The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-07
rnrr1E Do rUsAL oAIN PROUD.
tn. P,t,-surs seheoi or Art ls Going to Pus
Its own naeas 1nto That Statue.

ne own uasas Into Thnt statue.
PrrrsnuRo, Pa, Nov. 6.-No cash has been
raised for the erection OF that statue TO lifelong
neglected Tubal Gain. This doesn't mean that
the project 10 not looked upon with favor by the
manufacturers Of the city; on the contrary, 1t 10
claimed that the money will DO forthcoming at
the proper time. First, however. the clash Of
warning ideas as to the design must cease before
tho minor phase, the collection Of funds. can DO
taken up.
The seeds Of art sown in the breasts Of Pitts
burg people by Andrew Carnegie have already
sprouted. In fact, some Of them have already
borne fruit, 90 witness the statue Of Director
e. M. Bigelow Of tho Department Of Public
Works. now standing at the entrance Of Schcn.
ley Park. As Mr.. Bigelow stands before his
statue and comments on Its artistic proportions,
he can point with pride to the fact that he and
Mr., ]. g. II. Stranahan Of Brooklyn are the only
two living men In the United Statos to-day
whose fellow citizens have remembered them
by the erection OF their ofiigies. In sculptured
form the director is clad in trousers. walstcoat,
s sies q e0s Scroll Sno sS SppGSedd" to bear r'f plans s' for I sSe
future extension Of schonley Park; his left
is extended in graceful Sss ul,,SE c cTtm, 9 : 4, In pitt,siburg
OF this loft hand has been waRed. Those who
favor the old conservative views on art main
tain that the left hand should hold q hat, as It
IL unreasonable TO suppose that a man who 10
making an impromptu speech, having been
been speaking, with Ills ovorcoat en-. would not
have his hat In his hand or at least somewhere
On ons IisT 70 havs ' a Sas a. n they Ss" ss1 "a" 9 TfosS who he
favor the artists design contend that the school
Of art to be founded by Pittsburg should aban-
teachings OF ancient. medieval, anu modern au-
thorities, and strike out on an entirely new line.
the rest of the world has done we'll Pittsburg
car improve upon."
statue to Tubal Cain was mooted. but it can DO
said that the Pittshurg school has won the fight:
upon has been kept from the newspapers, 1t Is
true that some details remain to be adjusted.
but the main facts are herewith laid before tho
world.
10 begin with the pedestal. The advocates Of
Three kin,s will be u~sed-red pressed, luff, and
fire clay bricks, in alternate layers. There will
to contain u group srs" The cat cattle dealers at the h
stock yards have offered to defray tho expenses
o. %,i i m Rs re0Tesen to Ap snirT Ins arsi s sv fss r@ Sses,. ne 10
the field. The commission merchants. buck.
sters, and farmers who do business at the market
house will Hi one OF the inches with a statue Of
Cain, the first farmer. with products, of his agri.
cultural skill at his fe"t. Athird niche will con.
cl1imed here in Pittsburg, deserve considera-
ton as the first consumers, because h. eating
the apple and looming the Zig loaf they laid the
foundation of trade. industry, and agriculture
a. they exist to-day.
nr ont Is 70 O., Ads y g and Eye[n sS Ma the man IHn who who
derlul development of to-day. Without them
there would be no need for mnnut9cturers
skilled workncn, farmers. and cattle raiscrs. 1t
is to them we owe P!ttsburg'e prosperity"
The fourth niche viii contain the 8 atue OF the
man who FIST suggested the monument TO
Tuoal Cain. Before deciding definitely on i'll.
Ing this part of the pedestal the rival claims Of
q banker ana a newspaper reporter must first
And nov for tho statue Itself. Iron was sug:
| most famous DrOQuCt. The ancient school Of
art preferred bronze; saying that iron would
sisted that bronze becomes black and mouldy
looking. and that iron could be painted; they
compromised by consentii,e 70 the use Of bronze
receive an annual coat of bronze pai,t, 60 hat
it would always look fresh and neat. AZ this
OF the old school withdrew In disgust and offered
no more advice.
ranted not to rust. II an annual coat of paint is
any preservative. a different cu.or for every
ysarhas been proposed, land and on patriotic 55ino occ q
ertistically. Tubal Cain will DO represented at
his anvil, holding In the left hand ~ hammer
and in the right a pair al tnngs gripping O horse
sRossyb.ess n is saPPPesod!. g., DO forging: he
is intended to be conveyed: It is only " delicate
compliment to a prominent manufactured who
ing the statue. He is left.handed himself.
It was the original intention to represent the
only. but for fear OF encountering objections
from the local league against the impure in art
II will probably be decided to clothe Tubal Gain
in a shirt AMI trousers or knee breeches. 1t ia
arguei that while there is no record OF trousers
and shirts having been worn In the days OF
Tubal Cain, yet he must have needed something
to protect his body from the sparks. and II Is
concluded that a man Of his inventive turn oil
mind probably evolved articles of clothing that
bore some resemblance to the raimenJ men
toned.
1t has been suggested that machinery be intro.
duced into the statue so that it can go through
the motions, of blacksnithinE. Should this
proposition be adopted tho head will be fitted
Into the neck on bal bearings. The statue will
be sixty feet high. with a staircase inside
There will be lookout holes in the ears and eyes
out Of which on the Fourth OF July flags can be
hung.
In two years from now. perhaps. passengers
on the steamers coming up the Ohio River al
night will see. Mt the confluence OF the Monon
gahela and the Allegheny, a 60-foot Tubal Cain
with electric light sparkling from his eyes. forg
ing his h rscshoe, while his arm rises and falls
his hammer strikes sparks. his head acCompa
MICS the motion OF his arm. and a dreadful dir
arises, n foretaste of the noise and hustle of the
great Iron City.