The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-25
GRAVES FOR RICH MEN.
Some Capitalists Who Think About Death
and Spend Money in Tombstones.


and Spend Money in TOmbstones.
New York Mail and Express
The death and burial of such famous men as
Grant, Tilden, Hendricks and Arthur and the
recent removal of the remains of William H.
Vanderbilt from the receiving vault in the Mo-
ravian Cemetery at New Dorp to its final resting
place in the big granite tomb, awaken an inter
est In the instances where well-known living
men have made provisions for their interment
after death. All the beautiful cemeteries in the
vicinity of New York contain evidences of the
with which some men have arranged for
their bodies resting place after the soul
has fed. In this connection, how
ever, Woodlawn seems to have the
lead. Although the late Commodore Vanderbilt
made no preparation for his grave except to own
modest little let at New Dorp, and the newly
constructed mausoleum of William H. Wander
bilt contains several catacombs, several mem
bers of the family have secured beautiful plats
at Woodlawn. George Osgood and d. B Allen
Mrs. Horace F. Clarke and Cornelius Wander
bilt all have snowy plats in this cemetery and
spend much money in improving them. Among
the mausoleums built here is that Of the late
Frederick Butterfied erected long before his
DEATH which cost $40, 900. Opposite Cornelius
Vanderdit's plot a. Central and Poplar av-
enues is that of William H. Appleton
joined by that of A. e. Borney. A little
further along is beautiful mausoleum
of Westerly granite, built by Christian Hester,
of Hester Brothers. Mr.. Fl. Fl. Cook. the mil
lionaire, of Seventy eighth street aud Fifth ave-
nue., paid $4,000 for plot some time ago. and
Is building mauseleum which will cost $40, 900
more. A large plot on Beach Lawn, conspicu-
Gus for large figure of Hope, eight feet high
mounted on pedestal rising thirty feet high
from base nine feet square, marks the burial
plot of William F. Havemeyer. H. NJ Flagler,
of the Standard Oil Company, has beautiful
tomb built on hill not far from that wherein
rest the remains Of Marshall o Roberts. whose
sarcophagus marks the same appreciation of art
that characterized his life.
Coils T. Huntington. president of the Central
Pacific railway, and one of the best known of
the magnates of Wall street. has laid some cur
ious plans for his grave. He intends that his
remains shall be laid to rest at Woodlawn in a
mausoleum more pretentious and more costly,
and OF greater proportions than any vet built.
The stones that will be used in its construction
he proposes shall each be OF such enormous
weight that no ordinary railroad ear can carry
them. They will be brought as near as possible
to the cemetery by boat and then rolled on i'm
mense rollers over the country roads to the site
of the tomb If it is found necessary to carry
these stones bridge their weight will
be such that it will be found necessary
to strengthen the structures sup
ports Mr. Jay Gould has made elaborate
provision for the deposition of his body
after death. He has erected on Central avenue,
in WoodhaVen Cemetery. costly and imposing
structure 1t occupies the highest elevation of
the grounds, and commands view of the four
hundred acres given up to tenements for the
stands Is 20O feet across, and is circular in form.
1t cost 500. 600. The mausoleum the exterior of
which is modelled after one of the most famous
of the wonderful buildings that once stood on
the Acropolis, in Athens-the Pantheon-cost
$4,000 More than eight hundred tons of West
erly granite used in its construction. The
building is thirty-seven feet long and nineteen
feet wide, and is surrounded by
Doric pillars, thirty in number. Five
pieces of solid granite compose the roof. each
piece being thirty feet long and six feet wide.
The door is solid bronze and cost s., 000 Within
the mausoleum twelve shelves or catacombs
divided by an aisle ten feet wide at the end of
which IS an ornate stained glass window, repre-
senting the heavenly choir Each of the cata-
combs is eight feet long and two and one-half
feet deep. A heavy slab of polished marble con-
tain the name and of the person whose
body is deposited within. Embedded in each
stone is heavy bronze handle. The ceiling of
the vault is of polished marble. No Issame
will appear on the outside of the mausoeum
to show who lies buried within Mr.
Gould's associate. Washington E. Con-
nor, has secured beautiful burial
plot. less pretentious, but similar mauso-
leum, is that of Henry A. Hurlbut the we'll
known banker and insurance broker. which is
situated near the receiving tomb on Chapel Hill.
1t has two columns on each side of massive
door, and like Mr.. Gouids vault is lighted by a
stained glass window. It is built entirely of
polished white Italian marble Near by is the
grave of De Long, the arctic explorer. Besides
these are scores OF active go ahead men of
business who, although they seem to be too
much engrossed with life and its cares to think
much about death, have made like provisions
for their place of abode when they shall rest
from their labors and await the inevitable hour.