The evening world., 1911-06-05
ITALY DELEGATES
GREAT MONUMENT
TO HER FIRST KING
Memorial of Victor Emmanuel
When Complete VIII
Cost $40, 900, 900.
THIRTY YEARS LABOR.
5000 Mayors of municipalities
r Join Rulers and Cabinet
at Dedication.
THIRTY YEARS LABOR.

NON1F, June b.--Nearly a million peo-
NJ witnessed tho dedication yesterday
the browning feature of the semi-cen-
tenary Of United ~Italy-of a MAGNIFICENT
monument to Victor Emmanuel H., Nho
frst took the title of King OF italy. In.
terest was added to the occasion by rea-
son OF the celebration OF the granting OF
the Constitution by King Charles, Al
bert in ls4s, the Constitution which still
rules United Italy.
Present yesterday were King Victor
Emmanuel III. and Queen Helena, Dow
ager Queen Margherita, who appeared
for the first time at an official function
since the assassination Of King Hum
bert. July 90. 1900; Dowager Queen Maria
Pia of Portugal. the surviving daughter
Of King Victor Emmanuel H.. the Dow
aGer Duchess of Genoa. the Duke and
Duchess of Aosta. the Duke and Ouch
ess of Genoa. Duchess Letltia. the
Count OF Turin. the Duke Of the Abruzzl
and other members-of the royal house.
Not only the people OF Rome. but
thousands from the provinces Joined in
making the event one OF national i'm
~portance. Eight thousand Mayors OF
municipalities we're In attendance.
An incident of the day was the cheer
ing Of a priest who climbed the monu
ment steps. Senators and Deputies sur
rounded him with as much enthusiasm
as the populace. Opening his gown the
priest showed a tri-color sash. the EN-.
blem OF the ~mayoralty. saying:
II am Conon Paolucci. Mayor OF Gori-
n Abruzzi. AS Mayor l took the oath
Of allegiance to the King and the ION
stitut!on, and I thought It my duty to
come here and pay a tribute Of homage
TO the father OF our country"
The monument IL the mos. colossal
structure OF the kind in the world. l.
occupies the left section OF Capito-
line Hill and opens into the very heart
OF Rome on the Piazza, where stands
the Palace OF Venice. which Paul III.
erected. In front Is the Corso. the leal-
ing t~horoughfare OF the city. 80 that the
equestrian statue OF the King Liberator
in gilded bronze can be seen from a
distance shining against the white mar
BILE OF the ~colonnade forming Its back
ground. The statue IS forty feet hlga
and weighs ffty tons. 1t was cast In
eighteen pieces, which occupied two
years and a half. When the work was
finished n banquet was served in the
body OF the horse for twenty people.
The monument is composed OF a
great portico in white marble with six
teen immense columns surmountcd by
a frieze, and at the ends quairigae
(two-wheeled chariots, each drawn by
four horses) in bronze. In front of
the colonnade stands the gigantic
equestrian statue OF the father OF his
country on a richly decorated pedestal.
Grand s%taircases lead up TO this, deco
rated with fountains. statues. groups
an antennae with g!ldcd figures, The
entire length OF the Is 500
feet, its depth 450 feet and Its height
$50 feet.
Notwithstanding the relative cheap
ness OF marble and labor in Italy. the
monument when completed Will cost
about $50. 900, 900 and will have repre-
scented thirty years work. The plans
for the structure were drawn by the
young architect Giuseppe Sacconl and
were selected from hundreds of other
IN June. 1854.
II will be several years before the
structure IS completed. Recently the,.
has been a strike OF workmen, AMI
p.emier Giolitti, declaring that he
would not permit the Government to be
coerced into paying the strikers en-
orbitant demands. ordered 800 army en-
gineers TO take the places OF the strik-
srs. rrhe latter yielded at the end OF
one week.