New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-01
THE WORK ON THE PEDESTAL
REPORT OF rNcINEER-N-cHIEF stone
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CHARLES y. Stone. engineer-in chief OF =;
os nea of the foundation Of The pedes.hh I'm
Of the statue, OF Liberty En aIigbt last even
World" worked As 1 n aissr putting the final
ncbss 70 his report of tweny-thTee printed
a. Goseph W. Drexel. chairman OF tno L;s,orv of
TCw;ftee In il General Stone gives n'e.G;ii', ~
NJ Iahors Ground was first broken on Ap hal ne
1888 and an excellent foundation was oarn wall
was proved by the good condition Oh 'g b Stability
cf oIG Fort Wood seventy years old nc m az
T. Increased by the fact that the % xaIIs and
Of the pedestal is surrounded by me Iho 9sS3' an
Of Fort Wood asT TAKEN in the benedict
n;IS;ns an oica clerk appointed ana So ac
swstsn of accountability was aaoPe9o .,oyi1 were
counts of both treasurer an Committee of Audit
5sgniar lar fbe ofical clerk James nness wa
Sred at 400 month. of which ne ga nu GO the
mouth the su n5s' SS Se duties of Mr.. Hunt the
poi';tsct were to submit an ~ MOT aoslisIJ ra
neJestal. while General Stone Was 10 oo n0'N
design of the foundation the s1 Of
I lie of the walls OF the PEDESTAL all matu ,S
CONSTRUCTION and Of the whole stfc
s,ra incIudnc tho means OF securely attaching '"'
statue TO the PEDESTAL A., ,,a from
Tb. transfer of the property on the island ltu 'n
.hs Government involved the empioyent OF wv w.
wstcbmen and serious expense ior tn itS tbe
the need of keeping up boat commuhiGaron GERS
palniands; t' eyynense . next 10 nothing" The
proposal of Mr. Seagrist for the and The cen
buildings the parade was sed snbsol was
tract for an excavation into the solio suosoi, W."
awarded to A. c. Chenowith. The report sayo
The main drainage Of ssseeon
.vaiion and examinations of the SOIL By boring t rum
was SSl24 so. The sum OF $sZo was vas, ba budings
Mr Sess' and other sums received for materia
s saved. ~ ....,o,. - the
change was made In the proportions oa mart art
fonndafioomass so as 10 include the lori US pa :.
81 tha consfrction. General stone says tnas "
save expense he recommended cohcIete ins.H; m IN
stone masonry for the ioundatioh, nn cboics of
wecbt was about $500 tons through cnoice oo W
material and BY reason of special l,IVo
tons more, while the foundation mass s,ror J
sabundantiy strong; Inc n sSh ward for making
and nacing the concrete The committee lnlns.ssu
The cement Mr. smiths associates many G hi inc
work alter General Stone had insisted on n U
A. no,ncrete naked according TO his ideas seven
insnectorswere employed, besides cnleI
TO prevent the Of inferior matera III sne ,So;r
crete and tie Sc gentlemen well earned tnon
Salaries" General Stone says that he visited 1.sl
various works to secure the best cement and trai
blocks of concrete were made and suo'ec'oo !"
crushing tests.
General Stone adds: III.
The cost of the foundaton-n of o3o s99 ne
Of ron,ns and sums paid 10 contractors cement
dealers inspectors and for labor may DC Staten az
sSSSsS0 n S4 shs7 es III doubtful any n-
poriant mass Of concrete and srouting Of quality ap
prOaChing that OF Tue MASS III qu.SuoA A'"S wv
made In this vicinity at so low d cost
The first bids for the stone pedestal were 90 hg ~
that facing OF stone was chosen with backing OF
beton. D. II. King, jr.'s offer to build this tor
SI32 500 and to return anyproiits he might MAKE
was accepted After considerable progress siteia-
tons were decided on by the committee, reducing
the proposed height of the pedestal a.
le exit. dscsS to s'ao 90 se
ert for less than 81 So 600 still Offering to return
his The change DECIDED to on The
Affords a resistance to a wind strain of 100 pounds
70 square foot The steel work mas been are a.
ready in place. The sum already paid to MT. King
is 500, 100 ~ thus leaving $69.27O ~ to be PAD
TO complete the pedestal. This sum Will probably
be diminished by the profits accruing to Mr., King;
In conclusion General Stone acknowledges the
assstan re of eminent engineers whom he has freely
consulted and who have met him in the same
spirit; some adverse criticism has been ex-
pressed however he does not feel at liberty to give
the names of those who have aided him by Their
counsel and he gladly assumes all responsibility
for the construction well as for the management
of the work" A detailed financial report Will dc
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