Bisbee daily review., 1908-04-29

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 and imposing in the country It stands upon the highest point on the Rocky mountains that is crossed by the Union Pacific and was built to last till the crack of doom.
 The monument stands near the town of Sherman in the state of Wyo- ming and is s,36o feet above sea level. It Is pyramidal in shape. It Is GO feet is built of large granite blocks whose symmetrical but rough faces are as impervious to time and tempest as the mountain on which they stand. On the east and west sides of the granite pile are two large bas-reliefs, one, of Oakes Ames, facing the Pacific, the other, of Oliver Ames, looking toward the Atlantic, the idea symbolizing the linking of the oceans by the building of the Union Pacific railroad.
 Carved in the granite blocks, on the north and south sides, is the inscrip- ton, "in Memory of Cakes Ames and Oliver Ames." That is all. Like the epitaph to Sir Christopher Wren in St. Paul's, London: 'If you want to see his monument, look around you" so the brief and modest lettering on the Ames pyramid seems to suggest the message: If you desire to know why this monument is here. look upon the mighty work their enterprise and courage made possible, and reflect h,k ha- f,~ al and commercial development of the United States"
 The monument was erected in 1873 by the directors and stockholders of the railroad, aided by some personal friends who were permitted to join fn the tribute.
 This Ames pile, standing in it's silent majesty on the western mountain, is not the only memorial of the name of Ames. Out in the thriving and pretty town of North Easton, Mass, with whose prosperity and progress the name of Ames has been associated for generations-for these men were na- tive sons of the state of Massa- chusetts-there stands splendid town building, which in its way, both as to plan and construction, is as in ueresting to the student of memorial architecture as the Ames pyramid of the Rockies.
 Standing upon it's base of solid rock, in fine location, it's erection is due to the filiaI devotion of the sons of the late Oakes Ames. So commanding is the natural position and so solid and imposing is the structure. that it,has been well compared in its external ef- feet to an ancient castle.
 The building was dedicated as a monument to the First Citizen of North Easton November IT, 1881. The exercises were attended by many of the most prominent men in the com monwealth and the nation.
 Of the part played by Oakes Ames in carrying through the immense task of building the Union Pacific railroad, ex-Gov. Boutwell, said:
 f'Of men of wealth and capacity for action he was among the first, and conspicuously he was the foremost in measuring the necessity and in com. pretending the feasibility of establish ing railway communication between the valley of the Mississippi and the Pacific ocean. Whatever may be said of the generous endowment made by the government in aid of that under taking, whatever credit may be ac- corded to his associates-and much credit is justly due to them-there will yet remain the fact that until Mir Ames assumed responsibility there were no clear indications that the work would be completed.
 Upon his own broad shoulders he laid the weight of that vast enterprises and he assumed, and for months and years he carried, responsibilities and met obligations altogether beyond the capacity of ordinary men. The mag nitude of the undertaking may De measured, and the honor of success in 1t may be estimated, by the circum. stance that, since MT. Ames and his associates showed the way to the Pa cifc ocean, corporations and men plethoric with superfiuous wealth have struggled through long and weary years to overcome the obstacles they fJund in their path"