The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-02-12

hi Potomac Park AT s3illg
ion BID without Formal
Eelll0Il


was broken today. e he Eersary of
the birth Of a bra coin Tor the
Lincoln Memorial ii y 00Bs QQ0
strIlcf tlre the purpose of whose de-
sig1ers Isl tina e shall stand through
time as an aTiE le of the best IN ar
ctitec tIiIe and soul ptu1se that this age
gould produce.
There 81 Is no for1l1l ce1eulo Iy coIl-
nected with "a Is beginning of the wo1k
Tor the reason tina { there was not
suficient time between the compile
ton OF the ais Of signing the con-
tracts and the birth day ann xersarys
OF the maFtyred president to arrange
a program 81 sItfac ient excel lence to
mark the opening Of q work Of such
magnitude aud sen ttnaental import
ance. So it was, decided to let the
of the corner stone, Former resi-
dent Taft, chairman. at The Lin coin
Memorial Comm ion. did not come
to the city to see the work start
The Site fof the memorial IS IN 2o-
tomae Park on an axis, planned
moro than q century ago, at one end
of which Is the Capitol, the monp-
ment Of the government; and at the
other, more than a mile TO the Weat,
the washington monument
Still farther to he west VIII be
the Lincoln memorial. where II VIA
have a relation with the Capitol and
the Egashington monument that
would Be impossible on any other
site, ana will be closely related also.
with Arlington cemetery where those
who fought for the Union are buried.
1t is pIanned to have. some day, q
memorial bridge linking the Lincoln,
memorial With Arlington.
The design Of the memorial is the
work OF Henry Bacon, d New York
architect. approved by the Memorial
Commissions. His idea was that the
mem orial to Lincoln should be com
posed OF his Gettysburg speech,
memorial Of his second inaugural adj
dress, and symbol of the United
states witch he preserved. Each
feature will be related to the others
by means Of design and position and
each VIII be so arranged that it will
become an integral part of the whole
In ofdeEto attain unity and simplicity
In the monument. Each feature is
meant to Impress the beholder with
its greatest force and this 1t is sought
to accomplish ~ means of isolation,
though lotto the extent of impafring
the ton OF each feature to the
oChers.
The host important single object
will be the statue Of Lincoln, the
plan being for a seated figure placed
wen IA the back ground Of the lafg-
est chamber The sculptor has not
yet been selected. This chamber will
be unoccupfed by any other object
that might detract from the effective
ness of the statute and the visitor
VIII be alone with it.
The smaller halls at each side OF
the central chamber each will con-
tain a memorial, one of the Gettys-
burg address and the other Of the
inaugural address, in bronze letters
on monumental tablets, while ada
cent low relfefs will relate an allie
CORY LincoInss qualities as evidenced
by those speeches.
While these memorials will be seen
from any part of the hall they are
to be partly screened from central
chamber by means OF row OF ionic
columns.
Surrounding the walls fnclosing
these memorials to the man, IS
planned colonnade forming
symbol OF the union, each column
representing q state36 in aII-one
for each existing at the time OF Elm
coins death. on the walls above the
coIonnads supported at intervals by
aagles will be 4S memorial fesLoons,
etfcr each state now existing.
By means of terraces the ground
on which the memorial will stand
will he raised until the Guiding VIII
DO as feet higher than the present.
grade First q circular terrace i 20 90
So &, ,.,;I1 IL! ,,S1