New-York tribune., 1883-06-17
THE.BARTHOLDI STATUE.
RICHARD NJ. HUNTS DESIGN FOR THE PEDESTAL
PROGRESS OF SUBSCRIPTIONS.

RICHARD NJ HUNTS DESIGN FOR THE PEDESTAL
PROGRESS OF SUBSCRIPTIONS.
Richard NJ Hunt, the architect who has been
ehara.d with the making design for the pedes
tai of the colossal figure OF Liberty Enlghtenng the
World to be erected Bedoes Island, has completed
his conception and sent the drawing to the committee
The builder. d. H. King, jr.. is preparing model in
wood tie scale Of four inches to twelve feet When
this model completed probably about the end OF this
week IL will be considered by the committe and voted
upon The model in parts and eau be taken to pieces
TO snow the internal arrangement; the broad double
flights stairs that will occupy the INTERIOR the pleasant
open spaces between the lower pyon the gallery in tho
architrave and above all the in which connco
ton will be made between the internal stairway OF the
pedestal and those OF the colossal figure above. For
this too is furnished with methods OF ascension though
from the nature of things they will neither be 80 airy so
we'll lighted so comfortably graded as those OF the
pedestal
Mr. Hunts design may be roughly divided into three
sections each fifty higb making total height OF $50
feet above the belt Of grass which viii surround IT,
This ribbon of green verdure will be the turf upon the
rampars OF old Fort Wood which are not TO
be demolished The space between the retaining walls OF
the fort and the foundation walls OF the pedestal will be
filled in with the earth taken from the excavation and
this space will covered with sods TO preserve ono
uniform stretch Of turf from the gray granite coping Of
the ramparts the base OF the pedestal From this en-
erad zone the rises In slope at an angle o forty
five degrees The line OF the slope nearly forty feet
long In each four sides OF the pedestal In the
centre of this slope broad flight OF steps Leading TO
the entrances the stairway Above the slope there
stretch asonry about twenty feet In height when -
Carvings in high relief representing the shields aud
moral bearings OF all the states IN the Union An alter
and that bronze shields of the me size Win tne arms
OF each State in enamel coors shall he supendea IRON
the walls OF classic ornaments separates tnis
section from the next which is entirely free from deco
i'm fnp
ished here they are all rough-hewn ana AT interval
tyIe hich was peculiar the Etruscans. aud was re-
produced the lower stories OF some OF the torentne
palaces Of Renaissance period This stretch OF NIFTY
FEET of almost Cyclopean masonry will prove effective
Above this the final section which Is very opeo
for Immediately above the huge Etrlsc,n masonry Is Q
donba row OF massive but symmetrical Tuscan nuted
columns with plain capitals adorned simply Win
spebitaye where there is gallery. Above the archi
freze whose only decoration Is series o. 1oa
of shorter and snaer Tuscan columns ana the arcni-
traye here be decorated with terra Gotta scroll wors
The frieze above this will also be adorned with terra
Gotta heads of Greek dynries something IKE the heads
of Pallas AtheDe the Lenox Library building
kItnough formal vote OF the committee has not been
TAKEN it is Understood that is favorab viewed BY all
tnre sscons blend together in The design and
same time accomplish the main Thought OF the archec
wd nave been much diminished in Importance aud APP
parent size II the pedestal had been simply mass OF
forty-twr feet at the summit In the present plan
there is union Of massiyeness and symmetry. and OF
neasing decoration which Will be complement ana Toll
Mr. Butler told reporter of TIE TRIBUNE friday
that overcoming the passive resist
ance offered all great projects and that he could de-
feet signs of growing enthusiast which he expected
would soon apparent all over the country. The no
blity of the gt and the honor done America had not
been appreciated but they fast making themselves
felt Agents had been sent tostr lp the Vest ana a-
lug men in Ohio and Indiana had expressed themselves
warmly on the subject and had formed themselves Into
committees to collect subscriptions In Indiana the
Subscription Committee consists OF Gosefnor forter,
Thomas A. Hendricks, Bcnjsmn Harrison. Joseph l..
Nal IL. B.
body is composed Governor Foster, Edward Noyes.
George Hoadly j. Warren keifer Charles w Constan-
me- Louis b. Gunkel, George W. Houk Richard Z.
Parsons Henry II. Payne and Allen O. 1hurman. Tho
Grand Army posts OF Indiana aud New-lork hsa ds-
termned collect among themselves 10 cent snbscrip-
tons, and this alone would be $4,000. rms said Mr.
Butler the idea We ant everybody TO sena us
small subscriptions At first We felt badly because
the rich men OF New York hung back BUT now we
understand our duty better We have 70 do missionary
work everywhere, explaining what the statue is what
IL means how IL comes TO lie ours Ihat Is our ihs
son and II tell our story rightly every nlsh MUG
passes the Benedict Building Will rush up into our oco'
throw cents quarter ana rusn on asain
out saying word sanpuine do feel ol the RESULT
that II William H. Vanderbilt were TO Walk INTO my oneo
and give me a check the whole amount wouhi only
accept "A portion, twentieth or perhaps ony nun-
dredth of his We want the peoples heart 10 pusato
over the grandeur of the GIFT We want Americans 10
proud In the eyes OF Europe our a CHOSEN
by the gallant French the true hone oi idperH. wo
want them them feel proud over the thougnt mat h
country save our could have Colossal nkuie ot
Liberty without being ared by the size OF shanae1 ~
the subject the figure We are colossal ne sre tno
home OF Liberty. Ana TO us alone 10 sucn STATUE =
compliment not untleserved. Rely upon II, we snail
have all the money we need long before tne nsuro
reaches M"