The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-07-29

body at the funeral of General Grant.
John G. Carlisle, Kentucky; Samuel ].
Randall, Pennsylvania: William R.
Morrison, Illinois; J. Randolph Tucker,
Virginia; a. r. Singleton, Mississippi
Frank Hiscock, New York; Thomas B.
Reed, Maine; Thomas NJ. Browne,
| Indiana; Benjamin Butterworth, Ohio.
These gentlemen will be requested by
mail to meet in New York City on the
It'll of August, at some hotel not yet de-
termined
New YORK, July 28.-The Board of
Aldermen met to-day. President Sanger
announced that a dispatch had been
received from Colonel Grant, this morn
ing, announcing that the family had
agreed to the General being inferred in
Riverside Park. The following resolu-
ton was then adopted by the board;
Whereas, the family of General U. S.
Grant have accepted the offer of the
corporation of the city of New York,
! for sculpture in one of the public parks
OF this city and have selected a site in
Riverside Park for that purpose, Be it
therefore
Resolved, that the right of sepulture
in said Riverside Park be and is hereby
given to General u S. Grant and his
wife upon her demise; and be it further
ReSOtUed, that property deed of ces-
sion for the purpose designated be pre-
pared by the counsel of the corporation
when the exact locality and dimensions
of the ground are fixed and said deed
be therefore duly executed by the city
authorities.
The Geographic dispatch from Col
Frei D. Grant announcing that his
mother had decided in favor of site in
Riverside Park, was received at the
mayors Office in the city hall, at 11.30
o'clock this morning. The burial place
will be on the site of the old st. Glare
homestead, now known as Claremont
House. The building stands on high
plateau at the upper end of Riverside
Park. The building was the homestead
of the st. Clare family, and when the
grounds about it were acquired by the
city, the old building which has stood
for more than 120 years on the present
site, was remodeled and transformed
into a house for refreshment under
control of the park department. The
tomb and monument of General Grant
will be directly on the site of this build
ing, which must be demolished or re-
moved.
Mayor Grace said to-day: ~ have
been confident from the first that when
Colonel Fred Grant was shown the ad-
vantage of the site in Riverside Park,
he wodld agree that it was much more
available site than. any that could be
found in Central Park. Riverside
Park extends along the river front
for two and a half miles from
Seventy-Second to One Hundred and
Thirtieth Street, and is of varying
"a f,Nf &c, lryNt1
l am very glad that members of Gen
eral Grants family have accepted this
site, for the grounds about the monu-
ment can be laid out with view to
display the testimonial that will mark
the resting place of the country's hero"
Mayor Grace. President Sangara, of
the Board of Aldermen, General Perry,
Park Commissioner Voorhis and Police
| Superintendent Murray, at a confer
ence to-day, laid out the following route
| for the funeral procession of General
| Grant: City Hall to Broadway, up
Broadway to Fourteenth Street, through
Fourteenth Street to Fifth Avenue, up
Fifth Avenue to One Hundred and
Tenth Street, thence through the Bou-
levard to One Hundred and Twenty
Second Street and Riverside Drive,
entering the Park at One Hun
dred and Twenty Third Street,
General Perry said the arrangements
for the Grant funeral possession could
not be completed for two or three days.
Military and civic organizations, as well
as Grand Army posts from nearly every
State in the Union had applied for posi-
tons in the line. Grand Army men
will be arranged in a solid body, divided
into four or five divisions. There will
be two divisions from this city, and
other divisions will be made up of dele
gates from visiting posts. Each division
will be headed by band OF music, and
the men will march in double rank COM
pany front of sixteen file. The first
and second divisions n. G. of the State
of New York will form prominent fea-
ture in the parade, and many military
organizations from Illininois have al
ready given notice that they will be
present. 1t is requested that all civic
and military organizations desiring to
take part in the parade will report at
once to General Hancock, on Gov
ernor's Island. The parade will prob
ably be headed by a full force
OF mounted police. 1t was
said that from 25,000 to 10000
veterans would take part in the parade
on Saturday August 8th. Each divi-
sion will carry post colors. and old
battle colors, and old battle flags
massed in the centre of the division.
Mayor Grace said to-day: at was
more than probable that the board of
Alderman would very shortly change
the name of Riverside Park to Grant
Park. The selected site is on, a very
high ground, close to the north river.
Just about the spot chosen for the
tomb, the river bends to the west and
and fine view as far north as Tappan
Zee is afforded across the Manhattan
Valley and lowlands bordering on
Harlem River. Visitors can see both
shores of the sound, while to the south
the church towers and tail buildings in
the lower part of the city do not
obstruct the view of the lighthouse on
the Jersey shore.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, July Ex-Governor
Hoadley returned last night after sew
eral days absence east and this morn
ing issued proclamation recommend
ing he proper observance of the Sth
day OF August, 1885, appointed for the
funeral of General Ulysses S. Grant. He
says of General Grant: BY his labors
and those of the brave men he led the
UR'on was restored and six millions OF
freemen celebrate the blessings of lib
erty secured for themselves and their
posterity. Tenacious in conflict, he
was magnanimous in vic ory, and the