| Show STANFORD WHITES LAST DESIGN was waa monument to martyrs and con tract to build has been let new york contracts Conti acts have been awarded for the construction of the monument to the prison ship marteis mart is in rort fort green park Dro brooklyn oklyn by the special commission created by con can greas cress to supervise its the monument was waa designed by stanford white and waa nas the last ac tive work ho he did he was shot by harry thaw having completed complete I 1 hla his design only a short time before hla his death mr air white a design was accepted in a competition la in which several other widely known architects participated ills design provided for a straight shaft of newport white bite granite feet in height with bronze trimmings capped with a bronze urn an ele vator has been provided to carry per sons from its base to the top and in addition there will bo be two stairways it to Is to bo be built on the highest point in fort oreen ireen park and will have hae granite one of which ex tending to myirtle avenue la Is to be moio thin feet in length work Is to begin at once so BO that the comer coiner stone may be laid july 4 the prison ship mart martira ra were revo lullo lutlo nary soldiers sold leis who abie confined oil VM V W I 1 po k C design for monument to prison ship shi martyrs martyr in the hold bold of the condelin con condemned denin d english warship J jersey aser which was anchored ziff off the long island shore the pris boners were wera subjected to great cruell and aad were poorly fed od nud and it la 19 paid that of 0 them m died in the sev OCT ei aru al years the ship was waa used ae i a prison |
