New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-07
GIFT TO PITTSBURG.
Gwat Carnegie Institute, Costing
$50 900 900, To Be Dedicated.

,,i+,sbllre April 6 (SpeciaD.-The new CaFne-
- Institute of which Pittsburg especially will
- ,ro,,d will be dedicated next week, the exer-
a,ses beginning on Thursday and continuing on
7vssav and Saturday. On Thursday Andrew
,.rreeie will officially turn over TO the city of
rD,,,sburg the new institute, upon which he has
-,ras5v spent S23, G0000O. on the same day for
no first time the public viii have a view of this
,,onderful main building. The utmost care has
Ian taken that no person shall see the inside
~ the structure until Mr.. Carnegie arrives in
,srson officially 10 hand the building over 10 the
reople Of Pittsburg. So far only few artists
and others who have had work about the build
eng have had a glimpse Of the interior.
When Mr. Carnegie first gave 10 Pittsburg a
public building. ten years ago. il was intend
"a only as a library on the night that this
library was dedicated Mr.. Carnegie was so
pleased that he announced he would add de-
partment Of rne arts, natural history museum
ana z department Of music. With this end In
dew he set apart $l.O00.OO0 and plans were
stsrted from which has evolved the great insti-
ante 10 be presented 10 Pittsburg next week
Two wears ago the work of remodelling the old
library building was begun and at the same
.irne work on the Carnegie Technical School
T9yidings which are close 10 the institute proper.
Vss started. The institute building is now COM
rlete and under the one roof are housed the
library, the museum, the department Of fine arts
and the music hail. while the technical schools
occupy q separate group Of buildings in the near
,scinitv. Counting the endowments of the
Technical School. Mr.. Carnegie has already
given s23.6ea00o to the institute, and he has
practically informed those in charge that they
ron have lust as much more as may be needed
fully 20 complete the enterprise
The building " hich viii be dedicated on Thurs
nav in the presence of some Of the distinguished
,4stors is Al the entrance 10 Schenley Park
and the site Of il is 400 by COO feet in area. In
round figures The structure cost S6.00a0oa. and
its architecture is in keeping with the cost. In
ire library there are 10000 volumes, and over
half q million books are circulated from this
main library every year
The museum already ranks as one Of the four
great museums of the country. One of its
most notable achievements has been the sending
Of exploring expeditions 10 the Middle West.
where rich discoveries have been made in The
field of naleontology. One Of these expeditions
discovered the bones Of the diplodOcus pre-
historic monster eighty feet long. which now
OCCUPY place in the great Hail OF Dinosaurs
II is the department Of fine arts. however.
that attracts the greatest attention. The hall
az architecture and the han Of sculpture are
richly decorated.
one OF The most noteworthy features Of the
new building is its marble work, the contract
for marble representing an outlay 81 $4,000.
Rare marbles from The remote regions Of the
world have entered into The construction Of the
building The foyer is OF green marble from
the Tinos Islands. All the vestibules are Of
Siena marble from Italy. while the famous
Pentelic marble from Greece is used in the Hall
Of Sculpture. The smoking room is OF red
Nunlidian marble from Africa. The floors OF
the entire building are of Yeined white marble
from Belgium and Norway.
In giving this institute TO Pittsburg Mr.. Car
negie has erected structure not only for the
people Of Pittsburg. but for the whole United
States well. although the words across the
front are: This building, dedicated To lteTa-
lure. science and art. is the gift OF Andrew Car
negie 10 the people Of Pittsburg"
For the exercises attending the dedication
guests from abroad have begun TO arrive in
New York. and by the middle 81 the week Pitts
burg VIII be filed with visitors. Mr. Carnegie
j. expected 10 arrive on Wednesday, and viii
be The guest Of the city for his stay