Show arho dredged stone in the th world to lo 10 L at tl th ilio lengo the largest single dressed stone in the world so far ws iia known will stand in n jackson park during the chicago export tion iano accident occurs in transit tra isit for it is already taken entire from it la is of brownstone from tho the imin immense enSe ledge lede on the wisconsin shore of lake and its production is tile llie result of a di diec c assion ss ai to th alivo anci olit and modern builders arl frederick Fre prentice of ashland irad that lie he could surpass tue the langst single stone I 1 brought liy by the 0 o tins and bould far his tiesh the proof from croin ia quat anty ry ES a pit nit to the state ij ii tile tho litter latter would transport it to on the let ot of last an augait forty men were wt to work and jive ive steam att un to sa s1 tile hugs hugq monolith on olith r has haa now leed lifted from its place and the finishers put to td work tile tho shaft when dressed d wll nill be IM 11 i tab 11 feet ling hag 10 feet squaw square at tho the base and 4 feet at the top an apex 5 feet ion ions and taper mg ing to a 3 point it will wi 1 l stand upon a foundation of granite 10 feet high and la feet square tha famous E egyptian obe obelisk lisk 1 ii feet 7 inches long iong and 8 9 feet square at tho the bise base the tha notion that the ancients could quarry and transport larrer larger ston elf than tho the moderns was is I 1 long ong a ago disprove they did it much oftener however tit til causo canse their heir laborers labur cra were tili iven as s rule and so the cost was not counted the monolith Js is of the fincha lake superior brownstone which is sho chomi irti by analysis to consist of per cent silica 3 21 per cent line linc l inc oxide per rent cent al nutina and a afew few aginor elements of winch which limp lime makes up only a quarter of I 1 per cent |