Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-08-01
TO THE
HEROES OF THE
ALAMO
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Representing the patriotic devotion of
loyal Texans to the memory of the
pioneers who fought for and won lib
erty, the Alamo heroes monument, to
be. erected in San Antonio on ground
made: memorable, by the fortress de-
tenders who would not surrender, will
be one of the greatest works ever un-
aertaken in Texas. Its graceful lines
emphasize rather than conceal the
rugged strength of the structure and
will mark it as a work of art; its
great height and the massive charae-
ter of the base, it's columns and stat
uary within and without supplies the
element of grandeur, and its useful
ness to the people of the whole state
will be realized in it's galleries, its
auditoriums, its halls for state and
national patriotic societies or asso-
Citations, and its individual rooms for
each county in Texas for the main
tenanee of art or historical exhibits.
The Alamo heroes monument will
rise to a height of 802 feet and thus
become the highest building in the
world, it is said. II has been design
ed along modern lines to possess
strength and stability, attesting that
modern engineering has made possible
feats that were impossible when the
tower of Babel was built, or, for that
matter, were impossible only a gene
ration ago Yet with all the advance
engineering has made this monument
promises to be one of its greatest ac-
confplishments. 1t will contain four
| spacious auditoriums, a museum, an
| art gallery and statuary hall, besides
a separate room for each of the 248
! or more counties in Texas. Near the
| top balconies will be provided for WIS.,
.itors who wish to take look into
1.-THE neighboring counties through the
large telescope to be provided for that
| purpose.
Leaders Memorialized.
The base of the monument will be
of solid granite rising to a height of
so feet. On this base will be placed
at each corner of the monument and
tarranged around the shaft, huge pill
lars, each eight feet in diameter and
E70 feet high, all of solid Texas granite.
These pillars will be surmounted by
lheroic-size statues of Travis, Crockett,
Bowie and Bonham, the four great
Headers who succumbed in the Alamo
| with the men in their commands.
Above these statues will be placed the
six flags that have waved at differ
ent times over Texas, the Lone Star
and the United. States flags in the CEN
ter; supported by the flag of the Con-
Efederate states of America, of Mexico,
| Spain and France. Place will be
made, too, for an emblem representing
the Indian tribes that possessed this
land before the Spanish adyenturers
found their way here.
! Everything about the monument
will be on grand proportions and the
| great lobby is to be one of the most
i impressive sights of the monument.
Visitors are to have free access to it
at all times It's inside measurement
/ will be SO IL feet square. which will
also be the inside measurements OF
the anditoriums. museum and art gal
/ lery, each of which will be larger than
any hall in San Antonio today The
ceiling of the lobby will be so feet
high, an opening in the center eight
/ feet across forming its summit, and
j this opening is carried up through
each succeeding story until it reaches
a height of 700 feet Here will be set
i into the ceiling, beautifully lighted by
/ electricity, the Lone Star of Texas
i The space for 100 feet beneath the
4 star will have no opening from with
out to admit the light, so this star will
be almost as brilliant in the daytime
1 as at night
i Elevator Arrangement.
i The elevators in the monument, four
Il in all, will be located between the
4 massive columns as far up as these
\ run, which will be to a height of 40
feet from the ground, and above that
in the column which will be placed
i at each corner of the shaft and ex-
i tending to the base of the dome there
will be elevators having large carry
| ing capacity
Il The rooms apportioned to the diff
ferent counties of Texas, in number
between 275 and 800, for some will
have to be provided for new counties
to be established in the years to come;
\ will be located within the shaft of the
monument, above the four floors in
which will be placed the auditoriums,
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patriotic organizations These will be
reached by elevators, one of which
will be designated to serve them
while the other will rui on express
schedules between the first landing at
a height of about 120 feet and the bal
comics at the top.
The dome Of the monument will not
be open to visitors, but will be offered
to the federal government for an OBJ
seryat6ry such as is now maintained
at few places in the United States,
and which is much in demand in the
South. At the very top of the great
structure will be located a powerful
searchlight, the strongest that it will
be possible to obtain. This powerful
light may be turned on far-away
towns if so desired, but generally it
will be turned towards the clouds and
its rays will be visible at great dis.
tances, far beyond points from which
the great tower itself may be seen.
1t is hoped by the projectors of the
monument that in 1918, the two hun