Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-12-07
AMERICAS MONUMENT.
After Thirty Six Years the Last Stone
is Laid in our country's PILLAR
OF Liberty.
The Stars and Stripes FlSat at The
Greatest Height Of Construction
Known TO the World.
A Structure far Overlapping Every
Other Work Wrought by the
Puny Hand Of Man.


WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.--The long ex-
pected completion OF the Washington
monument obellsk was accomplished
thls afternoon by setting in place the
marble capstone and pyramidAl apex
OF aluminium. The ceremonies were
few aud simple, an elaborate celebrA-
ton being reserved for washlngion's
birthday. Shortly after o'clock Col.
Thos. l.. Casey, the government en-
plueer In charge, and Assistant Capt.
Davis, u. \. A., and Bernard II Green,
civil engineer together with Master
Mechanic Mclaughlin and several
workmen standing on the marrow
platform
AROUND THE MARBLE ROOF,
near the summit, proceeded TO set the
capstone weighing $500 pounds. which
was suspended from quadruple set OF
heavy joiets supported 10y "a platform
aud towering 40 feet above them. A.
soon as the capstone was net
THE AMERICAN FLAG
was unfurled aud a salute uf 2il guns
was fired 10y the battery In the White
House lot far below. The sound OF
NAANNAF ANU NdAHN VII ANAAAAN lNhAh NAAN
crowd gathered around the base of the
monument, white "A number of invited
guests on the $40 foot platform struck
up the star SpAngled Banner and
other patriotic songs The steady
duwnpOur Of rain had given place to "A
brisk gale of wind, AT this elevation
blowing nlty-tiye miles an hour, and
very few Of the Invited guests cared 10
avail Themselves of the privilege of
climbing the ladder from the 900 foot
platform
10 THE DIZZY HEIGHT
OF 689 feet, from which three or four
journalists aud half u dozen other adj
ventureTH climbed aud Witnessed the
setting OF the capstone, aud subse-
quently assembled 10 the pinnacle.
Meanwhile the Washington MOnu-
ment society, represented ny DR.. Jos.
NJ, Toner, Hon. Horatlo King, Gen.
VIM. Mckee Dunn, DR.. Daniel
! Il Clark and j, l.. Har-
| vey, secretary, held meeting
ON the elevated platform at the height
Of 500 feet and when the artillery FIR
! ing announced the setting OF the cap
STONE, they adopted the following reao-
lutiun offered by Gen. Dunn;
"COnpratulAting the American pco-
! Pile on the c0mpl tion OF this mOnn-
ment OF our naliou's gratitude 10 the
father Of our country
| Among those present WAS one OF the
master mechanics who laid the corner
stone ~ this monument more
than thirty-siI years ago and
an old watchmAn OF the mpuument,
who has been continually employed
In that capacity nearly the whole Inter
1 aN..s. I'D H. "a
monument fl0ated to-day from the
flagstaff, the top OF which Is exactly
Six HUNDRED FEET
from the ground, thus displaying tho
American cOlors ut greatest the
height Of construction ever yet
known In the world. The
monument Itself with its total
height OF $50 feet far Oyerlopa every
other structure erected by human
hands.
The aluminium apex Of the monu
ments IL engraved with inscriptions ~
follows.
On one face,
chief Englueer and Architect.
Thot. Line IN Casey,
colonel OF the corps of kngineou.
ABslttanti
4 Geo. W. Davis. lith U. :. lsfAntTyi
iierunrd X. 1rceu, civil EngiureE
| u IL. MrlAughhn, Master Nc hAhlu'
On another side is the following;
The corner stone was laid on tbs kid OF the
foundation July ., sih
Tho nrst stone At tho b ight Of l5i i0et wa
laid August z, itbh
The chpgtone was sol DoceInbare 1874
On "A third side Ia the following;
The Joint commission nt tho setting OF thf
caphionVl
W. W. Corcorao. N. *. Bel,
Chester A. Arthur,
Edwafd ClRTk, john Nowton.
Act OF August a. 1874.
Aud on the fourth face arc the sim
pie words:
LRuB Doc.
The Washington monument IL the
most wonderful In the world, not IN
respect to height alone IL contnlne q
stone from every state aud territory IN
the Union, and II truly u monument
to American liberty.