Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-29
FULTON MEMORIAL
Beautiful Monument to Be
Erected in New York for
Inventor.
COST PLACED AT So, 900, 600
Plan TO Rebuild Great Water Gate
on Hudson River of White
& Marble and Granite.

d. The water gate to be erected by the
Fulton Monument association on the
North river from One Hundred and
Fourteenth to One Hundred and Six
teenth street, in New York, to COM
memorate the work Of Robert Fulton,
The inventor Of the steamboat, win be
when completed one of the most i'm
posing specimens of architecture in
the world as well as the finest water
gateway.
The design was chosen by a jury of
four professional architects and four
members of the Fulton Monument as
ISOLATION from sixty-two sets sent in
for competition by as many prominent
architects throughout the United
States. About 100000 will be re-
CURED, it is estimated, to complete the
associations plans. This money will
be raised by public subscription.
The water gate is intended to fur
nfsh place Of reception for distin-
gufshed visitors to New York city or
20 the United States and a place of
vantage from which river pageants
may be viewed. 1t will extend from
the north side Of One Hundred and
Fourteenth street to the north side of
One Hundred and Sixteenth street and
from the west side Of Riverside drive
to the pier line in the North river.
From the river, where it is designed
to have landing place in smooth wa
ter in basin protected on both sides
by piers, huge flight Of steps will
rise to browning colonnade. In the
center Of this colonnade will be a tri-
umphal arch forming a canopy over
the tomb Of Fulton. while on the two
wings will be two balancing buildings
similar in dimensions
To Contain a Naval Museum.
The building on the northern side
will be one huge reception hall. while
that on the southern extremity will be
a three story structure, intended for a
naval and marine museum. In the
basement of the reception hall will be
provision for banquets and the like.
In all the water gate will be 563 feet
wide. running north and south, and
about 100 feet from Riverside drive to
the pier line. The steps will number
160. rising six inches each. The total
width of the fight viii be $50 feet
The columns in the colonnade will he
forty-seven feet high the whole peri
style rising TO sixty feet. The col
umns will be q little more than five
feet in diameter and there will be
eighty Of them in all. The dimensions
Of the reception hall and museum are
% by 80.
The materials will be white marble
for the tomb, peristyle and buildings
and granite for the balance Of the /
work. The construction is to be n
combination Of steel and REINFORCED
concrete.
Architects Prize $4,000.
The Fulton Monument association
was incorporated in 1906 to erect n per-
manent memorial to the inventor Its
officers are Cornelius Vanderbilt, pres
dent: Richard Delafeld, treasurer; W.
81. Fletcher. secretary; r. Fulton Cut |
ting, chairman auditing committee:
Colonel II. o. S. Heistand, chairman
executive committee. and Isaac Gug- /
genheim, chairman finance committee. |
The expenses up to date in prize
money and the like have been about |
$4,000 and have been borne by men, !
bers of the association. The site has |
already been set apart for the project !
The land under water was donated by |
the state Of New York through special |
legislation, and that portion of River |
side park necessary for it was given |
by the city. ii. Van Buren, Magonigle |
was the successful architect in the |
The prize he received /
was $1,000.