The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-07-27
LIGHT.
-ue sEDLOE'S ISLAND COLOSSUS
Copper Woman los Feet High-Her
Thumb Large as Saw LOg-New
York HarbOr's Colossus of
Rhodes-Giving Light.

Tomorrow M. Jules Ferry will SOL
nnly hand over to the United States
Iiuister in Paris the colossal statue of
9rty for the Bay of New York, on
ch the French have been at work for
" asst eight years. 1t is out and away
g largest statue of modern times. The
olossus Of Rhodes, as will be presently
cen, was nothing to 1t; it could carry
he "BaVaria" or the "Hermann" i'm its
rms. 1t towers to the skies from the
Nctory yards of the Rue de Cha1elies.
nd the view from its coronet sweens
lear of the siX-story houses, and ripht
Iayond the walls of Paris. IL is to
Eand on Bedloe's Island, in the Bav of
NV York, and is to bear i'm its hand n
Drch lighted by electricity, which is to
Embolize Liberty Enlightening the
Eord."
The statue has had all sorts of vicissi-
bdes. Its conception is due to the
6eat French sculptor Bartholdi, who
lhs passion for working on the colos-
HI scale; but he and few faithful
tends had no little difficulty in ner-
Dading the public Of two heniispheres
hat they were in want of this work. A
irancO-American committee was formed
i France with very influential names
Il LabOulaye, Nj. Oscar de LAFAYETTE.
Il. de Rochambeau, NJ. Paul de Remu,
ID, NJ. Washington, etc.-and the
hancO-American committee dnly
sued its proposals for sui-
nrlptiOns in France and the
United States. They were put i'm very
seluCtve form-the Republic of France
nbs to make this pretty gift to her cid
81 sister Of America. Everybody said
itwOuld be a good thing, but few put
downthe money However, by dint of
f|eorous beating of the big drum on
Uniform and press, by concerts and lee
mes and balls and fancy fairs, as well
ID by generous donations, the money
rs got together; and the statue Of
iierty now stands finished in it's Paris
NDrkshOp, the most extraordinary work
h It's kind Of all time.
|The moment after the presentation
N wOrkmen will begin to take il to
I1eces for transport to America. where
Twill be riveted together again to stand
pr eternity. The dimensions are al
nost ludicrously large. The figure alone
% sheer height, clear of all reckoning
81 the coronet, stands l0j feet, the ex
reno length, rom the sole of the foot
,oi the end of the torch in the out
stretched hand, is l37 feet o inches; the
'edestal Of granite will be 50 feet higb,
md the two together give 4 grand total
lff!O feet for the entire work. The mon
mont Of Fish street hill, the loftiest iso-
4fq c0lhhn IA the world, is but 200
cNi high; while the lar-famed Colossus
y Rhodes stood only about no feet with
NJ his stockings. The work has been
'pfg on all these years, slowly but
|1f ~ al the copper foundry of Mondint
r ~, near the Pare Monceau, in a great
#rShOp putt especially for it. The
|'!ler the coppersmths advanced with
~ TASK the more lilliputian they be-
~ IN their relations to it. What were
"4 Ior instance, or the children of
<p III mat awful eye measuring thirty
#poS from corner to corner? A six
IA man standing on the level of the Inns
~ just reached the eyebrow. While
~ were working ON the crown of her
they seemed to be making a huge
cauldron, and they Jumped with
IN and out the tip of the nose. Fif.
people might sit around the fame
10 loren, and they would reach that
auon by spiral staircase within the
Stretched arm.
Va details of the construction are
Eny less curious. Something light
wanted for transport to the other
Of the globe and something strong
Uell, To enable the statue TO resist the
ana tear of the ele.
rs, for at Bedloe it will
- in very exposed place. 1t was de-
~ therefore to make it of plates of
III thin copper-only an eighth of en-
thlck--forming an inner and an
skin about Il foot apart, and to fill
Rpace between them with sand, es-
NY toward the base, so az to give
atute the requisite solidity. The
sal statues of the past were either
phd metal or were filled up with
nry or woodwork. 1t was impos-
10 adopt that plan in the present
Ance; the cost of the metal would
been too great and the difficulty of
porting insuperable. AS it is, the
plates can be easily unriveted,
~ ON board ship, and riveted
fler again when they reach
destination. The sand can be as
poured in or drawn Off for repairs
" particular part. The two skins
a be Kept in their places by gigan-
"eletOn framework in iron, running
tqnare from the basement to the
'ifrOwn of the head, exactly like the
''''fSOrk ola lift, and meant to serve
--' HldltiOnal purpose when the statute
,o@''fs It's destination. This solid iron
,''', TO be carried up into the ex-
'..' arm, which has all along pre-
..' a mechanical problem of
,l-|'r dlMculty, its leverage with
by. teyht Of the torch being very
,,.' 5haeed. The framework, therefore,
WI, lioWn almost to the center OF the
N,,%tanu well below the center ofgrav.
lug people-and among them Mr..
.|. lne great American sculptor
que statue Will never stand, and
I..4ip winds and waves will play hav-
I1Hn H. II is not solid enough,
Ner can he, with its epidermis of
I;~fop1er and sand. II ii could not
I,.ltf wv metal Ike the older works, il
It... "Mv ueen IN masonry or wood
I.h ..s,i W; WIN copper plates, But this is
l.ie q, d W., ,I 'or engineers rather than ar
-iurn3 ,,, wy engineers are quite con-
.intj y mat t1al Liberty" will resist the A.
~, Ncrd should be said about the artis
Il III s iiu' the statue, and this, in spite
: Mail ;"c u very considerable. Bar
: h|s ma used to working on n large
.'hi'nn u nc knows his craft. 1t is i'm
h.h. ny, perhaps in our day, to make
" fpts qulto dignitied of such a sub
<cau,n gure, must pose, aud pose
!, nd E,"Iy and some people have
4 ia "u,V win the stride and gesture.
N General merit is incontestable.
n "PvrE Is both massive and fine;
ls |,ha,'s where the sleeve falls under
{ ~. arm Tor instance, are as deli
sllky IN effect as If they had
" III. ,oueht with u fine chisel ON the
nj scale, and in the others the
is W. great imposing masses. The
Inc eW"' while classic i'm general
-Nnb Is not without expression.
INV objectionable thing, perhaps,
,&AoIoneeI, branching Out into star
" imn OF which Is to be point of
II" Illumination for tho universe, or
n o,e, Tor New York bay.--London
News, July 3.
MY Is of that delicate nature upon
M S most Improvement can be
nj ..lAlu lN thn 49,, ......ia