New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-05
FOR A MEMORIAL ARCH.
TO COMMEMORATE THE CELEBRATION IN
MARBLE.
PxRFEcr1Ne PLANS FOR PsRMANENr STRUT
uRE IN WASHINGTON soUARE-oHILDREN
sr, r,t, YAM uyHIBIT,

UkE IN WASHlNGTON oSOhnn-S
SEE THE LOAN EXHIBIT
Tbs CSntennlh Committee on Plan ana scope n, a
. -mssung In conjunction with inc enerine" " 40
$500. snh-.,mm,,t..s At the headquarters 10 the
Stewart Building yesterday. Those P'oea ~
Frederick 8. rsllmadse samuel D. Baocock' .. v. N
CruRer Asa Sird Gardiner, Stuyvesant FISH, d. -
Ives. Iouis Fitzgerald, Richard 7. wilson, JIM
piummer Henry @. Maryland, Eionase - 49, ,I,
Clarence W, Bowen The chairman oi 1'0 81,
tees reported that the work OF ih'ise - =.
scoounts was going on rapidly, and thai Us SOU %
possible full reports would DC maze " "'
chairman Of the Finance Committee. ,, =.
m. Dronosit,on that memorial arch shouiu 20
.,.otsa At WasbinSton Square as permanent No.
s..st in oommcmoratlon Of the ceiepraooh Y, Vi" 49,
centennial anniversary OF Washington -
don which has met with such pronouneeu To-
Was brought up 10y Henry S, MaTquano' ohs s,sns..S
,ho Art Committee, and was thoroughly aisous'e.
- 80 n,. ..n,in,ent seemed to be that such al
80 90 .rcoted should be built by CONTRIBUTIONS iV
tss nsooh. An of the committeeman ia,oie1 -,
srob and the discussion was coohneu =, an
10 be adopted for carrying out 'ne P's'V. commit
nosy>d IN be the unanimous opinion VI -, hv
s.emep that the work sfbuld not DO u"'o , on
sny OF the Centennial committees 800 This
r,n,,.d INIT nv a new and distinct orsanAa"ou- 49,,
g.. ..s.,d.a AZ advisable IN order that " m'sn' NV
-. ,h.,c.d that the arch the result Oh nv
-, .mnrs n class already characterized III ''s-
tp celebration work IS exclusive
prvraREp TO THE ART COMMITTEE
.>,o,,,,or vas adopted finally that inc fuo
tion brought up by the chairman Oh ','o ~ ~. Art
l.. h. referred to the individual mehoeT y. a. q,
Eommito.e for them to organize II 'heS e .,m..
order 10 carry out the object proposed %
-, r.oocn,ton of TIE event TO be commenoi -.
r..,rn,er Maouand said that the Art Com"''''so
-. va, nc,t week and decide upon tne ore~
,,o, ~ a committee to DO composed Oh t"es 49,
nembers who would have power 10 30 on -
vcors of raising fund for building inc . 20
IN. arr committee as a whole, consisent VI U
w.rouand Gordon L. Ford, Daniel hun'hs,ol'
t, Ctr wpiam f. Dodge, Charles Parsons
n, 'nrors Oliver H. Perry, Frank D. Mliie'' III ~
pnr..on Charles Henry Hart Ruthcrforu guy 'o''
80 = faawa,sdcr Ilspenad Stewart Charies "
Russau IT, and Richard Watson Eiluei, WIN ,a.
GUIDED in the new committee when VIII pe 80.
9th the Wow OF having It representative vi ~ -
interests Of the city Mr. Marqasu s"'' rouId
.,ch would DO designed by Sanford White ana Wou,o
nrohsh,v he a fac smile of the present enc IN
irctnn Souar II would probably be built Oh ma'0'0'
he said as granite thought TO be 100 ho',y Lac.
A. meeting Of the salmagundi CLUB hei' a''
evening It was unanimously resolved
That this club heartily ind"rses the idea Oh eree
,,c,,or,,, ~ the washington Centennial! IN 'ho
-, ., a marble arch IN Washington Square ~ 'o
entrance to Fit,have. and earnestly fccohie ' nov,
HI hu,t after the general Plan "i Ie i,,o,
whose temporary design has met WIN su'" O''
approval . l., .soovorno 70 bavo
william Rhlnelander Stewart Is enaea''rlHs " NO"
tbc arch built as speedily as possoie III 'n.So
forts he Is earnestly seconded by Robert W. NC
ord EDWARD Cooper. All Of the memorials Vi VI"
celebration I'm the committee headquarters win W INV
septoa TO the New.YOrk Historical Society. -,
Tho army committee met yesterday anu 'no w.
OF STRENGTHENING out the accounts was Desu III ~
Colonol Cruaer said thai the committee "o"i" ',' w
sb,e 10 make any financial statement lor so'e'"
Ae 70 reports that ushers and gatc-keepcls al 'tp
90 80 r,,,od tho committee OF something ike
q, a 600 by necccting to sell tickets and taKs tSst
Instead which they rockool Colonel Drugcr sara er
was no way Of Proving it, II there should haptSSn Zen
TO he any deficiency it would n DC 1nai' ~ a'''e
members OF the General Coh'ih'''e' r
WHERE SHOULD THE ARCH BE PLAoEDi
p.g.,d,rr the pcsltion of the proposed arch there
seems to be somc difference of opinion ihoIs %"
avoc.trs O, the present SITE while others THINK thss
Madison snuarc or the entrance TO Central faA "oa
be the proper place for the structure Nr' "nn'
the designer Of the present srh, When or was un
dousay The most II Gs ' sSan Be oSa Ss
what 1SHE se' Were he arch now stands tho
better place for various reasons In case Cor hs"
!, IS now. owing to the more open space which CHI
would occupy 1t wond be nor eHpSsea Is, sa N0a a.
me Pen in o. orer to avoid bstucg the Sidewalk
IL would therefore be necessary TO sna 70 their @
s.S Garth ma asS hnEdy tune
for its FcSpieG d IN d sey eS dsr"
n was drawn after tho general clsssic style win
h colonial treatment which i s Ss ssptod how
sver in any way to the PARK entrance OF mSS5 b
sSSs tSce as large, and nve times as
tn S1spd aP .s also isEoI he s. "a
esomethlng we need in ne American d, me ,n
s ss kind N's fof r.esp. ''4 s sShls%,
tss arch in Fish ave. when the electric lights are
SurAag'
CHILDREN AT THE LOAN ExHlBIT1oN.
IN. rooms containing the Centennial Loan IN
ns,t,on a. the Metropolitan Opera House were nied
Yesterday morning with eager throng Oh schooi
sh,A.-sn In response % invitation from Chair
rsp Msrouand more than 5000 pupils OF tho
Grammar schools three hundred at time, went
tho exhibition As many ,as S SSsS Tsrou %S
Snd Iishop Potter addressed them. Mr.. MarNusnd
hnned them hshs on and hf na hRe sn a they
Msra The soldiers on whom the country could Place
future to f ,Ss aRd HGs Schools s the
AGE OF ten in Phllsdephia and said that Their s ing!
hsa reminded him I'm, that he s tsst he awars put
his heart into the music, even II his voice mgat not
Be- tune The mes tS G n1os NV yat S not because
n@y werc costly but because they were sss0ca1eo
Lei e,esk ,en whose characters were tner suPTelpe
WMnn,,r In ooncusioD he SAID that these memorials
Wsshngtor and the past should aucken es,h 4ns
IL de4ire fo leave 70 the country inc oequos' Vi
.,pra stainiess ana uprtg ht character. ,oh,
Tha eIhpaitIon will close on Wednesday night
prpAsEp WITH THE NORTHERN PEOPLE
Co,nmhi, 4 c., May 4 (specisD.-Governor Richard
- ora staff. escorted By the South Carolina troops
,sscbed here this evening In speech TO the troops
sefors they were dismissed the Governor spoke u, !,
.on,rI,rrntary terms Of the Northern people met IT