St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-27
ERICS- ON IN BRONZE.
dwelling in New York of
Statue of the Great Swedish
Inventor.
Defeating Ceremonies Take
Place While the War Vessels
Pass Up the Harbor.

New YORK. April 26.-The various
exercises attending the arrival of the
American and foreign naval officers
in the port were ushered in to-
day by the unwilling in Bat
terry park of the statute of John
Ericsson, the inventor, whose genius rev.
olutionized marine architecture and
modern naval warfare. The stat
ue has now been erected
in the battery, near the flag
staff, opposite the barge office. 1t is of
bronze, eight feet three inches In
height, and rests upon a pedestal of
Quincy granite eight feet nine inches
in height. Portions of this are highly
polished, while others are left in a
rough hewn state. On the four sides of
the die in low relief are bronze panels.
thirty-siX inches long, representing the
following subjects: 1.-The Action Be.
tween the Monitor and the Merrimac,"
Steam Fire Engine in Action"
''Steam Sloop of War Princeton" "The
First Application of a Screw Propeller
to War Ships" and Groupings of Vari-
Gus Inventions, CalOric and Solar En-
gineS."
The ceremonies for the unwilling of
this memorial began at the battery at 10
O'Clock this morning. Twenty-four
Swedish societies of New York and
Brooklyn,a land two Swedish lodges of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellowship
Mannheim and Amaranthus-parti
in the affair. The societies mustered
in Union square at s o'clock in
the morning, and after formation,
proceeded down Broadway, headed by
Bayne's Sixty-ninth Regiment band.
Upon reaching the battery, where
grand stand had been erected, the col
umn passed in review before Mayor
Gilroy and other officials, including
Admiral VOrden, who commanded the
Monitor, ErlcsSon's first creation of that
nature, in the famous battle with the
Merrimac.
A chorus of 800 voices, selected from
among the societies, furnished vocal
music during the ceremonies. which
were timed to take place while the war
ships were passing up the harbOr..
Having been reviewed by the mayor, the
following programme was given: Music
by band and chorus by Swedish
singers, "The Star-Spangled Banner"
Prof. josef Hagstrom, conductor !;
reading of the act of the legislature
authorizing the erection of the mOnu!
ment, by Ashley w. Cole; unwilling of
the statue by Miss Esselinda Anders on.
with music by the band and salute of,
twenty-One guns by the United States
monitor Miantonomah; delivery of the
statue on behalf of the commission to
the civic authorities by Ashley w.
Cole; acceptance on behalf of the
city, by President Paul Dane, of the
park department; Swedish national
chorus, "Her Oss, Swea" c'Hear Us,
Swede'0. WennerDerg, by Swedish
singers; Grafton by William G. Church !;
music by band; reading OF all orig
inal ode by Miss Anna Cronhjeim
Wallberg; Swedish national chorus,
"Vart Land" ('Our Country'), Linblad,
under leadership of Prof. Emil Lind
stent; music by band, Hail Columbia"
Pastor Stolpe, who offered the prayer.
was lifelong friend of Ericsson. who
was trustee of his church. He and
Miss Anderson rode together in the
parade from Union square in an open
barouche.