Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-06-07
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CARVED HIS OWN MONUMENT.
virginia Sculptor Erects statues OF
Himself and Wife Before
Death.

Two unique monuments tower high
above the other testimonials TO the dead
in lakewood cemetery, Richmond, Va.
They were erected to himself and wife
by James Netherwood, of that city. Mr.
Netherwood was the greatest monu-
ment builder in the south. After hav-
ing erected the jackson monument, the
Lee monument, the soldiers and sail
ors' monument and the A. p Hill and
Howitzer monuments he erected the
stately monument for himself
There is a little story connected with
the monument which now marks the
place where his body lies in Oakwood.
Mr.. Netherwood was a great adnirer
of Virginia graninte as a medium
through which to immortalize heroes
and other celebrities. When the sol
diers' and sailors monument was erect
ed he was strong advocate Of using
Virginia granite for the soldiers figure
on the top. The committee on design
disagreed with him. They thoughtthat
bronze would be much more suitable
and would be capable of a more grace
full mold. The Virginia granite was
rejected and the bronze decided upon.
Mr.. Netherwood went to work and
had a statue of himself carved in Vir
ginia granite. This he set up at his
place of business. and, seeing that it
showed up well, he decided to have it
mounted on tall shaft and placed at
the spot where he would be buried
| This was done, and the monument is
| % 81 n<1
1t is thirty feet four inches high and oc-
cupies one of the most commanding po-
sitions in the cemetery. The base and
pedestal are nine feet and the column
10, and the figure, which is good like
ness of Mr.. Netherwood, is six feet four
inches.
Some time after Mr.. Netherwood
up one to his wife, who is still living.
! She was Miss Nancy Ramsley, and has
no children. The monument erected to
! her is about IL feet high. The pedestal
is about six feet four inches ard sus-
tains the figure of a woman clothed in
Grecian robes and is about five feet
eight inches in height. The monument
to his wife is Immediately to the right
of that erected to himself and is of a
rather striking design. - Chicago
Chronicle.
Natural Gss Wells Run Dry.
Ten years ago the daily capacity OF
the natural gas wells il the s'ind:ay
fO.) fields was goo. 90. 0G0 feet. Now il
is down to a few million feet. and the
pressure is SO low that the supply is
almost useless. This year Will mark
the passing of natural gas as fuefir
all of northwestern Ohio. The big pipe
lines which carried gas to Toledo. Tiff
fin, Sandusky, Norwalk and many
smaller places are fast being abandoned
and the pipes taken up. The pump sta
tons of the Northwestern Natural Ca
company are shut down, as are those o
the city Of Toledo, which cost the mu
nicipality $1,5oO,o0O. The gas woult
have lasted many years longer if in tn
3 early years of its discovery it had no
= been wasted. The famous .Krag well
t probably the greatest gas producer eve
a opened up, was allowed to burn uncon
r fined for months at time, millions o
. feet going to waste daily. All throug
) the natural gas balt, in the early days Q
! the craze, the streets we're lit by grea
l. torches, the flames from which some
times Aared up 80 feet into the air.
Chicago Tribune.