The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-02-24

Kill Devil Hills on the North (
Where do the Wright Brothers
come in" asked Mr.. Moore. And
the question has not been answered
yet. And SO encouraged by Chair
man Moore. Congressman Lindsay
Warren will introduce Il bill in the
House of Representatives this week
to provide for competitive designs
for the Wright Memorial. inviting
the best thought Of American and
European artists and SculptOrS to
submit competitive designs for Il
monument in keeping with the dig
nifty and Importance of the achieve
meut which the proposed monument
is to commemorate.
And havin. gotten away from
the Treasury Department plans for
freak building. Congressman War
rem and the Kill Devil Hills Memoir
ial ASSC citation took steps this week
To try to interest Orville Wright i'll
new plans that would provide Il
room in the proposed monument for
the original Wright plane which Mr..
Wright has refused the Smithsonian
Institute and which waS recently
loaned to the British Museum i'll
London.
The plans which was rejected
this week called for an expenditure
Of S115.OOO. The rejection of the
plans means that it will probably he
too late 10 get new plans and put
an appropriation thru the present
Congress but with more than six
months in which tD work acceptable
plans may he ready for the Congress
which conveneS in December of this
wear and it is confidently believed
that new plans will call for IL much
larger appropriation.
4 Notable Commission
IT was fortunate perhaps that
somebody incorporated in the bill.
authorizing the Wright Memorial
provision that the plans should he
approved by The Commission %
/ Fine arts Of the Library of Con
-rp<S, This commission is com
poSed of Hon. Charles Moore. OF
( Detroit. Mich. III. SiddOnS NOwbraY.
Of Washington. Conn: VIM. Adams
: DeIanu. of New York City: Lorado
Taft. of Chicago: Ahram Garfield
Z of Cleveland,: Benjamin .WiSter
NIdrrH. of New York City and Fer
I rltrio Vitale. Of New York City.
. This distinguished group of
artists. <culptor> and architects was
created especially To supervise the
DEVELOPMENT of plans designed to
make Washington the worlds most
/ beuutiful capital. This commission
carefully ScrutinizeS the plans for
every public building. every monu-
mpnt and every bit of public land-
Scape gartlenin. in the city of Wash
ingtOn.
: MIR Charles Moore. secretary ar
the Commission Is the original meh-
bpr of thp Commission. iS the author
nf Il number of notable works and
editor of PLAN for the Improvement
rf Washington by ID. III. Burnham
e, F. McKim. Augustus Saint-Gau-
dpnS and +. l.. OlmStead.
Plans for the Wright Memorial
vypre made by the Supervisor"
Architect of the Treasury after the
monnpr of plans for post Office
building. n coast Guard station Il
lighthouse or other common govern
} meut structure and with little re-
/ gard for art or sentiment. lhe
} Commission of Fine Arts dld MOI
500 the plans until they were ready
= tn "p To Congress with Il recon-
mnndatiou for the necessary appro
. priatiOn.
=, Chairman Moore took one look nj
| tbp plans when they were submit
ted to him last week. where dt
- the WrightS come in?' he Is said II
= have asked. His every sense 0t ar
waS offended hy the very practlca
, pl1nS for a noble coast guard sta
tion and fairly good lighthouse
! There was nothing i'll the plans Il
| suggest IL memorial to the VIRGIN
i Brothers and the birth of aviation.
- a Good Days Work"
W. q. Saunders. president of Th'
. Kill Devil Hills Memorial ASSOcl
alton was in Washington Saturda!
when the plans were laid betor'
u Chairman Moore and had an lntl
# nation that the plans would he re-
r ipcted by him. When announcement
= waS made early this week tina
Chairman Moore had rejected IN
plans. MIR. Saunders sent the fOl
lowing wire:
Feb. ~. 1928.
v. Hon. Charles Moore. Chm.
II The Commission of Fine Arts.
1t Library of Congress,
IL Washington, ID. {.
i. Your rejection of the Treasury
:. Department plans for proposed
IL t,,.,nt NpunrinI at Kill Devil