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REPORT OF THE 



'I HE MEMORIAL ARCH. 



The Soldiers and Sailors' Memorial Arch, which was placed 

 under my charge last year, so far as maintenance is concerned, 

 has been receiving considerable attention, and the work that has 

 been suggested has met with the approval of my associates on 

 the Commission, the Hon. Charles A. Schieren, Mayor ; Col. 

 Michael J. Cummings, Chairman of the Memorial Committee of 

 the Grand Army of the Republic of Brooklyn ; and the Hon. 

 Jackson Wallace, President of the Board of Aldermen. The 

 granite posts which extended outward from two sides of the Arch 

 have been taken down, reshaped, and their number increased so 

 as to extend about the Arch in connection with a granite curb. 

 The posts will be connected with an artistic 

 bronze chain. The interior walks are being 

 paved with vitrified brick. Beautiful bronze 

 lamp posts, surmounted by large glass globes, 

 to be illuminated with electricity, will add 

 t<> the general beauty of the Arch. The 

 Quadriga, which is being designed by Fred- 

 crick MacMonnies, has progressed to the 

 stage preceding the casting in bronze. The 

 models elicit the highest praise of all the 

 art critics who have seen them. The com- 

 pleted work will be received and placed upon 

 the Arch early in the coming spring. 



Mr. MacMonnies is also at work preparing 

 two side groups, in bronze, for the Arch. 



Within the past month two Bas Reliefs, 

 p'oduced by Maurice J. Power, under a con- 

 tract made with a prior commission, were 

 placed in the interior of 

 the Arch. They represent 

 President Line o 1 n and 

 General Grant on horse- 

 back, reviewing the army 

 at Richmond. As yet they 

 have not been officially 

 accepted. 



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