New-York tribune., 1902-03-15
SITE FOR SHERMAN STATUE
4 THE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE
| WOULD PLACE 1T NEAR
| GRANTS TOMB.

A public hearing was given by Park Commits
sioner Wilcox yesterday the choosing of
site for the statue of General w T. Sherman,
which was modelled by st. Gaudens at the order
of a committee of the Chamber of Commerce. ana
several sites recommended and discussed.
This statue was ordered number of years ago
and after many delays is completed ana
ready to be placed
William r. Dodge, chairman of the Chamber or
Commerce committee which investigated the ques-
tion of suitable site reported that the unanimous
decision of the committee that the statue
should be placed in Riverside Drive, three hun
dred feet in front of Grants tomb. and the
intersection of the paths in front of that build
ing. This location. a drawing of which is shown
herewith, seemed to Mr. Dodge the pre-eml-
nenty suited to the statue
THE statue he said. must face south II re-
qures axis and if placed at the intersection
apart from the architectural advantages of the
site, certain fitness in placing statue of General
Sherman near that of his great leader and close
friend But, apart from sentimental reasons, the
statue will, without injuring the least the et-
feet of the Grant mausoleum, secure most ad-
vantaEeous location It can be seen from the south
as you approach we'll from both avenues
as you pass. In short. It possesses what Mr.. st.
Gaudens would call the 'orientation necessary.
The committee has decided upon this location only
after the closest study and careful consultation
with the artist Mr. St Gaudens. Failing in this
Site the committee recommends the Circle north
Park, and facing down Fifth-ave'
Mr.. Dodge's recommendation was supported by
Charles F. McKim. of McKim. Mead & White
who are 10 furnish the pedestal for the statue.
In commencing the proposed site Mr. McKim said
There is no site worthy of this statue. loca-
tion at commanding. so desirable and so
military. Here it will be by thousands
of people than at any other place in the city
Josiah G. Pumpelly. of the City Improvement
Association favored some site in Riverside Drive
He recommended midway between Grants
tomb and the Sailors Monument. but declared en-
phaticay that he believed that the statue should
he somewhere in the drive.
Cyrus Clark. president of the West End Asso-
ciation favored the placing of the statue at Sher-
man Square. in the triangle between Amsterdam
ave and Broadway. Mr.. Clark said that his as
sociation had voted in favor OF this location, and
instructed him to so report. Henry Stanton also
of the West End Association, urged the Sherman
Square location. declaring that apart from the
1act that the square was already named for the
his last years. For second choice. he advocated
Seventy-second-st. and Riverside Drive.
Inc sites favored by the West End Association
were opposed by Mr. Dodge. who declared that an
connection with Mr.. St Gaudens, had convinced
MIN that both places suited the
peculiar character OF the statue He also declared
that in the Riverside Drive site proposed, the
effect of the statue would he spoiled by the fact
that IT would face into the block below ITO rem
Ger this site satisfactory it would he necessary 10
exceed 10000 said Mr.. Dodge.
Samuel d. BabCoCk, chairman of the Chamb ber
OF Commerce committee that has charge or the
statue, favored a site in Central Park He said
the delay caused by the attitude of the pre-
cedng Park Board, and declared that he was
forced to conclude that they didn't believe the