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PARK AND CCMETCFn'. 
The Washington Monument For 
Fairmount Park. 
The equestrian monument of 
the Father oi our country, which 
for three years has been lying in 
cold storage, will shortly find a 
permanent resting place. The 
question now agitating the minds 
of the officers of the Cincinnati 
society is whether it can be set 
up and unveiled by the 4th of 
July. 
This seems somewhat improba- 
ble to your correspondent; it may 
At the four corners of the plat- 
form are fountains served by alle- 
gorical figures of American In- 
dians, and representing four rivers, 
Hudson, Delaware, Potomac and 
Mississippi. Each side of the 
fountain is guarded by tropical 
American animals. The face and 
back of the pedestal holds two 
allegorical groups. The front re- 
presents America, seated and 
holding in herhand a cornucopia, 
and in the left a trident, while 
at her feet lie the chains just cast 
I'HE WASHiNoroN MONUMENTT, PHtL \.DiLPHt.A. — Photograph ot model by Broadbent Bros., Philadelphia. 
be stated definitely however that if not unveiled on 
that very appropriate day, the unveiling will take 
place in the early fall. 
By many it is contended that the fall month 
would be the better, as the cooler weather would be 
an inducement to distinguished strangers to be 
present. 
Plans and specifications are now being prepared 
and the contract for the construction of the found- 
ation will soon be awarded. All the sections are 
complete and the work of putting the same to- 
gether will not take long. 
The base of the monument proper is 77‘5 feet 
in width, and 91- feet in depth. 
The pedestal centred, bears the equestrian bronze 
statue of General Washington, clothed in the 
colonial uniform of the American army, topped 
with the chapeau bras; while from the shoulders 
the large military cloak has been brought in as. a 
very graceful accessory. The left hand holds the 
reins of the horse, which stands upon three 
legs, the left fore leg being raised from the 
ground. The platform is oblong and rises 
from the ground six feet six inches. It is of gen- 
uine Swedish granite and is reached on the four 
sides by thirteen steps, (also of granite), symboli- 
cal of thirteen original states. 
off. Thus she is in the act of receiving from her 
victorious sons the trophies of their conquest. Below 
this group the eagle supports the arms of the Unit- 
ed States. 
The group in the back represents America 
arousing her sons from the atmosphere of slavery. 
Below this are the arms of Pennsylvania. Two bas- 
reliefs occupy the sides of the pedestal, represen- 
ing the American army in marching order. 
On one side of the inscription “Sic Semper 
Tyrannis” and “Per aspera ad Astra,” on the other 
“Westward the Star of Empire takes its Way” 
and upon the upper band of the pedestal is the leg- 
end “Erected by the State Society of the Cincin- 
nati of Pennyslvania. ” The equestrian statue, the 
figures and the bas-relief and other details are all of 
bronze, while the platform, pedestal and steps are of 
Swedish granite; and surrounding this will be a 
gravolithic pavement twenty feet wide. 
I'he height of the monument from the ground 
to the crown of the chapeau is 45 feet. The ground 
plan of the platform is 6l feet by 74 feet, and the 
pedestal 17 by 30 feet. 
The monument is the work of Professor Leopold 
Siemering, of Berlin. The cost defrayed by the 
Cincinnati Society, is nearly $250,000. 
JV. P. L. 
