Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-05
STATUES IN CAPITAL
20 Erected, | Building and
7 Authorized.
MONUMENT TO u. S. GRANT
Pedestal Set and Much of Adjunct
Work Completed.
PROPOSED LINCOLN MEMORIAL
Pulaski, Steuben, Kosciusko, Barry,
Columbus, Jones and Jefferson
Monuments Provided For.


There are now twenty-nine statues IL
the public grounds in the city of Wash
4 ington.
! One. of Gen. Grant is under construction.
i Seven others-of Pulaski. Won Steuben.
4 Kosciusko. Commodore Barry, Christie
4 pher Columbus, John Paul Jones and
i Thomas Jefferson-have been authorized
and provided for by Congress.
Il Models for nearly all these have been
accepted after competition and they are
now in progress. This will make total
!; of thirty-seven statues in Washington.
Monument to Gen. Grant.
The monument to Gen. Grant, which has
been located upon a much criticised site
at the foot of Capitol Hill. at the east end
of the Botanic Garden. will be the most
imposing. The contract for the statue
and marble work which will surround 1t
calls for payment of $4,000.
| The platform. the pedestal and por-
! ton OF the embellishments are already In
place. The bronze figure of Gen. Grant
WI not be erected for at least two years.
In July, 1908, the commission in charge
granted an extension of time to the artist
| for three years from August 10, 1903. the
date upon which the contract called for
/ its delivery.
| Congress provided for this statue at a
cost not to exceed $25O,OOO. February %,
1901, and created a commission, which is
| composed of Gen. Grenville NJ Dodge,
president of the Society of the Army of
| Tennessee: Senator Wetmore, chairman
of the Senate committee on library, and
Elihu Root, then Secretary of War. to
/ sci lot a site and secure designs.
| few weeks later the commission is
sued an invitation for competition. In
March, 1902, twenty-seven models were
| submitted by twenty-three sculptors.
The commission invited Maj. Gen. Scho-
| field and Maj. Gen. Merritt, who knew
Grant intimately and served under him,
to assist them in judging the likeness.
| Augustus Saint Gaudens. Daniel c..
French. Daniel H. Burnham and Charles
r. Mckim were consulted concerning the
artistic merits Of the designs.
Six models. submitted. respectively, by
Henry Merwin Schrady, Charles H. Me
haus, ]. Massey Rhin6 Lopez. Robb and
Hornbostel. Waldo Story and Burr c..
Miller, were selected for a second COM
petition. Each of these artists was paid
81 900.
After they had been given opportunity
to modify and improve their designs .he
judges inspected them for second time
and decided in favor of those submitted
| by Henry Merwin Schrady and Charles
Fl. Niehaus. Mr.. Schrady submitted a
platform and pedestal designed by Ed
/ ward Pierce Casey s Mr. Niehaus sub
mitted one designed by Henry Bacon, an
| architect of New York.
| These gentlemen again revised their de-
signs. year later, in August, 1903. they
submitted new models upon a larger scale
The commission unanimously accepted
that of Schrady and Casey and entered
| into contract with them August 10,
1868, at a cost of $4,000, with stipula-
| ton that the statue should be completed
and ready for dedication five years from
| that date
/ The work of excavation for the plat
form. which began in October, 1907. was
| stopped by an injunction grained by the
courts upon the application of persons
who were dissatisfied with the site select
| ed, and work was not resumed until the
| following May.
| The superstructure, of Vermont marble.
was completed In January, 1909, and the
pedestal in June last. Four bronze lions
and eight bronze lamp-posts had been
placed in position.
The quarter-size models Of two bas-
reliefs to go upon the pedestal and a
| bronze group Of artillery in action have
been approved and will be placed in
position shortly. bronze group of cav
| airy in action has not yet been approved,
nor has the model Of the statue been
| finally accepted.
Components of Memorial.
The memorial consists Of a marble plat
| form, 80 feet long and q feet wide.
| reached by flight of eight marble steps
extending the entire length OF the four
sides. A heroic bronze figure of Ulysses
s. Grant, mounted upon his war charger.
| Is to be erected on a marble pedestal
| in the center and its height will be forty
three feet from the bottom step of the
platform to the top of his hat
| From each end of the platform projects
a pedestal rising four feet above the floor.
| Upon one of them will be a bronze group
OF cavalry and upon the other a group of
Il low faokl.
statue Upon the north and south faces
| of the central pedestal will be placer
bronze reliefs representing infantry ON
/ the march.
pedestal are four bronze lions standing
| alert. The has-reliefs and the artillery
group soon will be in position.
| The site of the memorial was chosen
upon recommendation of the Burnham
park commission, which has submitted
plan for the location of future monu-
ments and public buildings. A model OF
! this plan ~may be seen in the prints de-
| partment Of the Congressional Library.
| Congress has passed an act for the re-
moyai of the fence that now incloses the
| Botanic Gardens. 1t is expected that
| the Conservatives will ultimately be-
removed so as to give a clear vista from
| the Capitol to the Potomac along the
| Mall
Proposed Lincoln Memorial.
| The plans of the park commission cali
| for a Lincoln memorial to be erected di-
rectly west, at the other end of the Mall,
| upon the bank Of the river In Potomac
Park where there is now circle in the
drive. about half way between the bridge
at the entrance to the tidal basin and
| the Naval Hospital. No steps have been
| taken for the Lincoln memorial.
statue of John Paul Jones will be erected
| at the foot of 18th street. upon the north
| east bank of the tidal basin. and directly
| west from the Washington Monument.
| This statue was authorized by Congress
| in 1905 at a cost Of $4,000.
| A commission, compt sed Of the Secre-
| tary of War, then William Howard Taft:
| Bonaparte; the chairmen of the two COM
mittees on library, Senator Wetmore OF
| Rhode Island and Representative Nc
| Cleary OF Minnesota. was authorized to
| select a site and a model. After compe-
| tition the contract was awarded to
| Charles II. Niehaus, who. June 8, 1900.
| submitted a model OF the statue and
| pedestal.
The design for the statue was ac-
/ cepted. The artist was requested to re-
! wise a portion of the pedestal. No date
/ has been fixed for delivery. but this
monument will not be in place for at
least two years.
Statue to Pulaski.
BY act OF Congress. approved February