Palisadian., 1925-05-01

to the heroes of the Titanic disaster-the who
stood back saying, "Women and children first"
This means the early cleaning up of an unsghty
area. East of the bridge site at the intersection
of Twenty-third and streets SOUTH at the south
west of the Mall, will be the John Ericsson
Memorial now under way
In the fourth year of the bridge-buildng pro-
gram, when the arches and superstructure have
been finished and the draw span installed, work
will be begun on the plaza between the Lincoln
Memorial and the Memorial bridge and the water
gate at the Lincoln Memorial. In the fifth year
the program calls for ornamentaton of the main
bridge and the twin bridge the boundary chan
mel. During the following five years the widening
and developing of B and Twenty third streets will
be carried out.
The Memorial Bridge will be of granite facing.
In order not to interfere with the view of the Lin
coin Memorial from Columbia island the
bridge has been kept as low as possible 1t has
nine segmental arches the center span being 1874
feet long, and the length of the span decreasing
gradually each way toward the shore, that the
end spans are 1855 feet The bridge is to be 2,13S
feet long between the terminal pylons. The road
way is go feet and each of the two sidewalks Is
feet wide making total width of 80 feet. The
architecture has been kept as simple and severe
as possible the structure mainly depending for its
beauty upon the perfection of its general propor-
tons and its adornment with significant sculptural
pieces. The central arch of the bridge will be
draw span Of steel, painted white. Dredging will
change the channel of the Potomac to correspond.
The bridge should be completed by 1929 The
bridge will cost S7,250OOO; the Lincoln Memorial
plaza and water gate, $100O,000; Columbia island,
$2S0OOOO; the Virginia terminus plaza, 81 800 600;
extension and widening of street, So OOOO and
widening of Twenty-third street, $16OOOO
On Fame's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents spread,
And Glory guards with solemn round,
The bivouac of the dead
Nor shall your glory be forgot
While Fame her record keeps,
Or Honor points the hallowed spot
Where Valor proudly sleeps.
Nor wreck change. winters blight
Nor Times remorseless doom,
Shall dim ray of glory's light
That gilds your deathless tomb
In Arlington National cemetery, one of the great
shrnes of the nation to be served by the Memorial
bridge, you will find iron tablets bearing lines or
stanzas from Col. Theodore O'Hara's famous poem
which so well expresses the purpose of the place.
1t is in very truth national cemetery And
many are the famous dead who rest where Vaor
proudly sleeps" In striking contrast to the me-
mortal stones of such as Sheridan and Porter and
Crook rises the great granite memorial to the I'm
known Dead"-2,111 soldiers of the Civil war.
from Bull Run to the Rappahannock. There also
is the Maine Memorial"
The Arlington Amphitheater, dedicated in 1920
and planned TO hold the great gatherings of Me-
mortal Day, Armistice Day and the like, is worthy
of the place One feels to the core of his being
the impressiveness that comes from quality ma
terial entire simplicity and perfect proportions.
In front of 1t is the tomb of the Unknown Sol
der" Standing there, the emotions of the good
American cannot be put into words
And oh the view from it of Washington, the
capital of the country for which this unknown
Soldier" gave his life! Below and beyond lie the
smiling countryside, then the shining Potomac
then the Capital City To the left across the river
tba nj fha r;oi
Bridge will start Toward the center rises the
Washington Monument and to the right of that
the dome of the Capitol.
Restoration of the Washington-Lee Mansion Is