Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-01-27

WlnooW ltSelf, ana men, oy a lltle lHldgi-
nation, force it back on TO the mountain.
"By shifting my position, il will be
readily seen that can shift the whole
scheme OF my design 10 any part OF the
mountain. BY moving toward the win
dow can increase it in scale, or, moving
away from it, reduce it. BY this process
can establish the least possible amount
OF labor, make exact the size OF all my
work and the location OF il.
"ln its effect the thing itself will stand
alone in memorial and monumental work
in the world. II will be done in sections
and presented TO the world as kind oi
instalment, beginning with the principal
figures, Lee, Jackson, Johnson, as a
group, and later another group. The
chief leaders Of the South will appear on
tie shoulder of the mountain, about 300
10 400 feet above the forest below at the
western end, and will, in general appear
ance, represent a group Of splendidly
mounted horsemen offrom soto Is mounts,
all officers.
Moving easterly TO their right, COM
ing over the mountain, will appear the
main portion of the army-cavalry, ar
tillery, and infantrY-and will form what
| call the second and third part OF the de-
sign. These lines will not be parallel,
but will form Complementary lines and
make a very effective composition, in
cluding the whole Of the precipitous face
OF granite mountain.
"None OF The work will be placed upon
the mountain. All sculptural work OF any
kind whatsoever relating TO this monu-
ment will be cut in the living granite
found in place. AS find il, my compo-
sition will adjust itself to meet the natural
condition OF the stone.
81 will also cut into the face OF the
mountain at its very base. and directly
under the central group Of Lee and Jack
son-but hidden in the forest and invisi-
bic from the spectators from the neigh
boring hills-a huge colonnade OF Is
columns, one for each Of the Confederate
States. These columns will be cut stand
ing in the face of the base of the noun
tain, the granite excavated around and
back of them.
Back OF these columns, will create a
room reaching 60 feet into the mountain
and running the entire length ofthe colon
made. This room, or great hall, is cre-
ated for the purpose of including in the
Great Confederate Memorial the women.
the mothers and sisters, who remained at
home and kept the family together.
"The hall will have a face so feet high,
protected by forest Of oak and pine
about 10 feet high, and will have paths
and great stone stairway leading TO its
entrance. II will be nearly 200 feet in
length, and will be called Venable Hall in
honor OF the family who own the prop
erty and whose great generosity in giving
this mountain 10 the Southern cause
makes the memorial possible. II will be
dedicated to the use OF the Daughters OF
the Confederacy, and will become one OF
their meeting places, as it will also be-
come the safe deposit place for the pre-
cious documents bearing upon the great
struggle.
"The great hall, with ITS colonial facade,
will symbolic the Southern home, and
such scuIptural work as il will have in its
great bronze doors will be given entirely
to the story-the many stories-of the
women of the South.
"Iu front of Venable Hall great woods,
including several hundred acres, will be
parked with walks and drives, small
lake and other embellishments harmonic
ing with the general memorial.
The time necessary will be three, five
and eight years, dividing the work into
three parts. The central group, contain
ing the main characters, can be finished,
Mr.. Borglum says, and unveiled within
three years; the rest OF the work, OF
course, would be under way and in prep
aratjon.
"There is not a monumentin this coun-
try as big as suuffbox," said Mr.. Bor-
glum, ION any ofthe great subjects. The
only monument we have in this country
is the Statue OF Liberty, which was given
10 us by the French, and we even had TO
raise subscription in Brooklyn 10 get
the foundation for it.
"The Lincoln memorial now in pro-
cess of erection in Washington is 10 cost
s., ,OOO, 600 tor the building and the single
statue; another half million will be neces-
, sary TO prepare the ground, and yet the
net result in this memorial will be an
empty Greek shell with single bronze
figure seated within"
Roughly speaking. the work upon Stone
Mountain will, in its lineal footage, be in
The neighborhood OF 1900 feet. The
carving will reach height and cover a
space on the mountain exceeding 100 feet.
Iu all of that distance, models will be
made for all OF the work and the most
costly and perfect machinery necessary
for scaffolding and safeguarding against
accident, together with the maintenance
of the scaffolding covering a period oi
several years.
To this must be added the cost OF build
ing the hall al the base Of the mountain,
the preparation OF the park below, run
ming the entire length OF the mountain,
the establishment OF boundary line
which will probably be made by short
bronze posts embedded in the granite
all of which will cost, Mr.. Borglum says,
not more than $2,000,000.
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