The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-05
The Lendinq of Columbus
Re- enact ed at the World Far

of the cross In it's memorial chapel there will
be tomb where the bones of Columbus, which
some students believe to be in the cathedral of
Santo Domingo, will be laid.
While the harbor portal may be called the
main entrance, there two others almost as
impressive. They also form part of the setback
design of the pyramidal pattern. There is fourth
portal at the diminishing point of the cross, af-
fording a view of Santo Domingo's aviation field.
visitor may enter at the harbor side, and after
traversing the several canyons leave by a rear
door. terrace top Of the structure also
open to visitors commands fine view of the
harbor and city. The affairs, which stand free and
clear down the center of the major canyon. will
tell through bas-reliefs the story of Columbus
and his journey of discovery to a strange land.
More than 100000 has already been contrib
uted by this country for the monument which
will cost in the neghborhood Of 81 100000. Santo
Domingo and several South American cities have
appropriated several hundred thousand dollars
for the project, which is in charge of a commit
tee of the PanAmerican Union. Plans for the
memorial also call for each country that has a
part In building it, in addition to contributing
money to the project, to send a portion of it's
soil to be deposited at the base of the monument
and product of its art and industry to be used
in the building as symbols of their Indebtedness
to Columbus.
1t is just such a memorial as Columbus him
self would have most desired-a beacon of light
shining through the darkness to guide the sailors
of both the and the air, and since the project
is in charge of committee of the Pan-American
Union, which is composed Of representatives of
all the Il states Of North South and Central
America, it will be an enduring symbol of friend
ship among the nations whose existence Column
bus voyages made possible.
He has been dead 42S years but his name still
frequently makes the headlines in our newspa-
pers. Recent years have seen many discoveries"
about the discoverer, which adds to our knowl-
edge of him. 1t was only few years ago that
DR.. A. s. w. Rosenbach, the noted collector ac-
quired abroad and brought to this country a
manuscript volume some 400 years old and writ
ten by Andres Bernaldez, which revealed
Christopher Columbus in the hitherto-unknown
role of bookseller. The reference in the volume
only casual but interesting neverthe-
less. 1t said: There a man in the land of
Milan who was merchant In books and who
travelled in Andalusia who was called Christie
pher Columbus, man of high genius. who
not man of letters. but was very shrewd in
the art Of the cosmography of the world who
followed what he had read from Ptolemy and
other works regarding the world in which we
navigate and walk" And this man, who "had
read from Ptoemy." was to see, in the declining
years Of his life, revised edition of Ptolemy's
GeOgrdpnid -tHdl Oh ESiISman anu WalGSee-
muller-with another mans name given to the
two continents which he had discovered!
Indicative of the fact that this man, dead and
buried these four centuries, still provide live
copy" for our newspapers is the following news
story which appeared in the New York Times
last May:
"A life-sze white marble statue Of Christopher
Columbus. carved in Rome in 1867. for many
years unnoticed In the storage yard in Central
park, will be placed shortly in Columbus park,
at Baxter, Mulberry. Bayard and Park streets.
This announcement was made yesterday by Park
Commissioner Robert Moses. who said the statue
was an exceptionally fine piece of work 1t was
carved 81 years ago by Miss Emma Stebbins,
then In Italy.
Existence OF the statue was disclosed to the
park department officials through receipt of a