The times., 1901-06-04
FOR THE NEW GRANT STATUE.
The Rules of Competition by sculp-
tors Promulgated.


The Grant Memorial Commission. com
posed Of Secretary Boot Senator wet
more. Col r. A. Bingham. ana Gen 6
NJ Dodge. held a meeting yesterday and
adopted rules goverHfue competition for
designs for n statue 10 be erected in this
city to Gen. q. : Grant
The Commission has IN view two sites
for the proposed memorial one Just solth
Of the White House and obsside the
White Lot proper. the other just south Of
the state. War and Navy Department
building. Congress appropriated s2s9.9o0
for the statue at the last session. The Ge-
signs must come within This sum.
The rules adogted by the Commission
yesterday follow.
The Commission authorized by act Of
Congress. approved February -. 1901. 60
select the site and receive plans, designs
ana models for a statue or memorial 81
Cen. Ulysses ) Grant. late President OF
the United States. aud general OF the ar
mics thereof invite artists who are citi-
zens of the United States 20 submit mod
els for such statue or memorial by April
/, 1892, under the following conditions:
Artists competing must send, at their
own expense and risk. to the Officer in
Charge of Public Buildings and Grounds.
War Department. Washington. d. C. be
tween March ! and April !, 1902, accurate
and detailed models of their design on
the scale of one inch TO the foot. These
statue or memorial complete above the
foundation.
Artists desiring to submit models for
the competition must on or before jan
uary l. 1902 notify the Officer in Charge
of Public Buildings and Grounds at the
War Department. Washington, ID. c. of
their intention to submit models, with a
statement Of the superficial area which
will be occupied by such model when set
up ready for inspection and comparison.
| No persons other than those giving such
notice will be permitted TO enter the COM
| petition.
THE cost of the statue or memorial is
! limited by law to S259. 900. including the en-
! tire expense of excavation, foundation.
! pedestal the statue or memorial, and all
! expenses incidental to the erection of the
statue or memorial, ready for unveiling.
"A full description of the model must
| accompany it, giving exact dimensions.
! kind and character of the material TO be
used. and a detailed estimate of the cost,
| with the full name of the artists.
Models submitted, the enlargement OF
! which cannot in the JUDGMENT Of the
/ Commission be erected of trst-class mate
rial and in a first-class manner for the
/ sum of S240 900, will not be considered
I Artists must submit with the models
| a plan for the Improvement of the grounds
upon which the statue or memorial is 20
/ be located, said plans showing their rela-
J ton to the completed work but the cost
of the improvement of the grounds is not
} to be included in the cost of the statue
/ or memorial
IAN statue work and bronze casting
must be executed in the United States
( The statue or memorial itself must rep
/ resent the character and individuality OF
( the subject All models must be in plas-
ter. No drawings without models Will be
accepted
Only sach sculPtors. artists. or archi-
/ tects as are not connected in a business
way with any monumental firm or bronze
I foundry will be allowed to take part in
I the competition.
IAN models viii be exhibited for two
I weeks prior to rendering of final decision
! IAN models viii be held for delivery to
I or upon the order of, the artists for two
: weeks after notice of final decision. After
I the expiration Of that period, the Com
mission viii be at liberty to cause them
. to be destroyed. Each competitor shall
at the time of entering into the compe-
titon give the Officer in Charge Of Public
. Buildings and Grounds his fun name and
Z address, and notices mailed to him at the
address so stated shall be deemed sUf-
ficient.
Attention is particularly called to the
I following clause of the law: One of which
plans, specifications, or models shall. il
deemed sufficiently meritorious by the
Commission, be selected. or the Commis-
sion may select any part Of any of the
plans specifications or models that il
may elect and that it can use.
The Commission reserves the right 10
reject any or all designs and models.
Subject TO the foregoing provisions. the
/ Commission will first select, from all the
: models submitted, six which they con-
slider the most meritorious. and Will pay
to each of the six artists submitting the
models thus selected 1000 The final Sc
lection will be made from the six thus
chosen.
'.No extension of time will be given any
artist No model received after April /
1892 will be considered in the competition
unless it is shown that it was started in
time to reach it's destination in the Ordi-
nary course Of transportation, and the
delay was caused by reasons beyond the
-.-T of +t1 ri
."rhe mcaels, designs. and plans ac-
cepted by the Commission for the statue
or memorial will. in the discretion of tbs
Commission, upon acceptance. become the
property of the United States.
( THE statue or memorial IS to be located
in the tract of ground known as the
White Lot, or the President PARK eltnel
on the line of the south axis OF the state
( War and Navy building, in plot described
as follows: A parcel Of land bounded OF
the west by Seventeenth street; on th'
north by the roadway to the south OF th'
State War and Navy building; on tn,
south by the south building line of l
Street. II extended, and on the east oy
| he existing park rOadwayS to the south
west of the White House grounds and tn
northwest of the oval; or on plot OF lan'
forming part Of the oval. on the northei.
side thereof, on the south axis of tn
White House. and north OF the Soutl
building line Of D Street extended
THE selection of the site win be one o
the elements to be considered in the cOmpe
tltiOn. All designs IOT Jle site IdSL men
toned must be of such a character as L
be subordinate to the White House ftsel
and the other features or the IanGscap
at present existing. Designs may be sub
| nitted for either side. or for both.
'As soon as practicable after the Sc
lection of the models the Commission VII
report its action to Congress
CAN letters Of enquiry and other com
nunications should be addressed to tn,
Secretary of the Grant Statue or Memoria
Commission, War Department Washing
| ton, d. c."