New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-27
SIGHTS OF THE CAPITAL.
THE GREAT MONUMENT AND OTHER MON.
STEERS.
FREAKS or ARCHITECTURE AND sTATUARY-A sEs-
ATORs vERMLION HOUSE.


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them with the Washington Monument. 81 tHe H'-t OK
SEQ teat the American La-e iI Dee able 10 -i't VIA
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lions cannot atef H.l H- A- a.k< hr-hi. th' stately
used by tuc -.Hta Navy and War Department. "a
Presidents .e .tIg-. with i.- ti-E-Jt ,Irr.II0tsi
the sv-, cottage 1 front o. the IOnan portcI ~ OH,
Treasury where tle photographer OF the Department.
rci-ne supreme, he tInpe-l'En houses and di' put
able quarter, beyond the malls 'hr h'iIi''".e' ""l
workshops %! A' southwestern part oh! Tue town. al ine
lfte ponds whore Professor Baird turns ont ever BOD
many millions Of t-h year by machinery.
Talk about th- monument being stately ob'l'k. q
simple and Imposing, even majestic. smart Majestic nd
diesticks II l., 20 my mind, unsghty pile OF sion
ever Wa erected by man. Any factory chimney II t
were whltewa-hed frequently enough, wold look &
well AID a. for It, belns biz engineering feat II j.
ehlds play compared with the sinking o. the brooklyn
Bridge casons and the construction OF the towers under
water the building Of many tTe7te on RAILROAD IN
South America OF even the qnarJlhs ana subsequent
transportation overland and water Of stone Ike CLOG
patras Needle Wuit the monument really Is OF VII. Do
the highest structure ever raised by human handsf
What II some impldent Australian should come along
and build still higher weighing still more OF better
and finer material, and costing, say, twct e9OOOOO'
Where should We be thenl
Tie monument 10 is well understood, was planned IN
the hope that the family OF Washington would permit his
body he deposited under H. resolution requesting
their consent to th, proposition passed by Congress
shortly after Washngtons death From all ti, IL ap
pears that shaft obesk, whatever YOU have
mind to cal II, was primarily intended 10 serve a, sort
OF tomb The fact that Washington lies buried I'd Mount
vernon,
removing the remains from there certainly not within
the last fifty years. makes 1t dicut to say precisely
what object the promoters OF the scheme. originally
private citizens. had IN view or what purposes they
wished 20 i'm erecting this un, ghty pile The monu-
,,t il nor a niece ~ art n isn't ANYTHING 10 Doc proud
NJ =, does NOT commemorate any particular event 10
can hardly be REGARDED a. teaching growing generation,
the history Of past age Tt certainly doe nor roc0ri
the deeds which placed the Father OF his County
IN the foremost rank among men, and IL does NOT hand
dJwn 10 po.tcrity hi, features his outward bclr!nE
The best sites FOR sta,uary monuments have already
been disposed Of Many desirable squares aud iIftie
parks are u,u.ped by statues which ought never to have
been placed in them. Take. Tor instance the Nout
meut OF Peace, At the foot OF Capitol Ill., AMI The
eastern terminus OF Penusylvanaaye. II would be- pay
ing compliment 10 say that was first class grave
yard affair Already resolution has been pa-,ed by ne
Senate which wOuld cousi-n n 70 ts proper place
cemetery II the House could ctnduced to consider l.
1t has always been an eycs1re 70 senator morrill, VI
ingalls, believe, described 10 as -oda-"aier fountain
and hard called IN the course N the de-
bate which preceded the passage or the re'0..on ny
statesmen on both sides of the chamber were numerous
amt not very complimentary. IL j. disgrace -it 'l'h
'id'Haiy should ever nave 'e'u eiecle' u l'.' 'i''
which flom IL -lt'dtou torh- one OF lAc i' Sues
Ia the citr Tor this pNrI o-e.
Among the Sta-leS erected Wi'Inl receIt 'i- are
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