New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-24

the Park Department Mayor Schieren, Mr..
Squer and others received authority To issue
bonds in the sum of $4,000 for permanent park
site improvements" Recently 10000 Of these
bonds sold and the proceeds are ready for the
improvements now in hand. Mckim. Mead
White have prepared plans. the contamination Of
which will add immensely TO the beauty OF the
park entrance and the memorial arch plaza. The
contract for the work calls for Its completion By
September /. with sixty days added for bad
weather.
Two new columns Ike those already standing viii
be erected. one marking the F.atbush-ave. corner
and the other the MIN have. corner ~ the Park
front. The new columns VIII be milne with The oil
and the row Will cover distance Of about 80 feet
These alone would add ll,,lc TO the artistic quality
Of the surroundings were 1t not for the tact that
they viii bc connected by a granite fence AM That
two shelters" IN pure Grec!an architecture viii be-
added After the new columns are .n place all four
columnr which. by-ihe-way. age ncary nny feet
hgh. vii be- surns,unicl by bronze IS lbes on which
wnr1,-rch bronze englcs. The nov fence is artistic
in design In t4 spece OF 20, old foet that e. covers
there VIII be sixteen bronze vases. each three feet
In height. having handles male ~ the knoiied tails
Of serpents Commissioner squier grows ht
facetous when n" descrbcs these handles. He says
they VIII be useful in Keeping obviously inclined
people away from the Park grounIs.
The two "shclrers' VII be twenty feet In dam
eter AMI supported by twelve round pillars one
will stand near the Nin,h-avc. ccrner and tho other
porting the hr'nzr roofs Of ~" "saeiiers" orc
tircciln. In the interiors ~ %. "-1e.ters' are
marble slabs light 4cci ln height. dceOrt"i with
NapO.eOnic WroA.hs Tie t!ing w.l Doe spanish
These do not include all IN" Improvements CON
tcmpated b, the park authofitiee. tn" memorial
arch. an imposing AMI beautiful thing. is t. Doe
surmOunted by bronze quadriga. rcprcfenting
four horses and chariot in motion. The contract
for this has been awarded To Macmonnl"s n"
sculptor. a native Of brooklyn. now ia Paris Nj
MdcmOunics BE- also preparing two GfoHfI-. rafrlO-
tic in conception. which VIII the sides of th"
memorial arch. Powers tho New-1Ork sculptor
H. preparing bas-rclicf figures Of Lincoln on horse"
back reviewing the army. and these creations Will
III spaces about 6xG feet on the side walls under
the arch facing each other When The arch BIZ thus
| made complete II Will BE- an almost exact reproduc-
ton Of the Petite Arch de TriOmphe In the Court
OF the Louvre. Paris. and also similar 10 the one
| Napoleon arried from Venice and which
aftcrward returned that city. The OF
the columns. the two shelters. four bronze
giles and the granite fence will be $1,000. The
two columns alone Will cost about one-thlrd
as much the old ones and will be better IN
workmanship.
The Lincoln monument now standing IN front OF
the plaza fountain Will he removed 10 the park
and rededca ted on next Memorial Day. The cas-
cade fountain will be removed from the basin and
"geyser' put In its place. The space In front
and around the fountain will he soddcd and the
, surroundings greatly improved