The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-13
MEMORIAL WILL
COST 100000
Fine Structure will Be Erected In
Memory of Abraham Lincoln


broken Yesterday the anniversary q
the birth of Abraham Lincoln. for tn
; Lincol" Memorial, S2.OOO,OOO struc
ture, the purpose of whose designer
is that I shall stand through time a
an example of the best in architecture
ana sculpture that this age could pro
duce.
There was no formal ceremony con
uectcd with the beginning of TN,
work for the reason that there was
not sufficient time between the com
pletion of the details of signing IT,,
contracts and the birthday anniver.
Sary OF the martsrcd president to ar
rangc a program of sufficient excel
leuce To mark the opening of work
of such magnitude and sentimental
importance. So ii was decided to le,
the ceremonies go over until the lay
| ing OF the corner stone. Former
! President Taft, chairman of the Lin
! colin Memorial commission, did no:
come To the city to see the work start
The site for the memorial is in Pa
! tomac Park ON an axis" planned
more than a century ago, at one end
Of which is the capitol, the monu-
ment of the government; and at the
other, more than a mile to the west,
the Washington monument.
St!ll farther To the west will bc the
Iircoin Memorial where it will have
Il relation with the Capitol and the
WASHINGTON monument that would be
impossible on any other site, and viii
bc closely related also with Airing
ton cemetery. where chose who fought
for the Union are buried. 1t Is plann-
ed To nave, some day, memorial
bridge, linking the Lincoln Memorial
with Arlington.
Four Features of Memorial.
The design of the memorial is the
work Of Henry Bacon. a New YORK
architect, approved Nv the Memorial
commissions His idea was that the
memorial 70 Lincoln should be COM
posed of foGr faatures-a statue OF
the man. Il memorial of his Gettvs-
burg speech. memorial of his second
inaugural address and "a symbol of
the United States which hc preserg-
ed Each feature will be related 10
the Others lay means of design ANA
position and each will be SO arranged
that il will become an integral part of
the whole I'm order to attain unity and
simplicity in the monument Each
feature is meant to impress the be.
holder with its greatest force and
this it is sought To accomplish by
maans of isolation. though not to the
extent e impairing the relation O,
each feature To the others.
The most important single object
will he the statue of Lincoln, the plan
being for seated figure placed well
i'm the back ground of the largest
chamber The sculptor has not Yet
been selected. This chamber win be
unoccupied by any other object that
might dctract from the effectiveness
Of the statue and Che visitor will be
alone with it.
Columns 20 Represent States.
the central chamber each will con-
tain a memorial one of the Gettys
burg address and the other of the in
augural address, i'm bronze letters on
tablets, while adjacent
low rclicfs will relate N allesory Lin
coins qualities as evidenced by those
speeches.
Will, these memorials will he seen
from any part of the hall they are g.
be partly screened fgcm the central
chamber by means of row Of Ionic |
columns.
Surrounding the wallis inclosius |
these memorials to the man is plaun-
cd a collounaGc forming symbol ot
the union, each column representirg !
"a stat"--36 i'm alone for each exist
ing ~ the time OF Lincoln NtdlH, We |