Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-10-03
goddess's right arm, and . spiral stair
will lead up to it from the pedestal, one
hundred or more feet below.

goddess's right arm, ana spiral stair
will lead up to il from the pedestal, one
hundred or more feet below.
Once inside the barred enclosure, which
forbids all visitors entrance during
working hours, one can easily reach the
base of the pedestal, no " nearly fifty feet
from the old forts parade ground. The
space between the forts walls and this
little gallery will be terraced in, and
long row of steps will be built down
across the embankment to the sea wall
and the pier.
INSIDE THE PEDESTAL
all is solid masonry except a square
shaft-for an elevator possibly --run-
nirg straight up to the figures base.
The narrow wooden stairs wind pain
fully up, though the journey is enligen-
cd by the broken bolts or rigets that
keep falling down the open shaft. An
other gallery Of solid granite opens oat
a few feet from the top Of the pedestal,
ard then a few more pine board stairs
lead up into the interior Of the copper
frsme itself.
Where the goddess sandal should be
IS en- opening, very broad and hish, on
the last scafiolding that runs around the
figure. No lookout could be more
commanding. The whole bayis spread
about the tiny island below. To the
statues back across the shalloS waters
lie the thickly.studded towns OfJersey,
Commupipaw, Bsyonne, Bergen Point ;
then, farther north, Jersey CITY, W''n
IFS long, sloping suburbs, and HOBO
ken. with its sharper bluffs. Tho smoke
floats lazily over the distant oi!-rehne-
RES Of Bayonne aud Bergen Point
against whose mslodoTOus putlings even
the copper figure has had to turn her
back. The wind blows FROM another
direction now, ard the sun floods the
dirty, blush waters Of the Kill Won
Kull with yellow, dancing light. The
Staten-Island hills stand out Stiiliy to
ward tbs sonth, their blue tops Just
dotted here and there with whiGe houses
shining in the sun. The ferry-boat'
steal in and out from st. George, bat
the villages along the shore are hidden
in the blue shadows of the hills behind.
Tho Narrows show fainter line OF
blue than the waters Of the inner bay.
The white sails fit across aud back on
short tacks, and over their tops one
can see the point st Sandy Hook
lust cut into the ocean, with the dark
highlands Of Nayesink behind. 4 teT
Yachts are still lying idly on tho an
chorage at Bay Ridge, the water rlt-
fling to a few stray white caps with the
strong iuHowipg tide. South Brook
lyn seems like a big city Of itself,
stretching far back to the wooded ridges,
and ,hen across Governors island, AMI
that fslnt.colored cheese.boS, Castle
Williams, comes the almost spireles5
outline Of the City of Churches.
New York itself seems small and mar
row by comparison, with a smoky cloud
lowering behind it from river to river.
The Battery, looking
FRESH AND PRETTY IN THE DIS
TANCE,
sets Of sIikingly the deep red Of 'he
Produce. Exchange building, whose tall,
SQUARE toser Is easily the central point
in the picture. The Washington bullI-
ing. the yello8i>h Cotton Exchange, the
spire Of Trinity, the tower Of the West
ern Union and the Tribune buildings
strike the eye a! glance; and beyond
them, Just on the limit Of vision, is the
White LANDMARK Of GrAce-chur'h sp're.
Nearer ct hand the hGrb,r is filled with
iostling, hurry ing steamboats,, ships at
anchor, and slow, hesyily-bdrdened
tugs-all that farrag0 Of shipping ghIoh
will soon be looking to this BelloT S
island for its chief supply Of light.
Stepping in again from the narrow
platform, one can look up through tue
CONFUSION of framework and see the
worhmen still pounding at the arm aud
neck. The odd pieces fall constantly,
and the way is blocked. Work stops
promptly at $50, and the men rush for
the last New York boat. IL gets dark
by the time the little steamer pushes
off, and the unfinished statue looks Ike
a blank pile against the sky. 1t will
be quite different when we get the cleo
trio lamps up" says the man IN
charge. So it ought to be, for che
main light in the torch will have 81, 600
candle power, and the four on the
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