Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-10-05

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Useful MONUMENT TO GEN. GRANT
The Richmond Industrial So"E contains
the following
omonument and that it is 10 be national,
M, nrovint ial The genius Of the age ard
IF lids people requires that it shall be use
fnI as vel as ornamental; good taste dc.
,nands that it SHALL be illustrative and SYM
holc: and the CT, dit ofthe country Is COZ.
cerped that it shall be ia magnitude an"
,naguifcence commensurate with the power,
wealth dignity and aspirations OF me pee
ne seeking to emhodv what tbey feel. it
matters not where his body may &c buried auG
remain at rest, tie only fitting place for the
monument that the country viii decree MIN
will be the city on the Potomac which Is the
nossession and the pride ofthe Whole c"un-
irv. the Capital, Washington. 81 happy
coincidence il is Just there, too, ihat ihe scit
of monunen: which fits into ana Ills all the
conditions we have stated can be most ap.
nropriately constructed, for there almost at
The base Of the Capitol flows that beautiful
and historic river which Though eroSseu aHt;
recrossed by toe cOntendiHt. armies cooSt'
tuted what was recognIZsc a no Gi:laihS
line between the warning section. As'suc
ture spanning that broad az" Ea)e-ho
stream would ne the <y!nhn';" neni OF il re-
united and ;raiSsn.un's. u9:on. VITA its
lofty and culTinE Un;]i"c. aud MADE re-
splendent by al the accsssoF' - arr, WIN
the morning: aui the eveni"- >"H S9tiaG II
aclow with shifting colorS, /; "";'a haidiS
a
il the nGtion'S bow of promise that never
again in this land shall brother ~" against
brother.
Lei the monument to Gen. Grant, then,
he bridge across the Potomac river from
Washington city 10 the Virginia shore.
The length Of the bridge must be deter.
mined, physically, by the distance between
,he abutmenls The number, length, and
elevation OF its arches or spans must lie dc
ierlrned to some extent by the width OF
the river, the location Of its natural chan.
nels, aud the requirements OF unobStructed
commerce IS FAR as the foot Of tie falls. The
width of the bridge should be AZ the least
one hundred yards, divided into roadways,
of one hundred feet each. marked ny para
nets or baluSirades, four IL number, Of
course; furnishing pedestals aad n!ches Tor
statuary and other monumental decorations.
The piers must rest upon tue BET rock N
The very bottom of the river, below the silt
deposited since the era in which descending
glaciers followed out The bed Of the poio
mac river, and made a place FOR Chesapeake
BAY And these piers must be OF magnitude
and weight sufficient to sustain the strain
Of the arches, which must be massive ana
enduring. The three roadwayS aforesaid
should be arranged and dedicated Tor rail
roads and street cars, traffic wagons ana
pleasure carriages, and also TOR pedestrians
without number. If three hundred feet OF
width he not enough for all purposes OF in
iefcdurse between the lately hostile sec
tons, let the width be made two hundred
wards or more.
AT any ra.e, upon the constitution deco.
ration and embellishments Of suc!i bridge
intended to stand IN $ecula Seca'orHa, as a
memorial and EoGd Of union, scientists,
engineers, architects, mechanics, and artists
should nave al opportunity 70 express and
embody the highest, the purest AID % s.
thought and sentiment of the century, aud
TO follow the progress of mankind upon q
margin broad enough to bold the repreSen
tations of all that science can toreSea or
imagination picture.
"For tie erection ofsuch q national mon
umental and useful bridge, Congress should
appropriate at the outset at least 800 900 900
10 be expended from year to year as the
work progresses; with the understanding
and expectation, if you choose, that the
work will never be wholly finished. so that
each succeeding generation may add some
thing to it. The most admired structures
now standing in Europe have been in pro-
greSs4or centuries; and so,ne are yet incom-
,,!cte Men Of the highest attainments as
scientists, engineers, architects, artists and
mechaaics during this, the current second
century Of our national existence should b.
invited, without stint Of money, 10 contrl-
butte their best faculties and lebors towards
the erection of monument intended to
stand forever in competition with the most
glorious works of Rome, as proof that the
Potomac has ceased to be boundary; that
the PEOPLE Gu both sides of that liver have
become Que and the same aud that the pro-
phetc words Of Daniel Webster have found
concrete expression Liberty and Union,
now and forever, one and inseparable.'