The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-22
FIGURE OF VULCAN IS
 TRIUMPH IN SCULPTURE
BY JAMES A. MAckNIGHT,

It was now necessary to take com plete matrix in plaster of paris, in itself
 no small undertaking. This matrix was next taken off in sections and laid aside Then the entire clay man, with all the
 armature. and vestige of the clay original,
 was taken away the matrIx of splater set up section by section, and the cast of the final figure, which is to be used in the foundry to cast the Vulcan in iron, was poured into this mold
 The Vulcan up to the waist line Is now
 dry and nearly ready to be shipped to
 Birmingham, and by the end of this week, MT Moretti says, the modelling of the
 head arms and upper body will be con-
 pleted. At this time the armature of
 these sections of the colossus is in place and partially covered with the green plastic clay, while the modelling of the
 face and head is almost done.
 fiat car of the largest size will be required to ship the six crates which will bring to Birmingham the lower part of the Vulcan. As Moretti will build the
 patterns for the anvil. the anvil block, and the hammer at Birmingham, we hope that second car will hold the upper body head and arms.
 It is now as certain as anything hu-
 man can be. that the Vulcan will be ready and in place when the exposition opens at St. Louis April 30. In order to make OIr of the Commercial club, will have the models insured against loss by railroad or other accident, for an amount to cover the entire outlay Therefore in case the figure should be destroyed in a wreck the insurance would yield fund sufficient to return to every subscriber the amount he or she subscribes.
 In my opinion the value of this exhibit to every citizen of the Birmingham ds- trict, and of the entire state of Alabama, can hardly be appreciated or realized at this time The rest of the world will prob- ably appreciate 1t before we do. The pub- lie ought to know that it is their enter prise. and subscriptions of from s1 to s5 should pour into the hands of MT. Barr, the treasurer of the fund, as fast as his clerk could receive them for a month to come The more money the committee has to work with the better the exhibit will be: and the bringing of the great statue back to Birmingham Is matter of more than passing moment to every citizen. old and young.
 It has been definitely decided by MT. Moretti that he will set the figure up in Birmingham before it's shipment to St. Louis The public will. therefore. have an opportunity to see the colossus in all ifs majesty early in April or late in March at Birmingham. The artist will be there to assist with making the castings in iron, early in February.
 In purely public enterprise of this character there should be no clanishness and no cliques. The man who lies back and holds out his purse strings saving ssthe exhibit can do me no good" is just as blame-worthy as he who looks on in- differently with the selfish chuckle ssvell, dere gon' to put in der exhibit no- how, and I gifts the benefit whedder ], puts ob or nod"
 The benefits from the exhibit will cer- tainly come to every living soul in Ala bama, and even to the soulless. And here and now make the prediction ths. one of the direct results of the exf' will be. within the next few year building up of business concerns ar terprises at Birmingham that will the largest ofthose now in existenc ul,s.,,., like "a rninT ,Of Vulcan besit