New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-21
THE FIGURE BOARDED UP
BALD HEADED MEN GAzED AT II IN
ADMIRATION.
TT WAS PLACED IN POSITION ON THE BUILDING
OF THE NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE
AND ATTRACTED CROWD THAT
MADE NAssAU-sr. IMPAssAsLE-A
REPORT THAT MR. COM
STOCK HAD INTER



rgRED DENIED.
IT.. ra,r s,,rance 70 the new eighteen-story
building OF tho National Bank OF Commerce. AT We
,or,hwest corner OF Nassau and Cedar sts' Is very
large 7, s 10 be arched. ard yesterday mor'',ie
o,a 81 two granite figures that are TO form '.e
spandrels OF the arch was ho'steo in'o pa =.
was placed on the southerly hall OF the arm -
commanded attention at once. III coin""' -
much attention that thousand or more spec'"'o.'
were gathered in the street in no time
at tina, noint in fact, made impasSap'e' as
rapidly as people in the crowd wlthuIe" 49,,
their places were taken by others anu III. -
did no. contract in size. Bald-headeo men, ''' -
who are associated with the front rows j" ''''
seemed TO think the figure equal TO any meiioe' "a
q ballet or any poser in a living picture. nv
headed men Toasted their eyes long ano VIM. ~
ora another Gray bearded. pstriarchal men, INC
St Anthonys OF the financial disu'e's' W. !.
lied when they viewed the figure anu "sNeN
such things could be outside OF INC 'i
Art Tvpewri,ers when they cast their siances Oh
the figure blushed and gasped ana nun 81,
The needless clerks and messenger oo's "oi0 Wv
posed 10 jeer. IT, ,o,,
7. certainly was a sight that no ono wouo iooA
for In the neighborhood given up to money -se'.'s'
That figure in short. was in the patois OF inc u'.
a sumner The place of the proVeroiai 'is ea'
was taken by'a ribbon. Otherwise nature was uii'
adorned In the hand that reached out 10 the cen
-. .. the orcb the left was an olive branch. The
,,h.r hand rested on slips anchor. In the pack-
ground was a telegraph line. The legs were en-
tvtned so as to form support for the poov' lne
Agure was heroic in size and was supposed 10 rep
resent Commerce.
r,,a Rank Of Commerce is temporarily occupying
of,ces in the Syndicate Building adjoining at Mas
.au and rtery SITS 1t soon reached the ears OF the
,,resdent w w Sherman, that the crowd IN 'ie
street was making merry over the inquire, ->o"'
boomers could be fitted TO the nSure' ana so'ie
thing had 10 be done right away. AcccrolhsN'
fcnce of boards was built up 10 conceal 1t from
sight Then and not until then. the crowd dis
persed President Sherman said the statue when
had been put up and the one which was lntenueo 20
art. Any criticism at this time was premature I!dro
Criticism should be reserved until both figures were
IN place and the entrance was entirely completed
a. was asce:tained that President sherman had
n neI eseh hat G% we're 10 10 be employed
The architect Of the Bank 81 SommerGe h PreahV
irsn Ruildng He likewise designed the recently
completed Johnston i BGdinE 81 CHARITIES siH
Mr. Baker was seen last night at his home No. 5
seen the figure which had caused so much COM
n sTbe work was nearly completed" he said "and
ordered the stone placed in position intending 70
h% "ae eq%P he @O iasn ana f% Judge
there can be nothing objectionable about u. Inc
Library - Building at Washington. The model was
on exhibition in the rooms or the ArcnirecrusaI
beaTd ON the subject were favorable The figure IN
tended the other spandrel is a male inquire repre-
eenting Mercury" o.., Ia 49,
dered the figure covered up. Mr.. Baker said that
there was no truth in the report. and that II was
done simply because the incomplete work had
caused a crowd TO congreSate in the stieet. -.
When Mr.. Sherman was seen at MS nome iasl
piqhf and asked IL there any truth In the re-
mort that action had been taken against the Iurtner
exhibition of the female figure he said that the re-
mort was ridiculous and preposterous
The Bank Of Commerce Is one OF inc oi1 tr alo
more n very strong bank 1t has a capital OF $,W1-
COO surplus OF 1861 800 and deposits OF nearly sS'
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