New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1910-01-12
HUGE MEMORIAL
TO The INDIAN
Erection Of Bronze Column on
Staten Island Proposed.
COST ESTIMATEDAT s650,O00.

Combined Height of Shaft With CO.
lossal Figure Of Primitive Red Man
on Top Of It Will Be $50 Feet-Ded-
Gated to the School Children of the
United States.
Plans are well under way for the
erection of a bronze column on Staten
Island, New York, which will prob
ably be known as the peace memorial.
It will be surmOunted by the colossal
figure Of an Indian, and the combined
height Of column and figure will be
$50 feet. Add to this the altitude of
the position on which it will rest, and
the top Of the figure will be about 96O
feet above sea level.
This will be the highest point on the
Atlantic coast between Maine and Mex
leo. In the base Of the figure there
will be a library for Indian records
and museum for Indian relics. In
the words Of those who have the mat
ter in hand, the column will be "erect-
ed in memory Of the North American
Indian and dedicated to the school chill
dren of the United States of America
Carl q. Tefft, who has volunteered
to undertake a campaign Of publicity
to further the building Of the memo
rial, said recently that, while the nee
essary commission had not been thor
Dughly organized, Rear Admiral George
w. Melville, u. S. N, retired, would
probably be it's chairman.
Three Years to Finish the Work.
"The idea Of this memorial was men,
toned publicly some time ago by Rod
man Wanamaker Of Philadelphia"
said Mr.. Tefft. 'The money for the
column will be raised by popular sub
scription, and Mr.. Wanamaker will
give the bronze figure of the Indian.
Those who participate in the work will
donate their services. Admiral Mel
Vile will serve with Andrew Carnegie
and other men Of wealth in the inter-
ests Of the memorial.
director III. G. Bumpus Of the Nat
ural History museum and Director N.
l.. Britton Of the botanical gardens in
the Bronx have agreed to take charge
OF the museum. w. @. Hunt Of Staten
Island will be the consulting engineer,
while Robert T. Paine of Hoboken will
be the engineer in charge Of the con-
struction of the memorial Borough
President Cromwell Of Richmond is
interested in the matter, and it is ex-
pected that the city Of New York will
give land for the site on Pavilion hill,
near st. George. The unwilling cere-
monies will be celebrated simultane-
ously all over the United States. 1t
will take about three years to COM
plete the work"
Huge Bullseyes to Serve as a Light.
Here is partial description of the
proposed memorial as furnished by Mr.
Tefft:
It is practically one Of the first individu-
al forms Of architecture; 1t is symbolica]
Of dignity, rightly and firmness, possess
ing In every way the qualifications sc
marked in our bronzed aboriginal found
er. When his eagle eyes swept the sea in
| periods long ago he sought the highest
| point Of land. Intuition would have taught
| him to admire this single form Of archi.
|
| for this meant height to him, embodyine
| in it's simplicity the same essential quality
| of greatness that he observed in his own
| character. .
Here we have him on high in all his
solemn and majestic grandeur, with arms
| slightly lifted in recognition and welcome
! to the inevitable certainty-the something
| he perceives and sanctions far to the
/ east. The ponderous eagles at his feet
with their huge bronze wings raised, seem
In the act of striking at invasion, but in
the overpowering personality above one
notes in the masterful features the same
firm touch Of beauty observed in river
as it sacrifices itself to the sea.
] The face Of the two volutes Of the Ionic
capital surmounting the shafts will be sci
with glass, and these immense bullseyes
will serve as light for New York harboI
and a signal station for three great cities
| as they can easily be seen forty miles al
| sea.
Higher Than Colossus of Rhodes.
/ Between the volutes at the base of the
capital. running horizontally around the
column. is the balustrade or viewing point