New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-23
TIE STANFORD TOMB.
From The San Francisco Chronicle.

From The San Francisco Chronicle.
The stanfords have begun for their son a monument
more enduring than brass destined 10 perpetuae his
name through ages and 70 BE- the nobest monument
erected 10 any human being-a university with an
endowment princey that II amounts To more than
the combined endowmeDts OF all other Ameatcan UNI,
versailles. On the Palo Alto estate rather more than
half mile from the SITE OF the university. and slightly
than that distance from Governor Stanord's resi-
dence, is the place selected by young Leland Stan
ford for his residence. Excavation for the
building began before his untimelv death and indl
cations of the work then done are stiii apparent The
youths desire to have his home on this sp0; was
thwsrcd by the great Arblter Of his destiny, but his
parents have most Appropriately chosen the siio for
his last home earth, and theirs and they now
building there tomb. the nnal closing Of whose
doors hope may be long delayed.
The nausolcum was begun last Juno. and viii prob
ably be finished with the wnter. The architecture
Of hybrid order, and Its description might prove
effect Is imposing from It's simple grandeur and meets
with the appreciation OF common sense, however the
building seems modelled after Ionic temple
From foundation 10 roof IasstSeness and simplicity
what chiefly attract ones attention. The POUNDS
ton Is OF solid concrcte-eement sand and crushed
stone for it, trueon 0o0 barrels OF cement
employed II Is 50X5o feet and extends fifteen feet
below the surface. The monsoleum Itself A. II rises
from the ground. IS 24x4O6 feet and o1 feet high
and the only materials used arr Vermont Granite ard
Italian marble Around 1t runs a Of Ionic col
umns, while q; each Is Romanesque pisster.
The granite doors are four feet SIX inches by elghf
proached by three steps and a small porch These doors
suggest Egyptian architecture. a. do the sph,n1es
which stand guard al The entrance. over the doors
members Of the Stanford family. and there r. Other
carving about the building. The smallest stone IN The
struc weighs more than ron. The pefiWentS. or
gables, In common parlance are each Of one hug
stsne weighing twenty-five tens, while the cncr-
nous beystones weigh thirty-one and Oue-haN tons
each. The roof IS composed OF Two granite slabs
weighing thirty tons each and measuring 2eX9 sNl
The Interior is 15x993 On the and facing the
door are to be thee mural tablet, which ROT vet
In Place. Tie Interior l. q be o. marble exclusively
and 10 tess simple impressive than the exterior
The val. on all sides 80 vertically 20 tn height Of
ten feel aud are then anhea The summit of the aicn
being eighteen feet from The hoor Ih- msrtl" lin
Ing }. eight thick and The arch alone weighs
nSr- than forty tons. There b. ornament ALTON
whichever except panel. and pllasicrs The hoor Is
OF white marble iiss fifteen inchss iuarr.
~ the ssrcOpha.i Only one has arrived. while the
other t~e az route from italy Zach x eni ffnn
block Of marble s6I3 GA Chs four tons and Is
De lined with steel plate.
The vault Il rot much larger than bedroom IN one
~ our g-,lr Is and a. erection not less than
$4,000 viii have boon expended. IL n" WORK TWO
huge breast derrcks employed. running I'VE
inch rope and with ethrr derrick four men could
move ifiy tons while esch bloch IN tho tselle-thsrc
are 100 paiss OF slosks-As< capacity " $4,000
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