New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-11
THE GREAT STATUES PEDESTAL.
MR.. HUNTS PLANS ADOPTED.
DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK TO BE DoNE-PEDEsTh
AND FOUNDATIONS.

DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK TO BE DONE-PEDEsIAL
AND FOUNDATIONS
The subcommittee of the Executive Committee
on the Barthodi statue. met yesterday morning ~
No I'll Broadway for the transaction OF important
husiness All the members were pIesent-Messrs.
Pinchot Spaudng, Potts and Moore he iirst
business considered was the plan presented by hon-
ard Hunt. for the pedestal which was hWnsily ap,
proved The wooden model made by Mr.. King, he
builder of the pedestal after the first plan, differs
in some important respects from the final plan OF NJ
embodying the changes that have been made.
The changes are not in the external ap-
pearance, but in the method Of anchorlng the
great figure. The system of internal supports
will be connected at the top of the pedestal with
the sy stem of supports inside the statue and an
chored the mass of concrete that forms the ioul-
dalton.
day that the system employed for the Colossus of
Rhodes simply TO build the masonry OF the
piers up through the huge legs OF the inquire and
connect them above the hips, carrying the internal
stone work as high as the navel Many engineers
have doubted whether this would have been SUI
fcient and have advanced the theory that the
Colossus of Rhodes did not wait for an earthquake
but tumbled at the frsC stiff Levanter that blew.
General Stones system Is one more In accordance
with the science of modern engineering, and ne oe-
lieyes it would remain steadfast even In an earth
quake. When the new model IS hnished Dy ME-
King it will be placed on view IN some PUBIC piace
sent a copy of his proposed pedestal 10 Barthoid'
who wrote back that he was delighted with It, and
that his opinion the lndrTlhgc oetWtcn tuc ldu-
parts of the old fort and the pedestal itself had been
most admirably accomplished" -
The pedestal will consist of three parts. The
lowest Will be of granite or some other dark stone
ashlars decorated with broad shields bearing the
arms of the different States of the Union, and sep
arated from the middle part by bold cornices. In
the middle the stonework will be of rugged style
such as was used by the Etruscans, In which the
masses are squared, but left rough in trout; above
this will come the third and highest part with
upper and lower galleries, and with a graceful row
OF pillars with Ionic. capitals. Above this will
stand the colossus.
Underneath slopng circle OF green
turf broken by broad stalrways Will
be the work of General Stone hidden but
of paramount i'm portauce. 1t will be foundation
forty-eight feet high, of concrete. rising pyrami-
daily from a base ninety feet square. From the re-
tanning wall of the rampant will spring an arched
vault that will at one and the same time serve AZ
flying buttress system 10 the inner wall OF the ram
part. and supporting vault for the beautiful
sloping ring of turf with its four stairs facing each
wall of the pedestal Al the rams that tall all the
waters that seep must d.ain into this vault around
the concrete foundation, and will be carried off by
four cutters connecting with the shore OF the
island,