The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-23
GEN. JACKS0N'S MONUMENT.
A STATELY MEMORIAL TO THE DIS
TINGUIsHED GEORGIAN.

| l.. Brandt who Designed and Su-
perintended Its Construction and
ErectIOn-It Consists of a stately
Column Surmounted by "A Blazing
Urn, EmbIematic of the High Char
acter and Noble Life of the De-
ceased-It Is Also Work of Art
of Which Mr. Brandt May Well BE
Proud.
The work of erecting the monument 20
Gen. Henry r. Jackson in Bonaventure
| Cemetery has been completed. The
monument was erected under the
supervision of Mr.. Carl L. Brandt,
director of the Telfair Academy of Arts
and Sciences, who designed and PERSONAL
ly superintended the work of construc-
ton in every part.
1t was the desire of Mr.. Brandt that
tie monument should be one In every way
worthy of his distinguished friend, with
whom he had been so closely associated
in life and to this end he brought to bear
all his artistic skill, as well as his knowl-
edge of the materials used in construction
in order that the memorial might be both
durable and beautiful. Those who know
Mr.. Brandt do not need to be assured that
he has been entirely successful The
monument is a work of art and one 90
attract attention anywhere. 1t might
weA have been placed in one of Savan-
nahs public squares as filling memorial
to one of it's most distinguished citizens,
had it been work of public and not of
private enterprise.
The monument is chaste and simple in
design and yet of a character to attract
attention. II consists of a large bronze
urn of artistic design and workmanship.
topped by flame of bronze, and mounted
upon a tail shaft of polished granite, which
rests upon a large die of the same mate
rial, the whole resting upon a base of POI
ished granite supported by brick founda-
ton. The entire monument is thirty feet
in hight, but so well proportioned and so
perfectly harmonized in all it's parts as to
appear much less. The urn and the shaft
in particular are works of art Both were
designed by Mr.. Brandt with great care
the casts and holdings of the urn having
also been made by him. The urn was ex-
ecuted by Tiffany, and was on exhibition
by the firm in New York some time, to-
gether with a drawing of the proposed
monument by MIR. Brandt, both attracting
much favorable comment.
The column or shaft is of the Roman
Dofic order and beautiful specimen of
its type. 1t is of polished reddish gray
granite, as is the rest of the monument
with the exception of the sub-base. Sur
mounting the column is a bronze capital,
above which is a base of reddish granite
upon which the urn rests. Around the
column, just above its base, is
single projecting ring, or taurus. as
it is known to artists, intended for
strength as we'll as ornament, the single
ring being very unusual feature in these
columns The column rests upon a gran
lite capital surmounting a large granite
die, a cube of about five feet. At the base
of the die is a beautiful chiseled laurel
wreath The die rests upon a double
bases, with a large sub-base of pol
ished dark gray granite, this being
the only portion of the work, varying from
the reddish-gray of the monument itself.
Particular attention was given by Mr..
Brandt to the selection of the material
used, 1t being his desire that 1t should
he at the same time appropriate, attrac-
tive and extremely durable. For this pur-
pose he selected the reddish gray granite
found at JoGesborO, Me-, which Is exceed
ingly durable and when polished is prac-
tically indestructible from natural causes.
Mr.. Brandt found from investigation
that polished marble begins to dtsinte-
CRATE aIteF ABOUT lOTly years III TIC VI
mate of New York and in about sixty
years i'm the climate of Savannah. I'm
polished granite shows signs of decay in
about sixty years, but the ordinary pol
ished granite is good for a hundred years.
The peculiar hardness of the grain of the
granite selected by Mr.. Brandt and Its
fine polish make it practically indestrucu-
bic The different portions of the monu-
ment were prepared at the Jonesboro quar-
ry under Mr.. Brandts direction.
For the subbase Mr.. Brandt selected the
gray granite found at Vinehaven Island
off the coast of Maine, which takes on a
dark hue when polished, the idea being to
furnish a relief for the lighter tint of the
monument. The quarry from which this
piece was taken is celebrated, being con-
troed by a large company which Is en-
gagged in building operations as well as
quarrying. The Chicago Postofice and the
Hall of Records i'm New York are now be-
ing constructed by the company of this
granite and the Washington Postoffice is
built of the same material. While at
Ninehaven Mr.. Brandt saw the work in
progress of cutting out an immense block
of stone from the mountain of granite, the
weight of the block being estimated at be-
tween 100000 and 100000 tons. 1t was only
desired, however to move the block a few
inches from its base. From this block will
be cut the great columns which are 10
support the roof of the new Episcopal Ca
lnedral OF New ! Ofk city. Inere VIII ne
thirty-two of these columns or monoliths,
each fifty-fve feet six inches in hight by
six feet in diameter, and costing SOS 900
each laid down in New York.
In front of the base of the monument
are two vaults, each intended for the re-
cepton of a single body and in one of
which rest the remains of Gen. jackson
Each vault is covered by large rectangu-
lar block of polished granite of the same
material as the monument. The Jackson
lot Is situated upon the river in the east
ern part of the cemetery. the monument
facing east TO the river IL can be plainly
seen from the river and is in easy view Of
the Thunderbolt Yacht Club. The artistic
proportions of the monument are seen TO
better effect at a distance of fifty to one
hundred feet than by standing nearby
on the eastern face of the monument is
the simple inscription, Henry Rootes
Jackson. Born June a. 1922. Died May g.
1888" on the western face is the follow