Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-09

! latter than in New D0rp and their houses
/ are much more fashionable In appear
( ance. There is also near the station nc
driving park of deiunct jockey cluo'
wherein, on the day OF my visit, uoHs
/ Germans were violating the law by shooI-
/ ing at live pigeons. 1t Is long nan hl'c
to the cemetery over the dusty country
/ road. Just within the entrance the VS.
itor's attention is at once attracted by a
I costly but u unmarked tomb, by the SIDE oil
4 when a man Is sitting. II IL is very
1 warm he may be under the tree across the
/ driveway, but he does not stir out OF slght
/ OF the tomb. lie is one OF Plnkefton ;
! detectives, and the massive unmarked
door is closed upon the remains OF IL
| liam II. Vanderbilt. In a little niche on
the side Of the tomb Is clock and an
electric anuunciatOr. When the sentinel
desires relief or for any other reason
needs the presence OF his comrades, ne
touches the knob aud a loud bell pears
forth IN a little cottage at the top OF
Knoll just within the gates and about
hundred feet distant from the tomb, Nlgut
and day the lonely watch il kept, ana II
will not be abandoned until the bones OF
the millionaire rest in the house prepared
for them at the summit Of the hill. should
ghOuis mtanwhi g attempt to disturb
them, the electric warning will bring four
stalwart men from the cottage to their de-
tense.
From the entrance smooth, hard road
winds its way among the little hills OF the
| burying ground, always ascending until
the northern boundary IL reached. 1t Is
a barren place, relieved by few trees other
than those transplanted there by lndlVld-
uals TO heartily the last resting place OF
their friends. just before arriving at the
summit of the hill the great tomb comes
upon the view. The first impression is
that the structure is grandly appropriate.
| The most ignorant person could not mis-
take its purpose. 1t is not built, as
chapel might be- at the very top OF the
hill: it is like ordinary tombs IN that the
space for vaults was made by excavation,
but the fabric has been erected 80 that it's
top is several feet higher than the hill
top.
The general outlines of the front are
those Of Il triangle about sixty feet at the
base and thirty feet from base to apex
There is an absence on the exterior of
striking characterization. no pillars even
being employed to uphold the gable roofs
OF the three pOrches. Rectangular blocks
of white granite are the principal ele-
ments in the composition. The central
pOrcD extends several feet further front
than the others and is the main entrance
to the vaults. semi-circular flight of
SbpD6 steps leaQS 10 q Deautllul DIODEe
door or gate, through which one could
look directly into the main chamber were
it not for large iron screen behind II,
Back OF this massive and singularly har-
mOnious front is a simple mound OF earth.
The soil OF the island is reddish brown
clay. The mound has the same dun tint
and will i'll accord with the granite struc-
ture until it has been erased over by a
skilled gardener. On the top of the mound
are two turrets, projecting more than tif-
teen feet above the Surface and at least
ten feet in diameter each. They are capped
with cOne-shaped domes of the finest Quin-
cy granite. Their purpose is to admit
light to the chamber below and one can
look through the bronze guarded windows
to the marble floor. The shanties Occu-
pied by the stOne-cutters are still standing
about the tomb and there is a general APP
pearance of litter in the vicinity. The
workmen have gone away, but guard
rem9ins in the person OF a white-whis-
kered old man, who whites away the time
from O'Clock in the morning until sun
set