Evening star., 1926-11-21
STONE MOUNTAIN
WORK IS APPROVED
Association Says 100000
Cubic Feet of Granite Has
Been Cut in 2 Months.
By the Associated Press.

&y tne ASSOCIATED Press.
ATLANTA, Ga. November 90
Proceeding ahead of schedule, 100000
cubic feet Of granite, the equivalent
OF 16 trainloads, have been removed
from Stone Mountain in 60 days
since the Stone Mountain Granite Cor
poration commenced operations on
full scale on the Confederate Memo
rial carvings there.
This announcement was embodied in
an official statement from the Stone
Mountain Memorial Association here
tonight Of the progress being made on
the patriotic enterprise they are fos-
tering near Atlanta. through j. }.
Havertv. chairman of the construction
committee.
Contrasting the progress made un-
der the new personnel with the work
Of Gutzon Borglum, the former
sculptor who functioned both as
sculptor and contractor until dls-
pute between him and the memorla
association resulted in the destfuc-
ton Of his model. MIR. Haverty says:
"In the operations conducted ny the
former srulptor. there was removed
from the mountain 130.o 900 CUBIC rect
of granite in n period of ls m"hths,
at a labor cost OF 30 cents per cuolc
foot"
Cost Cut to 9.5 Cents.
The grand fetal cost under tne Nv NV
od,,,ir;etration o. the Stone Mountain
Granite Corporation, sculptor August
I,ukeman and the ASSOCIATION mas
heen only o'a cents per cublc 1ooe'
Mr.. Haverty declares
conti,ning. he SAYS: THE progress
Io
zion is highly satisfactory, hoth a~
"a ,.riditv and low cost. In fact, the
oneration is proceeding well ahead OF
schedule. ,,o.
I'm the present work the carving
a,ea Is being brought down to per-
pendicular or approximately perpeH-
dicular wall, which involves the cut
ting away of d precipice. beglnnlhs
on \ level with the heads of the riders
the contractor has now. IN oo days
ont away the excess granite almost
down To the level of the knees oil the
riders When the present operation
is finished. the second operation VIII
ba "a outline the figures q horses ana
elders in rough. and the third ana
ina1 o,,eration will be finishing cary
ing.
"Whi,e the contractor goes ahead
with such gratifying results in the
manner stated. Mr.. Lukeman is per
forming his part of the great un-
dertaking with most commendable
earnestness. ability and dispatch
Will Make Working Models"
After completing the master model,
which was set up in the studio at the
mountain a few months ago. as
guide and basis of operations for the
contractor, and as an exhibit for the
visiting public. Mr.. Lukeman's next
task will be to produce what are
known as working models OF the
heads of the riders and horses. and
of other features of the general COM
nosition. These working models are
one. fourth the size of the actual cary
ing, go that their production is in
itself huge piece of work. We are
very ratified over the fact that Mr..
Lukeman in his department is run
ming well ahead of the contractor, so
as to obviate the possibility of any
delay at any point"
The total cost of labor, machinery
and material since work was resumed
on the memorial equestrian figures of
President Davis. Gen. Lee and Gen.
Jackson has been 5437.49, accord
ing to the report.
Carving operations are under the
supervision of the sculptor, August
Lukeman Associated with him is a
committee of three, known as the con-
StruCtion committee, composed of Mr..
Haverty as chairman, Robert F. Mad
dox and r. Rivers.