New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1910-06-08
MEM0RIAL TO
ROBERT FuL Ton.
Beautiful Monument to Be.
Erected In New York.
ESTIMATED COST, s3,000,00O

Great Water Gate on the Hudson
River, Extending From Ono Hundred
and Fourteenth Street to One Hun
dred and Sixteenth Street, Will Be
Built Of White Marble and Granite.
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, will 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 $3,OO0,OOO will be re-
quired, it is estimated, to complete the
associations plans. This money will
be raised by public subscription.
The water gate is intended to fur
nish place Of reception for distin-
guished visitors to New York city or
to the United States and place Of
vantage from which river pageants
may be viewed. It 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, a huge fight of steps will
rise to a browning colonnade. In the
center of this colonnade will be 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 $50 feet from Riverside drive to
the pier line The steps will number
100, rising six inches each. The total
width Of the fight will be $50 feet
The columns in the colonnade will be
forty seven feet high the whole peri
style rising to sixty feet. The col
a umns will be 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
IS by 800
j The materials will be white marble
for the tomb. peristyle and building.
and granite for the balance Of tn
work. The construction is to be /;
) combination of steel and re-enforcet
concrete
Architects Prize $4,000.
The Fulton Monument associatio,
was incorporated in 1906 to erect a pei
manent memorial to the inventor. 1t
officers are Cornelius Vanderbilt, pres
ident; Richard Delafeld, treasurer; "
H. Fletcher, secretary; r. Fulton Cut
ting, chairman auditing committee
Colonel H. o. S. Heistand, chairma
executive committee, and Isaac Gus
: genheim, chairman finance COMMITTEES
The expenses up to date in priz
money and the like have been abou
$4,000 and have been borne by men
bers Of the association. The site ha
e already been set apart for the projec
). The land under water was donated b
S the state Of New York through speci;
a legislation, and that portion Of Rive
d side park necessary for it was give
by the city. Fl. Van Buren, Magonig
:, was the successful architect in tt
competition. The prize he receive
was $4,000.
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