. History of the Washington arch in Washington square, New York, including the ceremonies of laying the corner-stone and the dedication. . -. The Treasurer of the fund returned from Europein September, 1890, and at once resumed the task ofcompleting it. He laid the first block of marble, whichwas set on the 2 2d day of December, 1890, on the south- 20. westerly angle of the westerly pier, and, weather per-mitting, work upon the structure was continued duringthe Winter. The contract for the Arch, exclusive ofthe carving upon it, was awarded to David H. King, Jr.,who, from public-spirited motive
. History of the Washington arch in Washington square, New York, including the ceremonies of laying the corner-stone and the dedication. . -. The Treasurer of the fund returned from Europein September, 1890, and at once resumed the task ofcompleting it. He laid the first block of marble, whichwas set on the 2 2d day of December, 1890, on the south- 20. westerly angle of the westerly pier, and, weather per-mitting, work upon the structure was continued duringthe Winter. The contract for the Arch, exclusive ofthe carving upon it, was awarded to David H. King, Jr.,who, from public-spirited motives, agreed to build theArch for cost, waiving his usual commission of ten percent.; Mr. King gave the contract for the marble toJames Sinclair & Co., and for setting it to DavidAngus ; the brick filling of the Arch was done by em-ployees of Mr. King. The fund reached $90,000 on the 10th of Feb-ruary, 1891; on the 14th, at the sale of pictures ofGeorge I. Seney, the proceeds of two of them, $1,550,were given to the fund, this being the largest indi-vidual subscription to date. The piers of the Arch,which were then about ten feet high, were decoratedwith flags at half-mast for the funeral procession ofGeneral Sherman, which passed the site in growth of the Arch fund was impeded at thistime by the raising of a fund of $50,000 for a
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