Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-01
GRANT MEMORIAL
Models Being Placed in Cor
coran Art Gallery.
COMPETING ARTISTS
WERE ORIGINALLY THIRTY SIX,
BUT SEVEN WITHDREW.
Cost of Completed Monument Limited
to Amount of Appropriation,
$3.50, ,ooo-Six to Be Selected.

In the basement Of the Corcoran Art GAL
lery today workmen were busy placing in
position the twenty-nine plaster models
submitted by leading sculptors and archi-
tects OF the country in competition for tho
contract of erecting a memorial or statue
of Gen. Ulysses $. Grant, in accordance with
the act Of Congress appropriating $40. 600
for that purpose. The monument commits
sion. of which CO.. Theodore A. Bingham is
a member, met at the gallery at $3.50 o'clock.
The commission hopes to reach a conciu-
sion as to the most suitable model within a
few weeks. The models will be open to
the public in a few days.
List of Competing Artists.
The following is complete corrected list
of artists who have entered the competition
for submitting models for the construction
of the Grant memorial or statue: Douglass
Tilden, Oakland Cal; Franklin Simmons
of Rome Italy; Waldo Story, Rome, Italy:
Melva Beatrice Wilson and L. Amateis.
Washington, d. c.; Burr c. Miller Wilkes
barre, Pa, Cyrus w. Cobb. Boston, Mass,
II. X. Bush Brown Newburg, y. Y, caro-
line Shawk Brooks, st. Louis, Mo. F. r.
Triebel. Gordon B. Pike. Albert Jaegers,
Solon H. Borglum, Cyrus e Dallin. War
rem, Wetmore d Morgan, IL. NJ Shrody,
Wilkinson & Magonigla, Charles Henry
Niehaus, ]. Massey Rhind, Lopez, Robb &
Hornbostel. w. w. Manatt John Francis
Brines, Max Bachman, John j. Boyle, II
II Kitson G. X Thompson. John Dono-
ghue, CutZon Borglum and ]. III. Friedland-
er New York city.
There were originally thirty-six entrants,
but seven of the artists withdrew for vaft-
ous reasons Those who withdrew were F.W-
Ruchstreebel +. Elwel Azadore henu,
Lordand Hewitt, Washington Hull A MIN
lister Proctor, and George hellar, All oI
New York.
Cost Limited by Law.
The cost of the statue or memorial is linn
tied by law to $4,000, including the entire
exnense of excavation, foundation, pedestal,
the statue or memorial. and all espenses in
cidental to the erection OF the statue or
memorial ready for unveilng. Models sub
mitted, enlargement of which cannot in the
Judgment of the commission be erected or
frst-cIass material and in a frst-claSs man.
ner for the sum Of $24o,Wo, Will not De con-
sidered. Artists are required to submit
with their models a plan Tor the improve
ment of the grounds upon which the statue
or memorial is to be located, said plan
showing their relation to the completed
work. but the cost OF the lmproN' ileht ol
the ground is not to be included in the cost
of the statue or memorial. The statue or
memorial itself must represent the chafac-
ter and individuality OF the subject All
models will be held for delivery TO, or upon
the orders Of. the artist for two weeks
after notice of final decision. After the eN-
pira ation of that period, the commission VIII
he at liberty to destroy the models
Subject to the above and other provisions.
| the Commission will first select from an
| the models submitted six which they con-
slider the most meritorious and VIII pay
to each of the six artists submitting the
models thus selected. $1,000. The hnal Sc
| lection will be made from the SIX thus
| chosen.
Location of Monument.
The statue or memorial is to be located
in the tract of ground known as the White
Lot. or the Presidents Park, either on
the line of the south axis of the State,
War and Navy building. in a plot de-
scribed as follows: "A parcel Of land
bounded on the west by 18th street; on
the north by the roadway to the south of
the State War and Navy building; on the
south by the south building line Of ID
street, if extended; and on the east by the
existing roadways to the southwest OF tne
White House grounds and the northwest
| of the oval; or on a plot OF land forming
part of the oval. on the northerly side
thereof on the south axis OF the Nhlte
House, and the north of the south build
ing line of ID street if extended.
The selection of the site Will be one OF
of the elements to be considered in the
competition. All designs for the site last
mentioned must be of such a character as
TO be subordinate to the White House t.
self and the other features of the land
scape at present existing. Designs may
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