Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-05-09
Liberty EnlightenIng the World.

This new Wonder of the World, which is now being loaded on the French transport Isere for shipment to this country, is the largest statue in the world. Some idea of it's magnitude may be obtained from the fact that forty persons found standing room within the head. A six foot man standing on the leSel of the lips only just reached the eyebrow. While workmen were at work on the crown of her head they seemed to be making a huge sugar. caldron, and they jumped with ease in and out the tip of the nose. Fifteen people might sit around the flame of the torch, which elevation can be reached by a spiral staircase within the out stretched arm.
 The London Daily News, in speaking of it says: Tt is out and away the larg- est statue of modern times. The Col ossus of Rhodes was nothing to 1t. IL could take the 'Bravaria' or the Her man in its arms. It towers to the skies from the yard of the Rue de Chazelles, where 1t has been eight years in con struction, and the view from it's coronet sweeps clear of the six-story houses and beyond the walls of Paris
 The weight of this stupendous statue IS 440,O0O pounds, of which 176,OO0 pounds are copper and the remainder vrought-iron. It IS expected to arrive in New York about the 25th of May, where it will be erected on Bedloe's Island, this being the location selected for 1t by General W. T. Sherman, who was appointed by the President to make the selection. When placed ID poeition 1t will loom up 305 feet above tide-water. the height of the statute being l5L2 feet, that of the pedestal 91 feet, and foundation 52l0 feet.
 This imposing statute, higher than the enormous towers Of the great Brook lyn Bridge or the steeple of Trinity Church, which is the lOftiest in the city of New York-higher, in fact, than any of the colossal statues of antiquity by its rare artistic proportions, as well as by its stupendous dimensions, will add another of the Wonders of the World. A word should be said of it's artistic merit. The pose. stride and gesture, with its classic face, are pro- nounced perfect; the drapery IS by both massive and fine, and m some parts IS as delicate and silky in effect as if wrought with a fine chIsel on the small est scale.
 The conception and execution of this great work are due to the great French sculptor, NJ. Bartholdi, who has devoted eight years of his life and most of hIs fortune to thIs great work, and whose generous impulses, which must be on a scale commensurate with this noble work, prompted bim to make such a gift to the United States. The con- miitee in charge of the construction of the base and pedestal for the reception sf this great work are iu want of funds for its completion, and have prepared a immature statuette, an exact counterpart of the original, six inches in height, the figure being made of bronze, the peden- tai of nickel silver. which they are now delivering to subscribers throughout the United States for the small sum of Sl each. Aside from its being lasting souverner of thIs colossal statue, it will ornament our homes and bear testimony that we have contributed to the comIle- ton of one of the grsndest works of modern times. All remittances shoald be addressed to Richard Butler, Secre- t6ry American Committee of the Statue of Liberty, No. s Mercer Street, New York. The committee are also prepsr- ed to furnish model, Tn same metals, twelve inches in height, st S5 each, de- livered.
 We feel assured our people will be too eager to testify their grateful sense of the frieDdliness Of this msgnanimous offer on the part of the French people, and to reciprocate the kindly and liberal sentiments in which 1t originated, by ! thus aiding in an active prosecution of the labors that may be required to give the statue an appropriate base and pc | destal. Now is the time to do it. Who ever wishes to have the honor and pleas ure of contributing tO the erection of | the grRndest ststue of any age, to say | nothing of the sentiment that should be welcomed and encouraged, must act
 promptly, for the money will he raised
 as sure as the sun rises. Every sub scriber sending sl will be supplied with a miniature counterpart of this great
 and imperishsble statue of
 aLIBERTY ESLIGHTESISG THE WORLD"