The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-08-01
B,RrnOiDrs CHEAT sTATIE.
An En. lsh View or 4 3 Art Value
construction Dctaiis.


To morrow NJ. Jules Ferry will sol.
emnly hand over to the United States
Minister IN Paris the colossal statue of
Liberty for the bay OF New York, on
which the French have been at work
for the pist light years. IL is out aud
away the largest statue OF modern times.
The Colossus OF Rhodes, as will pres.
emily be seen, WAS nothing to 1t; 1t
coull carry the Bavaria or the
"Herrmann la its arms. 1t towers
to the skies from the factory yard OF
the Rue de Chazelles. and the view
sweeps clear OF the six-s:ory houses,
aud rlght beyond the walls OF Paris. 1t
is to stand on BcdIoe's Island. IN the
bay Of New York, and is to bear in its
hand torch lighted by electricity,
which is to symbolizs Liberty enlight-
enlug the world
The statue has had all sorts Of vcis-
sitndes Its conception was due to the
great French sculptor, Bartholdi. who
has a passion for working on the colos.
sal scale; but he and few faithful
friends had no difficulty iu per.uadng
the people of two hemispheres that they
were in want Of this work. A franco
American committee was formed In
France with very influential names-M.
Laboul.ye, NJ. Oscar dc Lafayette, NJ.
dc Rochambeau, NJ. Paul de Remusat.
M. Waddington, etc and the F'auco.
American committee duly issued it's
proposals for subscriptions in France
and the United States They wcFe put
in very seductive fortn-the Republic
of France was to make this pretty gift
to her elder sister OF America. Every
body said it would be n good thing, but
few put down the money. However,
by dint of vigorous beating Of the big
drum ON platform aud press, by con-
certs aud lectures and balls aud fancy
fairs, as well as by generous donations,
the money was got together; and the
statue oi Liberty now stands finished IN
its Paris workshop, the most eXtraordi.
nary work OF its kind Of all time.
The moment after its presentation
the workmen wall begin to take it to
pieces for transport to America, where
it will be rveted together again, to
stand for eternity. The dimensions
are almost ludicrously large. The tig.
ure alone IN sheer height, clear Of all
reckoning for the coronet. stands los
feet; the extreme length fcon the sole
Of the loot to the end of the torch in
the outstretched hand is 1877 feet 0
inches: the pedestal OF granite will be
SO feet high, aud the two together give
a grand total OF 2l0 feet for the entire
work. The monument OF L sh-street
hill, the loftiest isolated column in the
world. is but 202 feet high; while the
Colossus Of Rhodes stood only about l40
feet without his stockings. The work
has been going on these years. slowly
but surely, at the copper foundry OF
Mondint 1T Gle, near the Pare Mon
ceau, IN great workshop built special
ly Tor it. The further the coppersmiths
advance with their task, the m)re ILL.
putian they b,came in relation to it.
What Were men. for instance, or the
childrea of men, in that awful eye
measuring 30 inches from corner to cor
Der? A o foot man standing on the level
OF the lips only just reached the eye
brow. While they were working on
the crown OF her head they seemed to
be making huge sugar cauldron; and
they jun ped with ease in and out the
tip OF the nose. Fifteen people could
sit round the flame of the torch, and
they would reach that elevation by
spiral staircase within the outstretched
arm.--lLondon Daily News.