Show NT NEARS COMPLETION Bronze ronze Stat Statue e Eighteen Years in Making I I II WASHINGTON Nov 8 Eighteen 8 Eighteen I I years in the making a memorial to G General Gen n- n eral U. U S. S Gr Grant nt is nearing completion completion comple comple- I tion hero here and probably will be be unveiled before tho the end of the year ear It Is is is' in the form of a magnificent equestrian statue of bronze the second largest of its of-its its kind in the world mounted on a granite granite- pedestal pedestal pedestal ped ped- estal and flanked on the left by a casting casting castor cast cast- ing of or a group of cavalry and on the right by a group of artillery both groups done in bronze Two huge lions in stone at the foot of the pedestal complete the them m memorial The equestrian figure stands sixteen sixten n nI teet high weighs pounds and cost I The memorial Is located In tho the botanic gardens at the he foot of or the capitol cap- cap capI I itol tOl and congress has approved the re reI removal removal re- re II I moval of or a section of the iron fence tenee on onI the east front of the gardens gardens- to admit I the statue and to provide space for spectators at theu thou ceremonies Authority for the creation of the memorial memorial memorial me me- morial was given by congress on February February February Feb Feb- I 23 1901 The competition for tor the tho statue was held In 1902 and the award was to Henry It M. M Shrady a noted sculptor sculptor sculptor tor of Elmsford N. N Y whose design was select selected d by a jury consisting of Augustus Augustus Augustus Au Au- gustus ustus Saint Gaud ens Daniel Chester French Daniel Dantel H. H Burnham and Charles CharIeR F. F McKim The Tho pedestal was designed by Edward Pierce Casey of or New York I associated with Mr hr Shrady and was completed and put in place in 1906 The Tho equestrian statue has just just now b been en finished however and was shipped here In sections by from New NewYork I York City The memorial to the famous general generalI I I and eighteenth president of the United States will bear no Inscription according according accord accord- ing to members of the fine arts commission commission commis commis- sion who recently approved the statue in Its completed form A member of the Grant memorial commission had a lengthy Inscription but after careful consideration of the corn and of the office of pUblic buildings build build- lings logs ings and grounds deemed an inscription unnecessary I |