Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-04-09
COMMISSIONERS MEETING.
The Monument to Marshall to be I'm
veiled on the Sd of Nav

| The Monument to Marshall to be In
veiled on the Sd of May.
| Yesterday the Marshall Monument Com
missioners held meeting in this CITY to
make their final arrangements for the un.
yelling of the statue erected BY the State at
Coloma, Ell Dorado county, over The grave
OF }. w. Marshall, the discoverer of gold.
Commissioners George Hofmeister and
John III. Miller Were present. President
Camlpettl, the other member of the Board.
telegraphed from San Francisco his ina
bility to be present.
1t was decided to have the unwilling
take place on Saturday. May 3D. At that
time the country will be at its finest, and
no section in the State presents hand
somer appearance IN the spring time than
the historic foothills of Ell Dorado.
Commissioner Hofmeister said that in
consultation with Mr.. Caminetti-tbev
both being Native Sons-they had con-
cluded that the most appropriate date would
be Just at the close of the Grand Parlor of
the n. S. 6. W., which will adjourn at
Chico on Friday, May I'd. On that even
ing delegates from every Parlor in the
State could come to Sacramento, and on
the next morning could take the excursion
train for Placerville, whence they will be
conveyed to Coloma, nine miles distant in
carriages.
Another argument in favor of the 81 of
May for the unveiling ceremony, is the fact
that at that time the New England Society
of Pioneers will be here, many of whom
were IN the mines of Ell Dorado in 1S49,
and they no doubt would take advantage
OF the opportunity TO visit their old haunts.
Inc date was unanimously agreed upon.
and the following committees appointed
Literary Exercises and Music-Caminetti
and Miller
Conveyances and Preparation of Grounds
-Hofmeister.
Excursion Train-Miller.
Invitation to Pioneers, Public Officials.
Native Sons, etc-Hofmeister and Cami-
netti.
Colonel A. F. Jones, of Oroyille. was
unanimously selected as Orator of the
Day, and his acceptance has been received.
Ine Sacramento Society of California
Pioneers will attend in body, and their
President, p. S. Lawson, will deliver an
address
Mr.. Hofmeister, who has had charge of
the construction, being resident of Pla-
ceryllle, made detailed statement of the
work that had been accomplished The
monument proper was completed year
ago at cost of 5000, the entire amount
OF the appropriation. Briefly described it
is as follows: An artistic granite base
twenty foot square at the bottom, thirty
feet in hight. On top of this granite struc-
ture rests bronze statue of heroic size. of
the gold discoverer." 1t stands eleven
feet high making the entire structure forty-
one feet.
James w. Marshall owned a small plat
OF thirty acres within the town site of CO.
Iona, and it was his request that he should
be buried on the summit of Marshall hill
the highest point on his place 1t is about
200 feet in hight, overlooking the entire
valley, and only a short distance from
where he discovered the first nugget in
1S4s.
Ihe statue represents Marshall in the
garo OF pioneer; in his right hand a
nugget of gold, his left arm extended, his
index finger pointing directly TO the site of
Suffers mill
Mr.. Hofmeister says the roads have all
oeen Dui!t, except small portion, which
Will be completed before the date of the
unyeiling. This work and the fencing in
OF the monument with a suitable iron
fence, and the improvement of the grounds
which now belong to the State, was pro-
vided for by the last Legislature, which APP
proprIated $4,000 additional for that pur-
pose
The monument was designed and erected
by Marion Wells, of San Francisco. and
is said by all who have examined ii to be
work OF art and one OF the finest statues in
the State. Mr.. Wells no doubt imagines
that it is good job, as he lost some 81 500
on his contract.
At a late hour in the afternoon the Com
mission adjourned, TO meet in the town of
Coloma at the call of the Chair.