The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-17
TIE GREELEY MONUMENT PROTECT
Aftcr Sleeping r,r Many Years the Early
Plans Are About TO Re Realized.

Plans Are About TO Re Realized.
meeting Of tho Horace Greeley Monument
Committee was called for 3 o'clock yesterday
afternoon in the Office OF the Chairman. Vim.
W. Niles. at II Wall street. The committee
has been practically torpid for fourteen years.
end of tho original committee OF thirty-one
members over n score are dead.
The committee was appointed In 1872. i'm.
mcdiately after tho death OF Mr. Greeley. to
carry out tho desire which was expressed in
all parts Of the country that worthy monu-
ment should DO erected to Horace Greeley's
memory. Tho movement first took definite
shape In New York and the committee was
largely made UP of mon OF this city. but ad-
ditional members were added representing
practically every part Of tho country The
committee was originally composed Of John
J.. Williams. President Of tho Bank OF tho
Republic; William b. Ogden. the first Mayor
of Chicago: Samuel J. Tilden. Augustus schell.
Marshall o. Roberts. Frank Leslie. Phineas I.
Barnum. Charles A. Dana. Whitelaw Reid.
James Gordon Bennett Manton Marble.
John Q. Whitehousc. senator A. W. Palmer.
Judge George q. Reynolds. William ". Good
MI Hanks. John w. Torn aSi GOV Austin ti
o SF % q sls rSs m'S inos Miinm Ms
Farlan. Cow THOMAS +. Randolph Of New Jer-
wGo Mhe Wsm ASrs Ses e cSo
man: James o. Howard. John. Anderson the
mllionniIe tobacco man: Gen. John Cochrane.
were appointed nm Executive, Committee, to
ing Of tho monument. Subscriptions began to
pour in. and tho list OF Subscribers. which Mr..
S Ne HAS Ks s nss 81
Is ness many sSa Sas
iecttsa Subscriptions, and printers ali over the
sK Rrea ntea a s s S s E1 pnSs
we're Only promised. and wore to be paid whom
Central Park plaza. ut Fifth avenue and Fifty.
ninth street. inches were to be arranged In
busts Of other public men around the statue
OF Greeley.
PVT the matter pa o ga ISIS ,es Ts saa
that practically tloSred the movement; TWAS.
anS ys11 to It srths5 sS
sssribers went down in i, the ilnsncial wreck:
Or 1915. ' tut seemingly the frst enthusiasm q
aSkas Ases oer asG eo
ieet., came np, The printers of this city
osd scheme To- eest in sntrsn W
metal. They requested the original commit;
turn to the fSa
| type metal monument was erected.
later another fund was started by the
printers to erect bronze stntue OF Greeley in
one OF the PARKS or public squares, Of this city.
| The committee OF this fund. Of which George
m2iEs IL the oa aaa ns
err, and II was arranged that the two funds
| should hr consolidated under certain condi-
tons. The printers committee was to 60
ahead with tho monument, and il. after it was
| cast in bronze" tn" old committee approved Of
| it. tho funds collected in 1872 would be turned
over .tr I he now statue,
Sculptor Alexander Dovl" OF 100 East Twcn-
ticth street. who designed tho Grady monu-
ment. Vas selected to 10th" work and the Hem
tccnth ST. oct was t. cast the statue. The work
was completed and the statue cast last week.
and week ago yesterday the two com mittees
went to the works to view the statue: Both
statue In every way. aud it Is pronounced to be
lfelike representation Of the famous editor.
It is Of heroic s,ze and the figure is in a. sit
900. and tho amount which the old committee
will turn over to tho printers committee will.
in NIL probability. be about $4,000. Much Of it
will have to be collected from, the estates OF
lack about $1,000 OF the required amount. and
| a performance is to be given In one Of the city
theatres shortly to help raise tho deficiency:
square or Madison SQUARE It viii DO unveiled
next Decoration Day. and Congressman Amos
J. Cummings who one time worke at the case
| aud who was an editor on the Tribune sta1
Tho meeting yesterday was to have the old
committee give its final assent to the proposed
combination OF tho two. funds. and really to
clos. up the s business for which t was ap-
much scattered Just now and it may be- some
time before all can be heard from. but from
previous communications which Mr. Niles has
received. 1t Is assured that this disposition Of
ha mn will ha Gntisfnotorv fO nil