Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-08
A PERMANENT EXHIBITION
The Proposed Memorial to CHRISTOPHER
Columbus In This City.

FIVE MILLION DOLLARS FOR SUITABLE BUILDING
IN THIS CITY TO coxMKMoRArK THE DISCOVERY
OF AMERIcA-HALLs AND GALLERIES FOR Kx-
HrBrTIoN OF AMERICAN Art AND INDUSTRY.
In the present state of the proposed worlds
fair there is one measure which will possibly
attract considerable attention in the near fu-
ture. II 10 bill introduced in
the House by Mr.. Buchanan of
New Jersey, Representative Who
believes that an improvement to Washing
ton is gain to the nation. The bill proposes
TO establish memorial to Christopher Column
bus in Washington.
It provides that the Secretary Of the Interior,
the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
and the librarian of Congress be committee
to select the site, adopt . plan for and
| superintend the erection Of the me-
mortal; that within two months OF the
passage of the act the board shall advertise for
plans and specifications for such erection; SAID
advertisement shall contain short statement
OF the design and purpose of such memorial
and q requirement than any plan submitted
shall be capable Of subsequent extension and
addition, and that for the successful design o
Zee OF u, 600 will be paid. Upon the adoption
OF such design the board shall proceed to erect
upon the grounds, preferably connected with
the Smithsonian Institution, such memorial.
The superintendent of said work shall be I'M
der the direction of some officer of engineers
In the United States army, to be detailed for
that purpose by the President of the United
States upon the request of said board
Any design adopted by said board shall pro-
vide galleries for the exhibition of paintings
| and sculptures by American artists first, and
| second by alien artists; such design shall also
provide halls and galleries for the exhibition
OF the best and most worthy products OF
| American craftsmanship, including the applica-
ton OF art and ornament to articles of use.
1t shall also make provision for the exhibition
OF the progress of the mechanical arts
and inventions as applied to manufact-
urlng, the arts and to agriculture, and to
| carry out the central design of such me-
| mortal, which shall be primarily to afford an
| exhibition, permanent and progressive, of the
achievements Of the art and industry Of the
people Of the United States; and. secondarily
| to gather together and exhibit the most wor-
thy works Of art and industry of alien people
Of the United States for that purpose.
The board is charged with the duty of having
| the memorial 50 far advanced in course of cree
ton that the corner stone shall be laid upon
the four hundredth anniversary of the first
landing of Christopher Columbus upon Ameri-
can soil and to provide for appropriate cere-
| monies in connection Herewith, of which an
Grafton by the President of the United States
shall form part.
For the purpose of carrying out the pro-
visions of the act the sum of 81, 600 is to be
appropriated, to be payable within the first
year after the approval OF the act, and the sum
OF 81 900 900 thereafter annually until the sum
OF 81, 000, 900 in all shall have been paid