The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-11-11
STATE is ASKED FOR $4,000.
CITY WANTS THAT AMOUNT ron
THE OGLETHoRPE MONUMENT.


ready IN Hand, the Total Would
Then ne sit .0eO-C ost Of the Jas
per Monument Was between Sf2,-
600 and si5.Oop--A costly Memorial
f. Desired for Gen. oEiethorpe.
The state wlu be asked TO appropriate
goo toward he erection of a monument
20 Gen James Edward Og cthorpe 10 Saw
snnah AZ "a meeting Of the City Council
yesterday afternoon a resolution was Of
ferci by Alderman Dixon calling upon tho
senator from this district and representa-
tives from Chatham county 20 ask for
donation ~ S5.ooo from the state. Tho res
olut.on IS as follows and was passed uu-
nnimousiy
Whereas. movement is under way
Cor the erection IN this city Of a mouu-
meut 20 Gen James Oslethorpe. the
founder OF Georgia. and a considerable
cum has already been donated Tor this
purpose by private citizens aud public
bodies
and whereas. II ia bcntting that the
state whose foundations were laid By the
great soldier. statesman and philan'hrop-
~ should assist ga the erection Of suit
able memorial In the city where his plans
were contaminated and whore be was
resident for several years. such mem
orlal 10 partake Of thc nature 81 tribute
from che people Of the entire state, rather
than from those % Savannah alone
Therefore be o. resolved. that the sen-
ator from the First District and the rep
resentatIves from Chatham county be and
tod ~. ~ EMS
matter 20 the General Assembly OF thc
State OF Georgia aud eudcayor 20 secure
are insertion in the appropriation bill %
a clause setting aside s. 60 as a contriou-
tion from the sfste for such = monument
And be % further resolved. that IN such
an event the city Of Savannah pledges H.
self to appropriate money and otherwise
assist IN insuring the s.lccess Of the pro
3ect"
With the addition OF a fund OF $500
from tho state the money In hand tor
the erection or an Oglethorpe monument
Will have grown 10 considerable proper
tiers. The contribution OF 81 Go made by
Mr. S. = Shottcr that OF 80 from tho
oglethorpe Club. Slia held by the J1sper
Centennial Committee and some seven cr
eight hundred dollars IN the hands Of the
Sons Of the Revolution all amount 70
about s. 500 80 that. II the statc agrees
90 donate &eo TO 50 iaudable PURPOSE
as the erection OF "a monument 70 rs
founder. the sum VIII be 3 90.
In tho resolution the city ohiEates It
self TO make an appropriation TO the fund
IN the event the state donates the 5000
asked for While nothing Official has
been given out uron this head II i sail
that s. 5Oo will probably be the amount
OF the city's contribution. which would
run the fund to sii.ooo. enough to erect
fairly creditahle monument
Those who have taken up the matter
OF the monument however. would scarcely
feel that they could rest upon their own
cars after having gathered together such
a sum. particularly a. there have been
but few private subscriptions made. Those
OF Mr.. shotter and the Oglethorpe Club
are ell OF this character. save. possibly.
some that helped ia swelling the sons Of
the Revolutions fund and in providing
that which h in the hands Of the Jasper
Festival Committee. An opportunity
would doubtless be afforded for an who
desired so contribute to do so. and a pop
ulsr subscription would probably be
started.
The Colonial Danes will probably have
the direction OF tho fund entrusted 60
them. All parties favor a consolidation
OF the several divisions in which the
fund now stands. and 70 is probable that
they will agree to have the money revert
30 the Colonial Danes. Mr. Shotter has
already turned his contribution over 20
the president Of the Danes.
Five monuments stand already IN So-
vannah 10 commemorate those who have
been most distinguished in the history Of
the city IN Johnson Square Is the mon
ument 20 Gen. Nathaniel Greene iu
Wright Square o. that 20 William wash
ington Gordon. the monumsot Co Sergt.
jasper sands IN Madison square and that
90 Count Casimir Pulaski IL IA Monterey
Square. There IS another. that 70 the
Confederate dead. which stands in the
Park Extension.
The last OF the monuments 20 be erect
ed was that 10 Sergeant Jasper the corner
stone OF which was laid In 1879. Oct .. the
anniversary Of the death OF Sergeant Jas
per IN battle al Savannah. The corner
stone OF the Confederate monument was
laid June Is. 1874. when the address wos
delivered by Col George A. Mercer the
monument having been erected through
che efforts OF the Ladies' Memorial As
ISOLATION. The monument cost from So
Ooo 10 $4,000
Tho Central Railroads monument 10 its
president. william Washington Gordon. S
another Of the more recent ones. but the
erection OF that TO sergt. Jasper ana the
history OF the movement that resulted "a
che bronze figure being given It's place in
one OF the most important squares Of the
city are freshest IN the minds Of savan-
nahians. Few are conversaut with the
history Of the other monuments, even
those who had the principal parts IN The
nmassing OF the fund from which the Jas
per monument was bought having for
gotten the points they might have looked
up FOR their guidance.
Col y. W. Mcldrim was chairman OF the
Jasper Monument Association, under the
auspices OF which the fund was raised,
ahe members OF the association, thirteen.
the number OF the original colonies. them
selves making considerable contributions.
Col Meldrim said yesterday that he re-
CARDS the fund already in hand for the
Oglethorpe monument as a decidedly good
start and ne hopes for che success OF the
movement Hc appreciates the hard work
that Is before those who take up the mat
ter to push Il 60 a successful conclusion.
because OF his connection with the Jas
per monument
u was through an address delivered be-
fore the Hlbernian Society that the move
ment FOR the Jasper monument began.
Col. Medium was the speaker and he
commented upon the strangcuess OF the
fact that there should be monument 90
Count Pulaski IN savannah when there
are so few Poles IN the city. whereas
Sergt. Jasper. an Irishman with an he
roic record who lost his life in fighting
the battle OF the colonies. should have
been denied such a testimonial OF the ap-
probation OF tho city he defended par
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