shict. 5
is chief merit. The uay in which ilis zen
A idea c2n K helped IS tcr the i1iui con- Z
ssloz, q which NJ. Coucorau j. Chairman, 70 2
-lnce trcm the ruolumeut q euoi uarv II :
; sioues th1t have been sslt 70 lie incorugrs- y
II II There Is . big shed IL the shadow :
tie uu1umsut full q these Stones, ulsnv II y
.ich have been ths-e for tueuty ar thirrv a
ars- Many q ihese are tasteful and auuro- e
Aie-stuues VTeseutei BY foreign Govern =
nts-z handsome new che coming from Bra- e
States q The Jnio1, towns and villages, I
leles, Sunday schools, etc, &c. one broad / 2.
Is inscribed IN Chinese another u Greek .
',her II German one is frcn tie Sultan = Z
-keT, VIII = turkish susc-irti1u- ere fr1m :
eoverno- and Cunuans q The Islau1s al
PArus and SExos IN tie 6recizn Archiuel-
+ EoolbeT frun The Cherokee Satiua- anothsr n.
Inscribed simply. ''Fron Brzidoek's Field.r
,ch SEEDS the uin6 back 70 the sceas whsre -
ygung o5os- q tEeu;y-thras moved zhout
calmly auunE the whisflinc t1iiess thar il