New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-07-28
SEEKING A BURIAL PLACE.
GENERAL GRANTS SONS VISIT THE PARKS.

.o RECESSION REACHED-THE ADVANTAGES OF
RIVERSIDE PARK URGED.
Colonel Frederick D. Grant and his brother Jesse
Grant. accompanied by General Horace Porter ar
S;,.aa at the Weebawken depot of the West Shore
pa;road at 7 q. m. Yesterday. The brothers were
arossed in black and wore broad bands OF Grape on
the;r high silk hats. few people in the crowd
that crossed to tho city from Weehawken
recognized them and pointed them OUT
at a respectful distance. They proceeded
Mt once to tho Fifth Avenue HOTEL
where, in the breakfast-room, they met 'eheia
Sherman and ex-senator Chaffee. They went pres
emily to General Sherman's room No. lo'. whe'e
conference of some length was held ana tnc p"i'S
separated. Senator Chafee took an early 'r'ii lo'
MI. McGregor. General Sherman after receiving
nrmber of callers. among whom were General
Thomas Ewing. Senator N. w. Aldrich. OF Rhode
island. and General Delano. went down to Govern
or,s Island to confer with General Hancock.
Jesse Grant the hotel to attend to somo private
business matters, and Colonel Grant went 10 inc
City Hall TO meet Mayor Grace. lie was cordiahy
rcccived by the Mayor in his private reception
room. Mayor Grace said that his time was wholly
at the disposal of Colonel Grant and that plans hao
been laid with the Park Commissioners to go at
once TO Central Park to consider tho best site ior
General Grants grave. COlOncl Grant SAID IN re-
nIv that his mother and all the members OF the
family felt deeply the kind attention when Mayor
Grace on the part of the people OF newborn had
shown them. 1t was, he said, the wish OF his
mother that he should select the burial place OF
his father but that he would not attempt to decide
on the site until he had consulted with her after
looking over the parks
President Sanger of the Board of Aldermen joined
them, and they started at once for the Centrai
Park At the gate at Ffth-ave. and flfty-nin'h-
st. the Park Commissioners were In waiting
Colonel Grant was introduced to President Crim-
minis and Commissioners Powers, Beekman and
Borden. He thanked them for the consideration
they had shown his fathers memory Mr..
Cr,mm;ns sa,d in the course of tho conversations:
At special meeting held by Board this morning.
VIC concluded to adopt resolution which would insure
the carving out OF your wish for place to be
ressrved where he is buried for your mother Ihs
action was unanimous part OF the members OF the
Board and the resolution will be sent toyou.
The resolution referred TO reads as follows:
Whereas Tho tender Of place Of burial for the re-
mains OF General Ulysses Grant has been fully accept
ed by his family the assurance that MIS- Grant sha
have the right of ntermcnt by his side,
Resoired That the right OF burial in any OF the New
York parks. IN the tomb with General Ulysses .
Grant be- and the hereby accorded to and vested
in his widow.
DRIVING THROUGH CENTRAL PARK.
BEFORE starting a glance was taken by the party
at the plaza forming the Fifth-ayc. and Fifty
nlnth-st. entrance to the Central Park, wnlch mas
been suggested as a site for the tomb Ihis en-
trance. known as the Scholars Gate. is tho most
spacious entrance to the Park. 1t comprises nearly
two acres of ground, and several plots of flowers
and grassy lawns make it attractive. Fifth-ave
;,fo fba and the Cathedral the
Vanderbilt residence and the handsome churches
and private buildings that line Fifth-ave lie III the
perspectiye 1t is the most frequented entrance TO
the Park The comment on it by all, however, was
that it was a more public situation than was de-
sired and must become more 80 with the increase OF
the city's traffic. The party. taking carriages en-
tered the Park following Captain Beatty, ,'theivet-
eran chief of the Park Police. who drove short
distance in advance. Colonel Grant, Mayor Grace,
Mr. Sanger and President Crimmins occupied the
first carriage In a second carriage ware Comlnis-
sioners Powers, Beekmau and Borden and MT. far-
sons superintendent of the Park. cool breeze
swept down the broad road laden with the fragrance
of the flowers and foliage. The trees and lawns
were n bright green from the rain of the previous
night. and hundreds of children up and down
the shaded walks while their nurses in cool white
dresses occupied the seats under the trees Young
women who had chosen shady retreats to read
looked ND as the carriages drove by. but only the
park policemen. who touched their caps as the vehi
cIes passed. recognized the occupants. The party
took a northwesterly course passing a short dis
tance from the Mall over the stone bridges, and
where the bronze statues of Shakespeare Burns or
Walter Scott appeared for an instant beneath the
trees.
"Idon't think" aaid Colonel Grant, "that 1T
ever occurred to father that his builal-placo was
af fh. nnrka N
New-York 1t was only during the
last weeks of his illness that the subject
much referred to. My mothers idea after his death
was that Washington would be the pleasant place
for his burial place. but within the last few days
ehe has felt that New-York would bc fitting place
and that it would have pleased him. Some OF the
most enjoyable drives that he took during his ILL
ness were through the Central Park"
Had he preference for any portion Of the
Park 7" asked Mayor Grace.
lido not know that he had" replied Colonel
Grant at was the fresh country air which came
from il only few steps away from the house which
be seemed to enjoy, and 1T gave him new life. d"
The lower portion of the Park below Seventy
second-st. Is of an easy rolling nature with lew
prominent sites except around the lakes. Tho water
and the commons occupy the larger portion OF the
area. In discussing the fitness OF the
Mall and its surroundings for tomb
It was urged that the level character of the ground
and the dense foliage which covers it would offer
many difficulties to a prominent monument to
General Grant. Beyond the lakes the party drove
to the west of the reservoir. To the east OF the
reservoir are the Obeisk and the Metropolitan
Museum of Art. On the north the ground spreads
into broad meadow, but on the west OF the
reservoir it rises in series of hills on one OF which
is tho equestrian statue of Bolivar in bronze.
Watch Hill or Great Hill, opposite One-hundred-
and-ffth-st, is tho highest of these prOminences,
and the carriages assembled thisthe drive circling
around the summit 1t is the highest point in
Central Park and commands good view OF the en-
tire Park and the west side Of the city, where