Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1884-12-07
THE MONUMENT.
Washingtou's Great 0be-
Iisk Completed.
rnN IMPosINa oNREM0YIEs.
America Can Now Boast Of the Loft.
iest Structure on the Face
Of The Globe.

lspsciai % he Hesoia bv Associaied Press.
wAsHlser0s, nee C.-rhe long expected
completion OF the washington monument
and ohslisls was accomplished this aitericon
by acting 10 piace he marble capslone and
a. pgfamldsl apex ofalumlnuia 1be cere
monies we're few and simple, an elaborate
colebratlou event being reserved Cor Wash
inaton's Blfthday shoftlyaiier two O'clock
coi. fhomssL Casey, Gosefumenl EnglaeeF
inchafge. aud his assistants. Capt Davis, 4.
=. A., and Betnatd y. Cream cieil Knslneef,
Together with MISTER Meehsnic Mclaughlin
aiid several workmen. standlng ou narrow
platform onlh around the aloplnx marble
moi near the summit, proceeded 70 set The
cRfstnne watching $500 pounds, which was
Alspended fruin quadfurnn Of hgaFg
iaists. and supp3ried b. q Platform and tow
eflne fortq feet 9b1ve Them. As soon As the
caps,sn va sci the American dag wis m
lfuried oyer hedd and salnte 81 tMeusy. .one
guns was hfedDy u battery IN the While
House lpf far belolY fhe sunnd pfeheet3
also cyme up family from the crow ! Of spec
tetors tthered around the base Of the Inou-
uineul, while number Of invited guests on
the Ave hundred feet of platform and Ia The
interior OF the monuuaesb spontaneously
stfiicl nD The Star Spsngled Banner and
othtf pJtrintic songs. A slesdy doFnpour
OF saln Ind given place, little while pre-
gIopsy, 10 brisk gale of wind, at this eie-
walton, blowing ahont 6fty-hve miles an
hour and vary iew invited guesfs
prlsiIcse "a u s ot clImhing stiins " nearly
rerp5hllieai4r iafder from the age huudred
loot piufnrm 10 the dizzy height Of
Ave hpndred md thirty three feet,
from whlch three q fonr Journalists and
half.dozen other adeeninrers Nlinexed the
setEin< Of the cipsione and subsequently,
ascenied 70 the pinnacle. Meanwhile the
Washington Nonuincni : lcietyt represented
by n Joseph n Toner, Hon; HofAti9 ,ktng,
aud r. l. Harvey, held meeting
on the ELEVATED platform at the height OF
i've hundred feet, and wheu the
artillery firing announced the settling
offered hy Genefal Dam, congratulating
The American people on the completion Of
this enduring monument 0f our nhti0p's
gratitude 10 the Father o. his Country
Among those present to-day AZ the compile
lion 81 the structure MAS one Of The master
mechanics who laid the corner stone OF this
monument more flian thlfty TX years ago.
aud the old whtchman OF The monument
who had been continuously emrloy,sd ~
thai eapacity during neariytiie whele later
yening period. The flag over the monument
foated 10. day from a flagstaff the top of
whicn isexactly SIX Hundred feet rom the
ground, thus dssplsying the Amerlcan eol
ever yet knoNu 10 the world
The mnnnmsut itself With rs total height,
Ave hundred and fiity feet far nterloIls
every other STRUCTURE ~ human hands. The
6iuuilhun apex ~ the monument Is en-.
grsved with Inscriptions ~ follows: on one
face, rChief Engineer And Architect. Thonl-
Al Lincoln Casey Colouei Corps of Engin
eefs. Assistants, Geo. " Davis, Fourth y, )
Infantry Bernard ureeu, Civil Engineer
Master Mechanic, + Mclaughlin; On
another, Corner stone laid on the bed of
foundation 0n July 4lh, 1873; frat stone at
the height ~ i52 feet laid August 7th, 1896
cap-s.0flc set December Gtli. i8s4.H On q
third, ''rhe Joint Commission at shs setting
Of tho cap-stcna &c haster A. Arthur, VI w
corevran. tChairInanl NJ. q. Bell. EiWaft
clark John NeNton. Act oi August 2nu,
1876" On the fourth. the words L1as aeo- :